{"id":2861,"date":"2012-10-25T15:03:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T19:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2012-10-25T15:03:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T19:03:16","slug":"letter-ross-didnt-protect-open-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=2861","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Ross didn&#8217;t protect open space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To the Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Letters11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2863\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"Letters1\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Letters11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>Rep. Chris Ross (R-158) voted for House Bill 2224 which, according to the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, PennFuture and many other open space organizations,\u00a0 puts public land, including much-loved parks, at risk of being sold for short term gain or on a political whim.\u00a0 It tosses out longstanding rules that ensure government cannot sell parks and other Open Space if the lands benefit the public.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to putting our parks and Open Space at risk, the bill:<\/p>\n<p>* Violates the trust and good faith of landowners who donated property for a dollar or sold property to the government at a bargain price with assurances that the land would be used for a public purpose.<\/p>\n<p>* Forces generous landowners to second guess whether they should sell their land at a bargain price for a good cause, such as, a new park, because it shows that government can no longer be trusted with such gifts.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>* Compromises farmland preservation protections provided to family farms.<\/p>\n<p>* Discards the fair and balanced process local governments have used since 1959 to determine whether public land can be sold.<\/p>\n<p>It has been amended three times and they still can&#8217;t get this bill right.<\/p>\n<p>Ross also voted for HB 1950 the fracking law, which removed local control over gas drilling and pipelines, contained inadequate environmental protections and implemented a mere 1% impact fee.<\/p>\n<p>We must have representatives in Harrisburg who are committed to our environment and who will stand up for what is right.\u00a0 I am voting for Susan Rzucidlo, Farmer, Business Owner and Advocate. She will speak up for the values and the people of Chester County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon McCann<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Landenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor Rep. Chris Ross (R-158) voted for House Bill 2224 which, according to the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, PennFuture and many other open space organizations,\u00a0 puts public land, including much-loved parks, at risk of being sold for short term gain or on a political whim.\u00a0 It tosses out longstanding rules that ensure government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[1034,56,1035,872,212],"class_list":["post-2861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","tag-chris-ross","tag-election-2012","tag-open-space","tag-state-house","tag-susan-rzucidlo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}