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--,-.,...,.~.:b .-_. -__._._ .._.~_ _ ~._. _I.'V'~-"", __.. __ ~ J>~I"'W(' Yo~.J 'f/'I./r.' . I Planning Districts Slated--Love' , , By JOM\' TOOHEY pass special Items of revenue Isn't practical, but I belie\'e we sioners to strengthen county gov. 1 Denver Post Staff Writer sharing tor categorical areas. need 10 find ~'ays to gain emment in all possible areas. I A system of planning dislricts ~lost of these, he said. must be regional solutiotlS to these con. The raising of salary le\'els of I will be set up soon by executive appro\'l'd on the local level by cerns and approaches," Love county employes, he said, was! order, Gov. John Love W&lnes- regional planning groups such added. one way of domg this. t day lold officials at the opening as COG. The governor promised the He said Colorado's counties sessiOn of the 65th annual meet- ~lan)' of the present frag- commissioners he would "find would have the help of the gov- . ing of the Colorado AS-<;QCiation mente<! f~deral and state ~ro- the funding for staffing 10 help" ernor's office to gain the neces- of Q')unty Commissioners. grams wIll be combmed mto the several new planning re- sary statutory powers and fund- 1,0;;1.' told county com mis- single areas of funding, Love gians. ing to strengthen their govern- sioners at the Cosmopolitan said. He also urged the commis- ments and services. Hotel' the order would be issued At the state 11.'111.'1. future ses.- in two or three weeks and sions of the legislature and the .....ouid take effect 30 days after governor's offict will be work. the announcement. ing on many new concerns of TIle. system of districts-to be people. "so apparent in our organized much like the Denver mosl recent election." Regional Council of Govern. Although two state amend- men t s (C[)G)-would allow menU dealing with prnpert).-tax caunUes and cities to organiz.e reducations and different meth. \'oluntarily to meet demands ot ods of school funding wt're p I ann i 0 g and development, defeated "handsomely:' such Lovll said. taxes must be reduced and new Love warned the commis- ways of handling services must sioners changes are occurring be found. Love said. at federal. stale and local STROSG SL:PPORT levelS. which will affect govern. ....._. . t rt IIh ment into the future. . ""re IS s r~ng suppo a . e . state level to Increase state aid TREND REVERSAL to public schools, he said. A~...the fed.eral le~t'l, Lo~e As a result of the state'll B a I'd, .Presldent Nixon Will present economic boom and "reorgamze b.ureaucracy and "our fair tax system," the stale cut down sQClal programs to has been able to offer more aid .rev:rse. th~ t~nd ~~ central. to education without increases LZalloo m \\ashmg<<m.. in taxes, Love added. Federal re\'enue shanng was . . the start of this move. Love He promised more a~d from said. state fund su~pluses ~hlch. n~w Along with that five-year pm- stand. he said, at $50. ~llhon gram, the administratlon in and may go to $100 mllho~ by Washington will be trying to the end of the current fiscal year. Lo~'e said more attention will be paid by his office and the state legislature to environ- mental problems. "We will look for strongE'r pro gr a m s 10 channel our growth and control the use of Iland... he promised. : Sol u tions to gro\\1h, he . warned. "mE'an trade-offs:' The free-markE't E'cooomy i which Americans long ha\'e ad- mired isn.t compatible with controloi land lL'le and the en. , \'ironment. he said. - . SO 'FREE LL'NClIES' ~ "These solutions will brim:: I some lessening ol personal freedom. We can't ha\.e free 'lunches," he said. ;, Love said bis office already . has hired a Denver firm of at. : torneys to study questions of . water use in the state to deter. mine local needs. changes in : lhe Colorado Constitution and . compensations for water laken . for other areas. Many probll'TnS can be solvtd I at the local level through regional cooperation. he said: "Consolidation of counties ()':Jcoa..