Time for a new way of looking at things

How many roads will we have to build to keep up with ever-increasing traffic? How many trees will be cut down and how much land leveled to build houses before our landscapes are decimated? How much more growth will it take before our groundwater resources are no longer able to keep up with demand?

I could not agree more with Branden Heinemann’s letter decrying unrestrained growth in our neighborhoods and the conservative backlash against we annoying liberals (“We need change in local government,” page A4, July 3 Herald).

I, too, think it may be time for a change in leadership regarding growth management. How many roads will we have to build to keep up with ever-increasing traffic? How many trees will be cut down and how much land leveled to build houses before our landscapes are decimated?

How much more growth will it take before our groundwater resources are no longer able to keep up with demand? How much pollution will run off into our waterways before these waterways are seriously compromised? What kind of legacy will we leave for our children and grandchildren, the people who will have to deal with the consequent problems?

It is time for an entirely new way of looking at things.

Richard Stoll
Poulsbo

 

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