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LOSS FOR SO-CALLED "SMART GROWTH"
County Wide Zoning Loses Big in
La Salle County, Illinois

Final information from all 125 precincts indicates that a county wide zoning advisory referendum in La Salle County, Illinois has lost handily. The proposed ordinance would have included so-called "smart growth" strategies. This is significant victory for the La Salle County Land Owners Association, which obtained more than 12,000 petition signatures to place the item on the ballot.

For County Wide Zoning 4,081 18.5%
Against County Wide Zoning 17,970 81.5%

Demographia principal Wendell Cox made presentations in opposition to county zoning on 30 March in La Salle County locations.

2001.04.03 23:00 CDT

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