Wouldn the sprawl ballot question cause the Club to spend funds in a wasteful manner?
Since when is discussing important issues a waste of time and funds within the Sierra Club? Our country’s population has doubled since around 1945 and, according to January 2000 U.S. Census Bureau projections, will double again within the lifetime of children born today. This is indeed worthy of some very serious discussion in the Sierra Club. Sprawl campaign materials are revised and released on at least a yearly basis. The ballot question was not dictating that existing material be thrown out and reprinted, but rather that population be adequately addressed in the next revision of the campaign’s material. The incremental cost would be negligible.
