There has been a lot of talk in the County Executive and Council races regarding development and how it is approved, regulated, and managed in this County. The Civic work I have been doing for almost a decade has informed me on this topic and I could talk about it for days, but I want to go over some of the comments I am hearing that really make me cringe. 1. "The Council doesn't do much zoning." NONSENSE. The Council "does" an enormous amount of zoning. And not just as the Zoning Board, but also as Council Members. As Zoning Board Members they hear individual cases asking for changes in their zoning, usually to either increase density, or allow a new use on the property, or change their zon