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[quote=Anonymous]Developers by nature are no better or worse than any other industry. The issue (I am assuming MoCo) is money in politics and corporate welfare. Developers have HUGE influence in local elections, and even candidates taking public financing take a lot of contributions from development executives and their lawyers. Candidates take their money, and when elected, they pay them back with tax breaks (like this recent bill) and automatic rubber stamps to any development plan regardless of impact. I’m not saying I’m against development - we need housing, of course, and business resources, but too often the developers get to write their own rules by bankrolling councilmembers. [/quote]
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