Slog - Comments on ...And a Bill to Watch http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch This bill, which has 31 co-sponsors in the House—including groovy libs like prime sponsor Geoff Simpson (D-47, Covington, Kiss Song), Rep. Sharon Nelson (D-34, Vashon, West Seattle), Rep. Maralyn Chase (D-32, Shoreline), Rep. Brendan Williams (D-22, Olympia), and Rep. Bob Hasegawa (D-11, South Seattle)—would mandate that fighting global warming become a requirement of the Growth Management Act. Practically speaking, that means: In addition to abiding by GMA rules that mandate things like density and wildlife preservation, now when local governments deal with zoning regulations, they'd also have to consider the carbon bootprint of development. Yesterday, the bill got the yay... Copyright 2008 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:50:59 -0800 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:49:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Well, that's great and all, but where are the pit bull stories?

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch#c920466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch#c920466 News Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:47:55 -0800 Comment by Brendan Josh,
Thanks for all your good reporting from Olympia. Keep it up!

]]> Brendan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch#c920473 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch#c920473 News Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:57:27 -0800 Comment by Andrew You're doing a great job, Josh.

2797 is extremely technical in its language, which, sadly, means little outside of business will pay attention to it. Though if deb "business is my middle name" eddy is for it it could have a chance.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch#c920953 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch#c920953 News Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:12:54 -0800 Comment by Deb Eddy Hi, Andrew. As a matter of fact, I'm the 2nd sponsor listed on this bill.

Yep, the GMA is horribly technical. Erica, at another post, noted that it's not worked to focus development as much as we might have expected. That's because IMHO linkages between land use (permitting) and transportation (roads, transit) are TOO LOOSE.

I worked hard, very hard, to get 2797 in shape to sail through (well, at least, it would've had a lot easier time; there's still the matter of the $1mm fiscal note). I WANTED it to pass, Andrew. Unfortunately, my edits were not accepted, and finally we voted it out of committee. So I don't know what's going to happen now.

]]> Deb Eddy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch#c921101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/and_a_bill_to_watch#c921101 News Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:49:33 -0800