Julie Formby On Proposed Laramie County Land Use Plan

On  Weekend In Wyoming this past weekend, we interviewed Julie Formby and Justin Arnold on the proposed new Land Use Plan for Laramie County.

Due to technical limitations, our system would not allow us to post both interviews on the same page. That being the case. we decided to post them separately; as we wanted to be fair to both sides of the discussion.

On this page we have the interview with Julie Formby, a Laramie County resident and an opponent of the plan.

Julie Formby Sees Issues With The Plan

Formby says one problem is that too many county residents have not been informed about the plan and says she is worried about the "intrusion of the county in your private business, in your home."

She says among country residents who would be affected only about one percent know about the plan "and this is a pretty big deal for one percent." She says she's not accusing the county of not trying to inform people "They've put forth a good faith effort....but people have lives. They don't have time to constantly be watching 'what is the government doing.'"

Formby says out of 264 comments on a county planning website comment form on the proposal, only four comments were in favor.

She says people opposed to the plan cited property rights. Formby said people who live in rural areas of Laramie County often do so because they "want to use their property as they see fit."

You can hear what Formby had to say in more detail in the interview posted below.

Julie Formby Interview