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Letter: Not so certain limiting growth would hurt a lot

Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003 | 9:03 a.m.

In your Aug. 29 editorial, you stated that, "If the rest of the county adopted Boulder City's no-growth policy, however, the area's economy would grind to a halt and suffer irreparable damage."

Would you kindly back up your glowing generality by stating the facts that are behind your statement?

As I understand it, there is a proposal by the water district to try to determine what the economic impact might be as a result of a building slowdown. Haven't you jumped the gun? Or do you know more than our governing bodies?

I will admit that if you quit building houses, jobs would be lost. But have you ever visited a major construction site? A good number of vehicles used by the craftsmen have out-of-state plates

BEN DRUCKERMAN

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