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<br />land use
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<br />(Cootlnul"tlrrom pagf" 1)
<br />A fence-sitter until he 1in:111~1'I
<br />declaea'to %te \1,11111M \'lint;..
<br />was Rt'p. Michael L. Strang, a
<br />Carbondale Rf'Publlcan. who
<br />has fxoe-n criticizing thi> ~nate
<br />for ear\"lng up thE> ~~n~1
<br />House billlhat ht> was ")nm.:iI'".-
<br />Iy responsible- fOr drafting.
<br />Strang stepped to thE' rnJrr".
<br />phone Wednesday to de-liWf d
<br />scathing criticism of Sf>n. J'~
<br />Shoemakl'r, R.Dem'er, who 1:1-
<br />most sirlr;:le-handedly r....\'I't.".'"
<br />the bill in his &>nate Appropr:-
<br />ations Committee ten d'l)"
<br />ago.
<br />Shoemaker "came out Jt ~he
<br />w{'~t like I1:IChin\'ar. hOldm.1o::
<br />20 appropriations bills in hiS
<br />;~ht littll' fist, and he ckMler- 'I
<br />ed the bill:' Str~ng. .said.
<br />"Wh(on you ~ee one l~d1\'ldual
<br />bring a legl~Jature to Its kn<<,~,
<br />you 8rE' dismayed."
<br />Xearly ('\'f'I')"one who spoke
<br />bout the bill _ either lor or
<br />a inst _ referred bitterly to
<br />... 1 . rel"ising
<br />Shoemak('r's ro e m
<br />it. .
<br />Sh~maker's maneuvermgs
<br />in the last w~k ha\"e p1a('~
<br />thf' House in thfo position.Of 1"1- I
<br />thE'r accepting his rewrite or
<br />killin~ the bill, thi" same which
<br />last >'ear resultro in the de~th .
<br />of n major land use bill d~mg'
<br />the waning days of Ul!' SC'SSlOn.
<br />TIlt: ORlril:\',\(. Housl' bill,
<br />thorro by SlranR and Rep, /
<br />~tt>, Ann Dittemor(', R-En!::~E'- .
<br />wood, ~'as Ihf> product of a. SIX-
<br />m 0 nth interim commIttee
<br />study last year,
<br />It spt up a peeking Order for
<br />stale land ust> ptanninll; and t"n-
<br />foreemt"nl. gl\'lng the stale.
<br />through Il powl'rlul la?d mt"
<br />appl"als board, the majOr "rE'-
<br />sponsibility for o\'t"r1't'l"mg
<br />polk)'.
<br />The apPf'als board would
<br />havl" bepn empowerro [0 n',
<br />view d~lslons made by ~/ll
<br />gO\'emments in allowmg
<br />major forms or dl"\"('lopml"nt,
<br />sueh as subdi\'lsions, uowt'r
<br />plants, recreatiOn an.as t'nd
<br />airports,
<br />The board would hne I.N"\'fl
<br />able to bring local fP'\.ct"no
<br />menu into line on certum dccl,
<br />"'"ons which it df'termlnt'd Iof_
<br />f~eted \hI' en\;ronmf'nt and
<br />bt"aut).' of the whole state.
<br />T b I" biggl"st ('hange that
<br />Shoemaker- made was 'l.::rn~
<br />", thfo appeals board, H:s
<br />pmJ:' '_..I local govern-
<br />\"f'rsionas.~l~"'" . "
<br />ments mort' auU10nty m detC'r-
<br />
<br />I bill OKd by House, goes t~
<br />
<br />mining how to\\-ns and eounties
<br />should grow.
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<br />I HIS filL.. Il"ft It optiOWlI lor
<br />local governments to accc>pt
<br />the slate's suggestions on land
<br />use issues, And he reJf'J;1:atf'd
<br />the state.s role In land Use to a
<br />reconstituted Colorado Land
<br />Use O>mmission, whleb will
<br />act, under Shoemaker's \'t'r.
<br />sion, Partly as an ad\'iser, and
<br />partJ;r as a policing agenc)..
<br />TIle commission exJ"too tor
<br />thre-e years. untIl Pmdueiog a
<br />final report In IAA:ember.
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<br />Largely because of the up-
<br />roar his l'f'vlsion!qlarkEod.
<br />Shoemaker.was. ~ ko--beet.
<br />up tlll' powel'5 of the coromls_
<br />sJon, so that the state has some
<br />say-so if local g<)\"l"rnments ap-
<br />pesr to be making unwise
<br />decisions. ". ..,
<br />As apPro\"M Wt'dnesday. the
<br />bill \\"OUld give the stall" a sin-
<br />gle option it it disagreed \\;th
<br />local dt'c1sions _ to t.!tk" tile
<br />local go\'l"rnment to court.
<br />Cr:itic-s contend thaI l'lthl"r
<br />than haviru:" a eompreh('p.slvl"
<br />land u.~t" polley adminkcrt'd
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<br />and enforced by the stat
<br />Colorado will be I!'aving tl
<br />bulk of power In scores or dI
<br />!rlet courts throughout t b
<br />state. .
<br />The bill could undergo e"tel
<br />sive reVision in 1915 to WOij'
<br />out many of its disputed sei
<br />tions. But DemocratJ
<br />opponents insisted WCtln~da
<br />that taking such a weak fin
<br />step is a mistake. I
<br />nEro GER.-4.RH \'. Fn,.\SK
<br />o.,\urora, gave an lrnp.assiun
<br />ed. 100minute spee..h In whiel
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<br />A '125 1974 Dnvr Colo. Rocky Mounfain News-~ to
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<br />IV~~derhoof
<br />'d th t "v..hat we do' Inter-:.ene In local land use
<br />he sal a lis doY.n decls1Ofls.
<br />today. so casually, ro But se\.'eral Republlcans de-
<br />the generatIons.:.; ~ ~_ f tided the bill as "e\"olution-
<br />Appealing to ~1 ~1S ~, not re....olutionary."
<br />tors......ho have tradition ~~- ~irs. Dittemore, W h,O. has
<br />posed strong land u~~ ~ t~ aciously but unwillmg!y
<br />l-"'rank said, "If ~"o~.re':lo~it_ ~atched the original House bl~
<br />rescue )"Our agncu "W, fog ~ through its changell, to
<br />age from disslpa~in;: In 1\ est House members moments be-
<br />of (Jand) s~ulnbon. I SU~S.8 lore the final roll was called,
<br />the only tool you'll .~v(' I "It's oot all that it coUld have
<br />strong stale Interest. lh "n!- been But we must 8CCl"pt po-
<br />Frank insisted that (' ,. I'ticaJ facts. We must li\'e In
<br />m 0 5 t purposel~,Uv\~~ ~~ke tk world ~s it Is ;;- not as ......
<br />laAAuage ?f the, 1 th stale to would like It to be.
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