Planning Commission: Where To Now?
I have appeared a couple of times at planning commission hearings, and although we usually differed on the issue, I developed a lot of respect for the sacrifices these volunteer board members made to untangle the rules of land use and code interpretation. Doing this job responsibly required a lot of research and sensitivity, particularly when dealing with neighborhood disputes.
The Bay County Commission has re-organized the planning commission into a five-member board, each member to be appointed by an individual county commissioner. Apparently each member is to be a surrogate for the county commissioner who appointed him/her. Why would a self-respecting volunteer undertake such a difficult appointment only to be seen as an extension of an elected official? It will be interesting to see who rises to the task...
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