In a message dated 5/6/98 9:55:40 AM EST, SHCHAYDEN writes:

>
>  Sounds like Virginia.  The builders' lobby  does its work in Richmond each
> year to prevent any state wide land use decisions. Localities that are being
> pushed for new school construction because of sprawl and unmanaged growth
are
> trying to get something in the Gen. Assembly, but any meaningful
legislation
> is just about dead before it hits committee.  Several counties just  south
of
> Washington, D.C.  are having a  meeting in June to try to come up with some
> concepts that they can use to force the  legislators to listen. Good idea,
> but an uphill battle in this "Dillon Rule" state.   Caroline Hayden
> Spotsylvania, VA