I agree with much of this. The tax base is insufficient, in both newly developed and long-previous developed areas (not addressed in the study) to pay for the...
Scott, Rocky
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Dec 12, 2003 11:35 pm
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"Blaming new homeowners for increasing the burden on government is accurate,..." That is one statement of Mr. Scott's I agree with. These are the facts: Growth...
Rocky: As a 20 year resident of Colorado Springs, I find your comments below puzzling. Especially when you wrote: Blaming new homeowners for increasing the...
I'm new to the group - my name is Will Washburn. With what info I am digesting about our infrastructure problems here, I sent this reply to Rocky Scott from...
Dave: In your comments below, you wrote: " ... we can reduce the demand a little and slow the pace of growth by truly letting natural market forces set the...
Will, Thanks for weighing in. Your puzzlement at the explanations and spin we are continually offered by the growth industry is on the money. I suspect the...
No problem Will, the problem is that, while our "income statement", i.e. cash in less cash out, is balanced each year, which by law it must be, our "balance...
Scott, Rocky
rkscott@...
Dec 15, 2003 5:11 am
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Their is a price of growth and a price of no growth. There are no free lunches. It will be interesting to see what examples Dave finds of communities that...
Scott, Rocky
rkscott@...
Dec 15, 2003 5:21 am
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Rocky: Thanks for the quick response. Before digesting it all I had a few quick ideas to throw on the table - here goes. 1.. Is the problem of dealing with...
[Scott, Rocky] Hi Will, Please see my responses below. 1. Is the problem of dealing with the costs new growth vs. existing growth too complex to expect that...
Scott, Rocky
rkscott@...
Dec 15, 2003 3:33 pm
385
Regards, knud222001@yahoo-No-Spam dot dk...
knud222001@...
Dec 19, 2003 5:06 am
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The evidence does not support HBA spin on who pays for growth. This Springs native tells it like it is in this letter which appeared in today's Gazette. WHO...
After reading with interest the bureaucrats' stance on clogged I-70 in Perspective Dec.14, and then letters from readers on Dec. 21, I was dumbfounded by our...
The simple truth about our water woes is summed up by this letter-writer in today's Denver Post: Storage can't solve drought Discussion of water in the state...
More intelligent life in Colorado! From last Sunday's Denver Post: If you don't build it ... Despite Don Ament's scoffing at slowing growth ("Referendum A...
Artificial Growth Stimulant Unwise Next month the Colorado Springs City Council is scheduled to discuss our approach to development impact fees. The Colorado...
See previous exchange re fairness. If 70% is the right number for an industry to pay for the regulation imposed on it for the benefit of the community, which...
Scott, Rocky
rkscott@...
Dec 22, 2003 5:06 am
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youngstown? For example of unbrilded Growth look at Mexico city smog, crime , water pollution. and is this about builders feeling blame? I dont think they...
Actually, Colorado Springs utilities has an excellent plan which, with continously improving conservation practices, pricing policies that encourage alternate...
Scott, Rocky
rkscott@...
Dec 22, 2003 2:28 pm
394
Also, Mexico City is a good case study. It's population grew because while rural population was growing, rural economic opportunity was not. So the new ...
Scott, Rocky
rkscott@...
Dec 22, 2003 2:40 pm
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REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF CONSERVATION SHOWS it provdies very little pricing policies with % restriciton on lawns also poor results grey water illegal many, many...
... From: n werle [mailto:nwerle@...] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 2:09 AM To: SaveTheSprings@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [SaveTheSprings] Digest...
Scott, Rocky
rkscott@...
Dec 23, 2003 6:43 pm
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Thanks for trying to hang in there with the logic that is so apparent to most of us, Werle. I was out all day yesterday and thus saved the frustration and the...
You persistently miss the point Dave. How exactly would you stop population from growing in Colorado Springs to allow what you perceive as the negatives of...
Scott, Rocky
rkscott@...
Dec 24, 2003 12:34 am
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I've proposed ways to avoid artificially stimulating growth, which accelerates us down the path to problems even more serious than we face today. That is my...
... www.mwhglobal.com A carefully planned and implemented long-term conservation program can reduce water consumption 10 to 20 percent over 10 to 20 years. ...
I repeat-you persistently (perhaps understandably, given the weakness of your premise) miss the point, and don't seem to want to address it honestly. When you...
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