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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Opinion

Build it and they will protest

Doug Floyd

As happened on Glenrose Prairie, some residents in the Indian Trail area across town are upset by plans for a youth baseball facility in their neighborhood. The arguments are familiar: traffic, noise, lights, vandalism.

Are the planners dense and insensitive that they keep trying to shove these facilities into inappropriate locations, or are the neighbors unreasonable, expecting to shut down all land-use evolution once they’ve staked out their own personal territory?

Thoughts? Please share.