Surrealism reigns in Jefferson County as the November 7 vote on zoning approaches. The County Commission, which has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and over eight years of effort on the new ordinance, has refused to work for its approval.  If that isn’t enough, the most hard-over, anti-regulation land developer in the county is [...]

If you live outside a municipality, grab yourself a big cup of coffee before you read this column. The subject is zoning, specifically the upcoming referendum on adopting a new zoning ordinance. I am a retired land-use planner, and even I get drowsy when the conversation turns to “Floor Area Ratios” and “non-residential bulk requirements.”
I [...]

By Don Perdue
Guest Commentary
Inasmuch as it now looks like Congress has taken the easy way out, and opted not to enact Health Reform before it recesses, the question of where they are in the deliberations has now become the province of constituents at home with the telephone numbers and mailing addresses of otherwise absentee congressional [...]