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