text: Jan. 7 Letters: Federal budget, York County population - tribunedigital-dailypress
  If Congress breaks another promise to our military and the people allow it to happen — we get what we deserve.
  Cut Medicare or Medicaid, cut school lunches for the poor, cut "welfare" for the aged and poor (including too many of our soldiers) cut teachers' pay, shut down federal parks.
  Where will their plans to "balance the budget" end? Not with any sacrifices from congressmen you can be sure of that.
  Ali Rockett's Jan. 6 article on York County's population growth projections quotes principal planner Tim Cross, with regard to the reasons that the 80,000-person goal was adopted. In addition to practical good government reasons, York County residents have consistently supported a build-out population 80,000 since it was first adopted in 1991. They have continued to oppose converting the nature of the county from (semi) rural to urban in character.
  A 2002 build-out study prepared by the County Planning Department indicated the county was on track toward that goal with "an estimated maximum build-out figure of approximately 81,000 under almost any realistic development scenario." Subsequent to that time the Supervisors approved adding more residences on parcels zoned for business development, especially in the area around the Ft Eustis, Route 17 intersection. As a result, a September 2012 build-out population study concluded that the maximum build out population was 89,000.
  Since then, County Supervisors have approved adding residential housing to areas zoned for commercial development by adding mixed use zoning overlays to the land use map,and approved adding high density residential housing to the Marquis commercial development. Those actions will contribute to increasing the build-out population and further urbanization of the county. Unfortunately, the Supervisors' actions have not supported their constituents' goals.