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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody is talking about the state deciding everything. Or about abolishing local government.[/quote]

Oh, I see, so you only want the state to decide things when it's things you agree with? Gotcha. Land use is about as local as local government gets. [/quote]

I am pointing out that lots of things are decided by state as well as local government - particularly in Virginia, which is a Dillon Rule state.

And one of those things is land use. Currently. Right now.[/quote]

All this is doing is creating precedents that will come back to haunt you. Don't complain when Republicans retake the state government and ban local governments from addressing climate change. [/quote]

Republicans typically are not the ones to enact new legislation that takes rights away from locals and states. You are thinking of liberals/leftists who think the top-down approach to government is the best. [/quote]

Republicans do it too.

This is straight out of the NRA's playbook. They lobby state governments to ban local governments from enacting gun control laws.

It's surprising to me that Democrats would pursue this strategy in a state like Virginia, where control of the state government inevitably goes back and forth between Democrats and Republicans.

If Democrats use this to preempt local governments from controlling their own zoning laws, Republicans will cite that precedent to prevent local governments from doing things they don't like. It's a slippery slope. [/quote]

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