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	<title>Bainbridge Shoreline Homeowners &#187; Regional Planning</title>
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		<title>Bainbridge Shoreline Homeowners &#187; Regional Planning</title>
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		<title>Salmon are plentiful and healthy, so what problem are we&#8217;re trying to solve?</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/salmon-are-plentiful-and-healthy-so-what-problem-are-were-trying-to-solve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from a story by Christopher Dunagan in the Kitsap Sun&#8230;
Recent rains have encouraged the chum salmon to move upstream in many creeks across the Kitsap Peninsula. Observers say some of the chum they are spotting are much larger than any they have seen in years.
“The timing of these rains is just about perfect,” said Jon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=3056&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>County fights &#8220;one size fits all&#8221; rural zoning.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/county-fights-one-size-fits-all-rural-zoning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following story is important for shoreline homeowners because &#8220;one size fits all&#8221; has been the land use planning mantra of planners, activist groups and the Department of Ecology. However, the Shoreline Management Act and the Growth Management Act call for custom-tailored approaches to fit local conditions. 
by Rob Ollikainen, Peninsula Daily News
Clallam County (the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=3038&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kitsap lawmaker says Ecology overstepping its authority.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/kitsap-lawmaker-says-ecology-overstepping-its-authority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jan Angel has sent letters this week to the state departments of Ecology and Commerce asking its directors to refrain from creating new shoreline policies and guidance.
The issue centers around which jurisdiction takes precedence in setting shoreline rules and buffers: the state&#8217;s Shoreline Management Act (SMA) or the Growth Management Act (GMA). GMA governs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2989&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Partnership preparing for shoreline moratorium battle.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/partnership-preparing-for-shoreline-moratorium-battle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an article in the Kitsap Sun, the Puget Sound Partnership is preparing several requests for the coming legislative session. One of them is a shoreline moratorium that would halt construction of bulkheads and docks in &#8220;sensitive areas&#8221; until new rules are approved.
Because of the importance of “feeder bluffs,” which create gravel beaches, as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2958&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rumor control: Do planners want your home to fall into Puget Sound?</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/rumor-control-planners-want-your-home-to-fall-into-puget-sound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Property Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ken Sethney, Chair, Bainbridge Shoreline Homeowners
It is often said that COBI Planners &#8212; or Dept. of Ecology bureaucrats &#8212; or some evil, shadow government masterminds &#8212; want all shoreline properties to erode and all &#8220;nonconforming&#8221; homes to fall into the water. 
That&#8217;s why they want to declare your home to be &#8220;nonconforming&#8221;. That&#8217;s why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2803&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability, salmon and Mother Nature.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/sustainability-salmon-and-mother-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by John B Evans
Despite weather that was too cool early on, then too hot, hit and miss watering, frequent trampling by our family dog and abundant weeds&#8230; the veggies are resilient and the harvest spectacular.
Mother nature figured, after a misstep here and there with dinosaurs and such, that resilience, (the ability to adapt to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2781&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legal response to Jefferson County&#8217;s draft SMP.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/legal-response-to-jefferson-countys-draft-smp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dennis D. Reynolds, Land Use Attorney, Bainbridge Island
I represent The Olympic Stewardship Foundation (“the OSF”).  The OSF’s membership includes a broad array of citizens, property owners and business owners in Jefferson County.  The OSF is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the voice of rural landowners.  Its members support the shared [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2685&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report on SMP update process in Jefferson County.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/report-on-smp-update-process-in-jefferson-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Michael Gustavson, Director, Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners; Member, Kitsap County Planning Commission
Much can be learned from the experience in our neighboring county, as our SMA review builds steam. Tuesday evening September 8, 2009 six KAPO members attended the Jefferson County Commissioners public hearing on their Shoreline Management Plan update.  Several of us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2675&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Property owners win appeal of Kitsap County critical areas ordinance.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/property-owners-win-appeal-of-kitsap-county-critical-areas-ordinance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Brian T. Hodges, Managing Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
We just received a published Court of Appeals&#8217; decision in Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board. This case involved the intersection of two state statutes, the Shoreline Management Act (SMA) and the Growth Management Act (GMA), chapters 90.58 and 36.70A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2649&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Judge rules against activists in San Juan County.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/judge-rules-against-activists-in-san-juan-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many players in the world of land use planning, regulation and governance. On one side you have property owners. On the other you have a wide range of people and groups who think they know better than anyone else how the property owner&#8217;s land should be used. These groups &#8212; including activists, politicians, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2629&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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