Bad Growth Rush, Not Yet

Mr. Pelham is secretary of the Department of Community Affairs, the state's land-planning agency. On Friday, he held an Internet forum for more than 1,100 parties and discussed his interpretation of Senate Bill 360, which abolished the two key portions of the Growth Management Act that the Legislature passed in 1985. To developers hoping to cash in quickly on bad projects, Mr. Pelham said, in essence, "Not so fast."

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