Subject: public policy

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1992 09:12:22 -0800

Doug Schuler points out:
	
>   The Washington State Growth Management Act requires procedures
>   for "early and continuous public participation in the development
>   and amendment of comprehensive land-use plans and development
>   regulations implementing such plans."  (Section 14, SHB 2929)
>   While the Act explicitly states the provision for
>
>      "...broad dissemination of proposals and alternatives, 
>      opportunity for written comments, public meetings after
>      effective notice, provision for open discussion, communication
>      programs, information services, and consideration of and 
>      response to public comments..."
>
>   It leaves it up to the local planners to come up with a specific
>   program for participation.....

I concur that it would be a great thing to look into, particularly because
such legislation is one of the few places where the government and/or
private parties are mandated to spend money to encourage people to express
themselves.  If we have a cost-effective way of doing that, it could be
a source of badly needed seed money for such systems.
- Carl