{"id":874,"date":"2008-08-08T13:30:55","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T20:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/08\/minority-control\/"},"modified":"2008-08-08T13:56:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T20:56:08","slug":"minority-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/minority-control\/","title":{"rendered":"minority control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>90% of Elbert County citizens who work commute to a job outside of Elbert County.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Average commute times in Elbert County are double the state-wide average.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an economy where fuel is prohibitively expensive, we must bring jobs to Elbert County.  The interests of the 10% of Elbert County citizens who do not have to commute should not control the public planning agenda to keep the rest of Elbert County impoverished by commuting time and expense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Managed growth compatible with a rural life style&#8221; is a tyranny by a small minority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/elbert-county-census-quick-facts.pdf\" title=\"Elbert County Census Quick Facts\">Elbert County Census Quick Facts<\/a><\/strong> &#8230;.. <a href=\"http:\/\/quickfacts.census.gov\/qfd\/states\/08\/08039.html\">source link<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/ruca08-1.pdf\" title=\"Rural Urban Commuting Area Codes\">Rural Urban Commuting Area Codes<\/a><\/strong> &#8230;.. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/Data\/RuralUrbanCommutingAreaCodes\/2000\/\">source link<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/usda-briefing-room-measuring-rurality_-rual-urban-commu.pdf\" title=\"Rural Urban Commuting Area Code Definitions\">Rural Urban Commuting Area Code Definitions<\/a><\/strong> &#8230;.. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/briefing\/Rurality\/RuralUrbanCommutingAreas\/\">source link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>90% of Elbert County citizens who work commute to a job outside of Elbert County. Average commute times in Elbert County are double the state-wide average. In an economy where fuel is prohibitively expensive, we must bring jobs to Elbert County. The interests of the 10% of Elbert County citizens who do not have to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economics","7":"category-planning","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}