Election 2004: Match your candidate

Washington: Spokane County Commission, District 2 (Democrats)

Issue 1 of 7: What is the first change you would make to the way the county manages growth and development?

Checkmark all the quotes/position statements you agree with.

 Respect personal property. Use the Washington State Growth Management Act to densify urban areas, but work to keep density to a minimum of 2.5 houses/acre whenever possible. Kitsap County, Wash., has done this. There are some situations where more density is appropriate based upon the character of the land and the existing surrounding neighborhoods. As a rule, be more open with the public.


 I will require that developers pay reasonable development fees to pay for the cost of new schools, parks and roads so that needed job growth doesn’t have a negative impact on our neighborhoods. This will lower growth’s tax burden.