I will stand on the side of a healthy economy, of which, growth is a component. Having lived through the 1980's in Coeur d'Alene when the logging and mining economies died and it was very nearly " the last person out of town, please turn out the lights" I think we need to balance growth and new jobs and businesses. Think about how many jobs today here are tied to growth and imagine how many of your neighbors would be losing their homes if we shut the door. I think we need to pay attention to how we are growing to keep our quality of life. (example: the Hillside Ordinance in Coeur d'Alene that regulates how building accurs on our viewsheds to protect views and vista's.) Too bad the County did not think of that ordinance a long time ago. We might still have houses on the hillside, but they could not be white.

Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander

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