By inference, competitive opposition to other developers' projects will be contested in far more sophisticated ways in the future. If all politics is local, the Saint Index confirms that all land use has become political. It has become an adversarial system being played out. Traditionally business-oriented political leaders may no longer automatically favor all development projects. |
Our survey shows that the American public is far more sophisticated about planning and zoning than we thought. |
Rockford will die a slow death unless there is a better understanding of what we have here and what we need in terms of harvesting the kids here in Rockford. |