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Finding a silver lining

February 08, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brian T. Hodges Washington State requires local governments to continuously adopt, amend, and revisit their land use codes every 5-7 years to meet the moving targets of the state’s environmental and growth management policies.  For years, property owners have complained about the massive cost imposed by the state’s shiftin ...

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If a tree pollutes in the woods…

June 07, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brian T. Hodges For years, Washington’s Department of Ecology has been trying to determine the source of pollutants entering Puget Sound.  The presumption, of course, has been that those dastardly humans who have the gall to live in a home and drive to work – god forbid that they take a trip to one … ...