January 25, 2005
Troxler on the lessons of Wal-Mart
Columns: Heed lesson of Wal-Mart: know plans for the land
The moral of this story is that it is not too late for YOU as a member of your own community to have a say. The use of the land all around you has been designated in your local government's comprehensive plans and zoning maps; if you don't like it, there still might be time to change it. But most people don't pay attention until that "public hearing" sign goes up on the site - and by then it can be too late.Posted by Norwood at January 25, 2005 03:47 AMThrough your City Hall or county courthouse, through your neighborhood or civic association, through the Internet, through any way that you can, exercise your role as a citizen to inform yourself about your own community's plans. We all have busy lives, and sometimes the subject seems boring and technical. But in the end, all that bureaucratic stuff turns out to matter after all, as it did in Tarpon Springs.
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