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Pro-business, anti-person, par for the course. It’s clear that Republicans don’t care about any person more than they care about corporations.
People should look up how much marsh land Indiana had a long time ago. And forests. It’s staggering how much the land has changed here.
There is simply no justification for these changes other than playing into corporate developers wishes. Indiana has and continues to build on its reputation for stripping the land of its resources in the name of progress. In the 1920s Indiana was stripped of all is standing forest. Down to 5%. Only through enacting a registered forest act did it brake back to the roughly 25% we have today. Our wetlands will now run the same cycle over 3-4 generations. History repeats itself. Especially in Indiana where we so easily forget what was done in the past. Shameless.
Our Republican Legislature and Governor unfortunately seem to have no care about the future of the state, the country, and the planet they are leaving behind for their children and grandchildren. To them, it is all about the now!
Good on the governor for making this tough choice. Well done, and blessings on him and his family.
What a shame
“Regulations at the federal, state and local level now account for roughly 25% of the cost of a house. This is no sticks or bricks, but government regulations, such as Indiana’s isolated wetlands program, pushing the price of housing up to levels that are becoming out of reach for many Hoosiers.” – What a load of swamp gas! I’m sure the citizens of Indiana would be much better off with cheaper homes and unregulated infrastructure, design and safety in their homes. Best of luck to all with your wetland development opportunities! Have your attorneys read Section R322 before installing pressure treated foundations in the wetlands!
Thank goodness some people have a little bit of common sense. It was ridiculous to declare a portion of a farmer’ s field that he had farmed for years and years a wet land, simply because an underground drainage line had broken or became clogged.
So obviously the law as stated needed some work to eliminate the ridiculous, but to remove all protections with one broad stroke was not a good and wise move. A sad day for Indiana.
Whose ox is gored? Zoning and environmental regulations limit owners’ land use. The old statute was so vague on what was regulated as to be a quagmire for the owner whose land might be affected. Even worse, it dumped the decision process onto unelected bureaucrats who had no interest other than imposing their ideals on others. A better way to look at what happened is that too broad a law was cut back, not eliminated. It sounds like the governor tried for the best for both sides in working with the General Assembly. That neither side is fully happy suggests he did well.