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| 25. | CITIZENS FOR BALANCED
GROWTH (Washington St. Initiative 547) |
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| ISSUE | Unplanned growth is
resulting in the loss of farm and forest lands, declining fish
populations, polluted air and water, loss of ecological diversity, loss
of valuable wetlands, threats to Puget Sound, wasteful and
uncoordinated development of roads, sewers, water and other services to
sprawling developments, destabilization of established neighborhoods
and communities, and divisive conflicts over land use and the future of
communities. |
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| The adoption of state land
use goals expressing our common policies and the creation of a
fair and open planning process that will allow citizens and local
governments to find the means adapted to their circumstances for
achieving these state policies in local land use plans and implementing
regulations is in our best interest. |
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| STATUS |
In just eleven weeks,
Citizens for Balanced Growth gathered 229,000 signatures for the Keep
Washington Livable growth management initiative. This is the 5th
largest number of signatures ever gathered on an initiative in the
history of Washington state. |
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| Initiative
547 has been endorsed by The Mountaineers, the National
Audubon Society and several local Audubon chapters, the Washington
Environmental Council, the Puget Sound Alliance, the Sierra Club --
Cascade Chapter, the Washington Wilderness Coalition, the Northwest Fly
Anglers, the Washington Fly Fishing club, Washington Native Plant
Society, Heart of America NW, Association of Bainbridge Communities,
Bothell Neighborhoods Association, Alki Community Council, Kangley
Rural Association, and many other local community and environmental
organizations. |
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| WHAT TO DO |
The Federation of Western
Outdoor Clubs endorses the efforts of Citizens for Balanced Growth to
enact Initiative 547 and urges its members in the state to work
actively for passage of the initiative on the November 1990 general
election ballot |
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