George Rebane

(originally posted on NC Media Watch on 14 January 2006.)

On the larger scale the growth issue in Nevada County is a tempest in a teapot.  But to those of us who live in this lovely little teapot that issue promises to brew itself into a full-blown hurricane.  Let me posit that the major contributor to the hot wind blowing across the county is our ignorance of the actual numbers related to growth.  Our social engineering friends on the left, who have always known what is best for us, have now identified the single family home of American dream fame as nothing but the night sweats of the cultural Neanderthals among us.  Building a house with a yard is now labeled as “sprawl” by our self-appointed and sensitive betters.  And compliantly moving our families into apartment blocks is the epitome of “smart growth”.  The mainstream media daily trumpet the wisdom and attraction of such proposals and planning across the country.  But really, how attractive is all this social engineering?

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