Impact Fee Fight

Impact Fee Fight

Normally, the inclination is to take the side of home rule. When the Feds meddle in state affairs, you want to tell them to buzz off. And when state legislators meddle in local affairs, you want to tell them to keep their camel-haired noses in their own tent. Butt out, Buckos.

But in this case - the fight over impact fees - it's not that easy. Two of our local legislators, Sen. Mike Bennett and Rep. Donna Clark, certainly have stuck their noses where they shouldn't be. But we'll give them this: They've done so with good intentions for the greater good and in the process they partially have opened a stinky sardine can that should be peeled wide open and exposed for a much broader airing out.