By Matthew Renda
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The bill calling for the Silver State’s secession from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency unless certain benchmarks are met has passed all legislative hurdles and will take effect at the beginning of 2012…
Kyle Davis, Nevada Conservation League policy director, said the legislation was crafted with input from powerful special interests representing developers and gaming and was opposed by conservationists and scientists.
“Lake Tahoe is the crown jewel of the Sierra Nevada,” he said. “It is irresponsible to gamble the environmental future of the lake to leverage changes to the compact that would make development easier. Furthermore, the lack of public input and thoughtful deliberation about the consequences of this legislation has damaged the opportunity for good faith negotiations in the future.”