THE L.E.A.R.N. PROCESS…THE COORDINATION PROCESS IS THE ANSWER OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES NEED FOR COUNTERING “SMART GROWTH” AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING!!

The thing that concerns me is that in the year 2010, when all of this [comprehensive planning] clicks into operation, I am very afraid that the governor [Gov Doyle] is going to (and I’ve heard this from a number of people) by the stroke of the pen regionalize all planning and zoning! (Dr. Michael Coffman – Yeah.) And it’s going to trump the local things that have been done! And I’m very concerned about that. I don’t know what we can do short of throwing out a lot of legislators that have adopted this comprehensive plan in the state statutes!

-- Bill (“55 Feedback” Listener/Caller on WSAU)

If the county has this [L.E.A.R.N. based] local plan, even if the governor regionalizes it, by [federal] law it has to comply in your county with your local plan or you’ve got a [federal] standing

that says it doesn’t have to happen there! Now the key would be if you could get enough of your counties to all have [L.E.A.R.N. based] local plans, so that you could actually make an impact in the capital!

-- Associate Professor John Williams, Staff Chair, Natural Resources Agent, Oregon StateUniversity Extension Service

Show 6 (9 July 2007) – The L.E.A.R.N. Process, Using Federal Law, Provides the Legal Basis to Say to the State, "Here’s Our Local [L.E.A.R.N. Based] Plan. Make Sure You Comply With It."

I haven’t found a case yet where we couldn’t help in some way. Sometimes major help, sometimes just enough to get them by until they can get a different political atmosphere. And if they can get their local county government or city government…to speak up for these businesses, then they have the standing under the statutes that the agencies have to deal with. …When local government is involved in the process, they have to pay attention to them, and they have to come and consult with them, and they have to try to work out their plans consistently with them. And that’s where we get the real impact!

-- Attorney Fred Grant, Leading National Property Rights Attorney, Stewards of the Range

Show 6-1…Taking L.E.A.R.N. a Step Further – The Coordination Process (16 July 2007) – "Powerful Weapon that Requires State Agencies to Coordinate With You… the Local Government!"

2d Freedom 21 Series on "Smart Growth"/Comprehensive Planning