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...Colton quickly pointed out that some issues still need to be addressed. Specifically, he cited the plight of the "housing have-nots" who pay more than 50 percent of their income for "worst case" housing and the problem of sprawl, or increased growth away from urban centers which raises a concern for the environment...
...Colton quickly pointed out that some issues still need to be addressed. Specifically, he cited the plight of the "housing have-nots" who pay more than 50 percent of their income for "worst case" housing and the problem of sprawl, or increased growth away from urban centers which raises a concern for the environment...
...Environment and Technology. So they plan to fill out the rest of Gore's portfolio. His still evolving stump speech emphasizes such proven vote getters as education and health care. The main environmental program he will push is "livability," a grab bag of measures to fight urban sprawl, preserve open space and battle traffic congestion that should appeal to important suburban swing voters...
BATTLE OF THE SPRAWL...
TIME pointed to useful strategies for halting urban sprawl [NATION, March 22]. Important as these are, none will stop the sprawl steamroller without another essential element--reform of the property tax. This tax inflates land prices and spurs nonuse and abuse of city sites, driving development out into forests and fields. It raises your taxes when you build and maintain homes or stores but lowers them if you let properties decay. These pocketbook incentives for destroying communities are a prime cause of the out-migration that fuels sprawls. WALTER RYBECK Kensington...