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• Growth vote unsupported by the math

  March 15, 2013 in City on Page A5 Math is hard. Guessing is easy, and occasionally useful. It’s guessing – wild guessing – by the county’s chief planning official that has some people feeling that the public debate … 36

• County could open thousands of acres for development

  February 24, 2013 in City on Page B1 Spokane County commissioners are poised to open raw land for new development, a boon for housing speculators. But the expansion could come with significant public costs. The county’s own draft … 31

• Mielke testimony in Olympia favored land-use appeal fee

  January 28, 2012 in City on Page A5 Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke testified earlier this month in favor of a bill that would charge a $400 fee to citizens who appeal local land-use decisions to the state’s … 2

• Bill lets 4 counties drop growth act

  March 8, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The state’s environmental community is fighting a plan to allow four lightly populated Eastern Washington counties to opt out of the Growth Management Act. But in trying to … 13

• Law gives developers a break

  December 12, 2010 in City on Page B1 An unusual provision of Washington law has repeatedly allowed major real estate developments to go forward even after they’ve been declared urban sprawl that violates the state’s Growth Management Act. … 9

• Study finds room for urban growth

  October 13, 2010 in City on Page A6 Spokane County’s urban growth areas have enough land to serve the metropolitan area for the next 20 years, according to a study that will be discussed tonight. Planning officials will …

• Sewer prospects dim for Belle Terre development

  October 13, 2010 in City on Page A6 Spokane County may drop plans to extend sewer service next year to the Belle Terre area in the unincorporated Spokane Valley. Utilities Director Bruce Rawls told county commissioners Tuesday that … 1

• County proceeds despite appeal

  May 8, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V5 A group of Liberty Lake neighbors is fearful that a hearing before Spokane County commissioners on Tuesday will allow a property owner on the shore of Liberty Lake to develop … 1

• Plan change appealed to state hearing board

  January 21, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V9 Some residents on the shore of Liberty Lake have been complaining long and loud about a proposed zoning change to a 3.6-acre piece of property at 24024 E. Lakeridge Drive. … 1