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Board of County Supervisors: 
Supervisors' Balanced Growth Report Cards



 Criteria Used to Rate Supervisors:  The table below is based on supervisors' voting records, public statements, and other political activity related to balanced growth issues.  Numerous newspaper articles, e-mails from supervisors, and other information on this website document the supervisors' positions.  (Click this link for more information on supervisors' positions.)

The table below applies only to supervisors' positions and votes on balanced growth issues and are in no way an attempt to evaluate their records in any other way.

Relative to the last column to the right, we indeed believe that residential developer campaign contributions influence politicians' behavior in the long run and are thus germane to a discussion of balanced growth issues.  If that were not true, why would donors contribute?  On the other hand, we consider it even more important to judge the politican's actual political behavior.

Link to previous supervisor report cards:    Land Use Votes 2001-07 (Nov07)  |  Proffers (Oct07)




ArrowUp(b&w)  Avendale Housing Development  in Rural Crescent (2010): County's current land use plan, which allows development "anywhere, anytime" and fast-tracks approval of developer land use requests (2010): Preservation of Rural Crescent by keeping  out development and sewer lines, which make high-density housing possible:
 2007 precedent -setting sewering of  Fireside Church inside Rural Crescent: Reasonable proffers from developers so County taxpayers won't bear all infrastructure costs (police, fire, roads, schools, etc) of new residential developmt: Necessary road improvements to county and particularly his/her district in a timely manner:
 High-quality commercial development:
 2008-11 minimizes  dependence on  developer  campaign funding (<30%), to avoid conflicts of interest:
Supervisor  John Stirrup Actively opposed Supported Strongly supports Actively opposed Supports
 Supports Supports
 Yes
Supervisor Mike May Opposed Opposed Strongly supports
 Opposed Supports
 Supports Supports Yes
Supervisor  Frank Principi Opposed Supported Supports not in office  until 2008
 position unknown Supports Supports No
Supervisor  Maureen Caddigan Opposed, then ultimately supported Supported Mixed record; before 2007 usually supported, but since then has wavered, supporting both Avendale, Fireside Church

Supported
In October 2007, voted against increasing developer proffers to offset costs to taxpayers of  residential develpment.

Supports
Supports
No
Chairman Corey Stewart Actively supported Supported Mixed record; before 2007 supported, but since then has wavered, including active campaigning for Avendale Opposed Supports Supports Supports No
Supervisor John Jenkins Supported Supported Has consistently  supported expansion of sewer lines and other development into Rural Crescent. Supported In October 2007, voted against increasing developer proffers to offset costs to taxpayers of  residential develpment.  Supports Supports Yes
Vice-Chrmn Marty Nohe Supported Supported Has consistently  supported expansion of sewer lines and other development into Rural Crescent. Actively Supported In October 2007, voted against increasing developer proffers to offset costs to taxpayers of  residential develpment.
Supports Supports No
Supervisor Wally Covington Actively supported Strongly supported; appointed residential developer with alleged potential conflicts of interest to county's Land Use Advisory Commission
Has consistently  supported expansion of sewer lines and other development into Rural Crescent. Actively supported
 In October 2007, voted against increasing developer proffers to offset costs to taxpayers of  residential develpment.  Mixed record, including many years of failure to build Linton Hall Rd improvements, though taxpayers approved funding for it in bond issue Supports No




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