tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311425.post3538647164101890394..comments2024-03-27T00:13:35.570-07:00Comments on Editorials from Theslowlane: Seceding or joining the union 2012 electionTheslowlane Robert Ashworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10082164332880198884noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311425.post-52255506917691401962012-11-14T20:49:47.434-08:002012-11-14T20:49:47.434-08:00Part of the reason for the county secessionist mov...Part of the reason for the county secessionist movement that took place back in the 1990s was the way Washington State's growth management law was written. The law which attempts to curb sprawl by concentrating development into already urbanizing areas only applied to counties that had less than 50,000 people. If our county was split into more than one county, the break away parts would have had less than 50,000 people in them. That could be a way for land owners to get out of having to comply with provisions of the state growth management laws as they were written at the time (as I remember at least).Theslowlane Robert Ashworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082164332880198884noreply@blogger.com