To the editor:

With the Feb. 27 primary results, it appears Lawrence will again be witness to the Golden Rule of Politics: “He who has the gold, makes the rules.” The development community has felt constrained in their vision of a paved paradise of strip malls, huge shopping centers and barracks-like apartment complexes. Good planning and oversight in an effort to keep Lawrence a community of livable neighborhoods and a vibrant downtown conflicts with their growth-at-any-cost mentality.

Here’s hoping that voters realize, before it’s too late, that we don’t need the best City Commission that money can buy. Since that may be too harsh, I should quote the late Molly Ivins about Texas politicians: “They may not be for sale, but you can sure rent ’em.”

Phil Minkin,

Lawrence