Letters - July 1, 2010

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Reasons for substituting the county’s Board of Adjustment with an outside hearing examiner for decisions on large scale corporate developments are:

1) Other counties do it;

2) Knowledge of environmental law may be required;

3) Members of the Board of Adjustment could become burdened and overwhelmed by a permit application of a major project;

4) Ensure that any single application would not clog the conditional use permitting system. (Gazette 6/17/10)

My response to this reasoning is as follows:

1) Two wrongs do not make a right;

2) Legal questions are routinely referred to the Coun...