BACKGROUND: S.975, euphemistically titled the “Community Character Act,” was introduced last May and is now scheduled to come before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Thursday, April 11, 2002. The bill, introduced by Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), with Senators Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jim Jeffords … Continue reading Lincoln Chafee Advances Bill to Usurp Local Control of Land Use Planning and Zoning, by Tom Randall