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"Nineteen destination resorts .." That phrase alone should suggest why the voters here in Crook County initiated and passed a ballot measure that said "enough!" In one small area of the county there are three resorts, and preliminary approval has been given for a fourth. The word balance was mentioned frequently during the campaigning for the measure, as citizens envisioned the cumulative detrimental impacts of this one type of development. Let's stop and assess what we are doing to our environment and way of life, and specifically to the critical area of agriculture, before we approve any more resorts and golf courses.

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