ROBERT DYER
ON
"SMART GROWTH"
IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Those who promote a particular twisted version of "smart growth," that allows massive overdevelopment without any infrastructure to support it (in fact, this version of smart growth says you don't even bother about the impact on road capacity or school overcrowding[!!]), have taxpayer-funded TV channels, newspapers, and blogs to advocate for their cause.
They announce that - one day - everyone will live right where they work, and janitors will telecommute, cleaning buildings over the internet.
Thousands of video hours, newspaper words, and blog entries try to condition the public to accept Carmageddon projects like Science City and White Flint as normal - and the resulting gridlock as something you'll "just have to deal with," if you refuse to spend two hours on an un-air-conditioned Metro car to get to work.
And I debunk it in just 90 seconds.
Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEzzZCOUqY8
If you want a councilman who will protect our suburban neighborhoods from being annexed into urban town centers, I'm your candidate! If you want to reduce the amount of time you spend commuting during rush hour, elect Robert Dyer! I will not only support Ride On and rail transit, but - more importantly - will build the roads that were called for in the Master Plans of the county. Roads like M-83 upcounty, upon which our explosive growth was predicated, and yet were inexplicably and irresponsibly never built.
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