Ignoring stormwater science

Does anyone doubt that stormwater pollutes Western Washington's water cycle? At its simplest, civilization drops stuff on the ground, and gravity washes it downhill into Puget Sound.

Pretty easy. Yet now comes Democratic State Rep. Larry Springer of Kirkland. His HB2641 proposes making laboriously negotiated low-impact development rules voluntary.

"We are simply continuing an ongoing effort to find a way to lessen the burden, streamline our local governments, make them more efficient and help them weather the budget crisis they are facing," Springer told Investigate West's Robert McClure.

We can't stress the following point enough: the opponents of Puget Sound protection and restoration have no science on their side. All they can do is whine 'it's too hard,' or 'it's too expensive,' or 'what's the rush?', and try to have their political lackeys fix the game.

Well excuse us private sector, but it's your doing business at the lowest cost that is responsible for pollution of the commons, i.e. the public sector. It's more than disingenuous to then cry about the public sector's remedy.

House Bill 2641: Sponsors Springer, Takko, Kagi and Eddy need to back off.

Update 1: Even the Times gets it