[calcowgirl]

Smart growth, Agenda 21, yes. But it also has to do with graft. Follow the money. See who owns these "brownfield" sites. You will find them among the list of large donors to our "esteemed" State representatives.

[goldstategop]

Of course... there's a feeding frenzy aspect to this as well and what it makes unsavory is every special interest demanding its cut of the spending pie. And as for the larger donors contributions to the politicians all we can say for certain is the public interest will come dead last in the scheme of things.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")