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<br /> Staff Photos by Rita Reed
<br /> Upper left, geese landed in a wetland area that will be affected by the May 23 vote in Plymouth.Voters will choose to preserve open land or
<br /> lower taxes.Above,this wetland area provides a refuge for wildlife in Plymouth.Below,flags mark the edges of another wetland area.
<br /> 'reserve g land has won opt in other suburbs
<br /> By Norman Draper similar referendum in 1993,even bucolic idyll.
<br /> Staff Writer �`���, '�'�, � � - though,2'/-years before,a roomful
<br /> of city taxpayers hooted down a "I've.seen lots and lots of houses go
<br /> A Ply oath referendum slated for s r. ' 4 ` state senator who had told them the up,"said Virginia Black,who
<br /> thir th will offer voters a choice ,`. ` ' ,, state was doing a go—Jo o b of moved to Plymouth five years ago
<br /> tha right to the heart of the ¢ ;: ,� -�P keeping taxes low.The Maplewood and is one of the city's most active
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<br /> II experience.Here's the -: 2 - initiative involved a bigger tax' open-space boosters.
<br /> quandary for Plymouth voters:Do � '* k `_ increase
<br /> —about$33 in extra
<br /> you want more trees and wetlands .R -� property taxes annually for a "Tons of houses.It's just amazing.
<br /> or lower taxes? + ''� $100,000 home.The measure Shopping centers have gone in....
<br /> Taxes and open ace are nerve-end .-- o :•, t '� passed with 55 percent of voters There will be development in the•P P m i ,..91. .`: �..., approving it. future,so it's a prionty that we look
<br /> issues that soar to the top of the " r ,
<br /> iZ ., at area available now for open
<br /> concerns list for many °, y Other suburbs—Chanhassen and space and presery e what we can."
<br /> st.burbanites,especially in those >' -+ ;� ., .�, Maple Grove,for instance—are
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