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Official's vs. Citizen's viewpoints regarding growth

Linked below are recent Newspaper stories on the topic.

Various area newspapers detail opposing viewpoints about growth –

Columbus Alive (“Our constituency has been very supportive on the [development] issue,” said Joyce Bushman.) Oct. 4, 2001

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Columbus Dispatch titled “Pickerington group aims to limit growth” ("There's just too much, too quick,'' Mike Moeller said. "They're allowing hundreds and hundreds of new homes to come in.'' Moeller and others want to see more businesses, not houses, sprout up in Pickerington to help keep city taxes from rising.)Nov. 18, 2001.

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Columbus Alive (Nov. 22) - Pickerington has metastasized into a maze of slapped-up sprawlburbs.

Links

Columbus Alive Oct. 4, 2001
Columbus Dispatch Nov. 18, 2001
Columbus Alive Nov. 22, 2001