Richard Cox, the Republican challenger for the District 1 commission seat, is pushing back on the Baldwin County Commission’s claim it is powerless to regulate the massive solar facility planned for Stockton.
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When I moved to Baldwin County 30 years ago from Madison County I was shocked that zoning was such a hot issue. I thought "why would anyone be against zoning?" To me it just meant being a good neighbor. To others it was a form of socialism. It took two tries to get Magnolia Springs zoned while zoning votes failed in area after area. I always knew there would be something (like the solar farm) that would eventually change peoples minds even though it would be too late to stop the offending project. To the rest of unzoned Baldwin County I say: "You are next."
Mr. Cox would get my vote!
Here’s the nut of the story: “The planned solar field is in Cox’s backyard…”
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