"Better not Bigger" by Eben Fodor

John Watts, COUNCIL WARD #3: SE of "G" Street and Old Town: John Watts 647-2346 has read "Better not Bigger". In the 10/6/2001 issue of the BH, Another View, John give us a few provocative quotes.... and concepts.. "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.. "The "Catch 22" of Growth: The better you make your community, the more people will want to live there. Until it is no better than any other community"... Regarding public involvement: "There are two staages to the public policy process: too early to tell, and too late to do anything about it."- Anonymous.
John, please have the BH publish this column again.... we need a refresh.....