@southsoundguy, thanks for your comment and for caring about urban sprawl. I did want to note that Snohomish County appears to have done the opposite of destructive urbanization, as illustrated in my article with the photos of Bothell's UGA. Democratically run counties do have the ability to govern well in many circumstances, and Thurston County may very well make the right decision in this case. The jury is still out. If private industry (i.e., the developers) were in the decision-making positions, it would be virtually guaranteed that we'd have destructive urbanization eating up all our rural lands.
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