Friday, January 27, 2006
We have an easier web address!
Rather than try remembering the strange blog address, you can now use www.royaloakparks.com instead.
Selling Michigan public land a lame idea
By Howard Meyerson from The Grand Rapids Press:
Bad ideas just never seem to stop coming around. The issue of selling public lands for some alleged greater good is one of them.
"The problem is once they are gone, they are gone forever," said Arwood, the executive director for the Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy in Lansing.
"Today everything is budget driven" he said. "Public lands are just viewed as low-hanging fruit. People just say: 'We have large tracts of land. Just sell them.' But we are trying to show and demonstrate the value of conserving the lands."
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While this article is about state and federal parkland sales, it clearly resonates with what's proposed in Royal Oak.
Bad ideas just never seem to stop coming around. The issue of selling public lands for some alleged greater good is one of them.
"The problem is once they are gone, they are gone forever," said Arwood, the executive director for the Heart of the Lakes Center for Land Conservation Policy in Lansing.
"Today everything is budget driven" he said. "Public lands are just viewed as low-hanging fruit. People just say: 'We have large tracts of land. Just sell them.' But we are trying to show and demonstrate the value of conserving the lands."
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While this article is about state and federal parkland sales, it clearly resonates with what's proposed in Royal Oak.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Would golf course sale violate state law?
From The Mirror:
Royal Oak residents opposed to the possible sale of Normandy Oaks Golf Course say that state law would prevent such a sale.
The city, however, does not think the law would hinder the sale if the City Commission ultimately decides to sell the land.
"I don't think there is anything in the master plan that says it is needed or has to be a golf course," Plan Director Tim Thwing said.
If the commission eventually decides to sell the course and city attorneys decide that the sale would violate state law, Thwing said, the Plan Commission could modify the master plan to take out the course.
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Royal Oak residents opposed to the possible sale of Normandy Oaks Golf Course say that state law would prevent such a sale.
The city, however, does not think the law would hinder the sale if the City Commission ultimately decides to sell the land.
"I don't think there is anything in the master plan that says it is needed or has to be a golf course," Plan Director Tim Thwing said.
If the commission eventually decides to sell the course and city attorneys decide that the sale would violate state law, Thwing said, the Plan Commission could modify the master plan to take out the course.
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