Larry Evans: Prophet of Sprawl?

Opinion page editor Paul Akers of the FLS writes his eulogy to the stewardship of Larry Evans:

We’ve found a number of areas of agreement (outside of short-sighted laws governing the disposition of cartoonists), but, agree or not, I also know this about Larry–he has integrity. He writes as honestly as anyone I’ve read, and as tenaciously. Much of his commentary of the last 15 years has been a vital Long Argument against the multifaceted detriments to land, community, and soul of rapid, random growth.

Bah. . . the partisan Republican in me still says that Larry articles were always smugly prefaced with the joke “what’s black and white and red all over.” Still, you have to appreciate the parting words – its a very cool thing to see. As much as you could disagree with Evans, he was never as bad as Amrhine.

Godspeed.