Let me get this straight. County Commissioner David Madore gave away Clark County tax revenue by waiving fees on new “expected” commercial development. After the fact, he decides to find out if that “giveaway” will result in revenue for Clark County (April 15 story, “County seeks data on fee-waiving program“). Wouldn’t a prudent manager find out if there would be an “expected” monetary return on that decision before acting?
That type of decision used to be called “counting your chickens before they hatched.”
Celia Louderback
Vancouver
