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Count on growth in Utah

Growth or not growth, there are two things that have to happen. We have to prepare for catastrophic earthquake, and, global warming or no global warming, we have to clean up our air.

If the growth does not come as Utah officials still optimistically insist (apparently they still think it's "different here") the people of Washington, Iron and Kane counties will still have to pay the billions including interest for the Lake Powell Pipeline anyway. Saddling so few people with such a massive tax debt because the officials have not yet taken off their rose colored glasses is unconscionable.
Look at the thousands of unwanted homes and foreclosures in the St. George area before declaring it will continue to grow at 2006 rates. They are dumping and abandoning whole development plats.
If water is needed in the future, just stop building lush golf courses, kiddie splash pads and private "water features"....that can be done without burying southern Utah in massive tax debt for the developer's Big Dig.

Yep.
That's what is needed.
More growth.

LOL!

Growth is what fuels the economy. Global economic contraction is inevitable for a season and will now shrink everything, even untouchable Utah. Don't bet on growth for the foreseeable future.

More growth
More people
More jobs
More wealthy
More happiness

to: more is more | 12:34 p.m.

hmmm, you might want to ask people in California how much "wealthy" and "happiness" having a crushingly huge population crammed into a small space causes.

Once Americas were assured by there religious leaders that water would follow the plow as the West was being settled. Utah may grow six fold by 2020. Where's the water coming from?

There has been a miracle in agriculture in my lifetime. Recently the ability to grew more food on less land as peeked.

Were I live was once the most productive farmland on earth. It's now homes. We have less land to grow food.

With the current economics, who will build the roads, schools and public transportation?

You obviously know nothing about the culture and people of California. Even in L.A., San Diego, San Francisco there is a wonderful live-and-let-live spirit that Salt Lake City can only dream of.

The Population explosion in Salt Lake City and Utah in general - (what is it now, something like 8.2 children per family or something?) is now becoming painfully evident.

Trouble in River City.

I live in Salt Lake City, and I find there is a wonderful live-and-let-live spirit there. I think you might be alluding to a different part of our state, keep up on your Utah demographics.

more crowding
more crime
more traffic
more illegal drug use
more pollution
less freedom