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Is This What We Want For Our Small Urban State?, Chester Smolski
Is This What We Want For Our Small Urban State?, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"The big advantage of a small state is that it is comprehensible, and some might say managable. Certainly, it is easier to work with the 39 cities and towns of this state rather than the 351 cities and towns of nearby Massachusetts. And yet one wonders if this is really true."
Land Use--The Senate Buckled Under The Test, Chester Smolski
Land Use--The Senate Buckled Under The Test, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"They killed it on May 4, 1978. Quietly, behind closed doors and and out of the public eye, this small, powerful group decided that the Senate of the Rhode Island General Assembly would not pass Bill 77-H 6299 (Substitute "A"), An Act Establishing a State-Local Management Program."
Land Management Bill Must Not Be Dismissed, Chester Smolski
Land Management Bill Must Not Be Dismissed, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"After 10 years of study, three years of public meetings and discussion, three years of writing and revision, and now for the third consecutive year, the carefully conceived, greatly altered, and highly-detailed 136-page bill to manage the land of Rhode Island is before the General Assembly for possible enactment."
Benefits Of Statewide Land Use Plan, Chester Smolski
Benefits Of Statewide Land Use Plan, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"Providence has been a leader in the nation in combating air pollution since the early 1950s when local ordinances banned outside burning to prevent pollutants from spewing into the air."