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Developers playing politics in Baltimore County? We’re shocked!
By Patrick Fox President, The Saint consulting Group As a Baltimore Sun opinion piece last month illustrates, all land use is political.  When decisions are made by elected or appointed officials who can be and are influenced by the will of the people, it should come as no surprise to anyone that outcomes are political.  The American people ...
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Mike Saint: planning disputes generate passions in land use politics
Mike Saint, chairman and CEO of The Saint Consulting Group, talks about the discipline of land use politics in a bylined viewpoint in Area Development Online. Land-use politics is a discipline in land-use permitting that employs sophisticated political campaign strategies and tactics to help ordinary citizens influence public officials’ decision-making process in reaching land-use decisions. Land-use ...
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First Person: P. Michael Saint
January 2010 — Area Development 2010 Annual Directory — Area Development Magazine's Annual Directory features a Question-and-Answer "First Person" column with P. Michael Saint, CEO of The Saint Consulting Group. Mike discusses land use politics and how it influences the approval process for industrial development proposals. The column also appeared in Area Development's November 2009 ...
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