October 22, 2008

David Dolhberg, an avid hiker, paddler and bicyclist, sees plenty of reasons to extend an East Bay property tax to acquire and develop regional parks and trails when he notices thegaps in trails along the shoreline and ridges of the Bay.

Measure WW, an extension of a property tax to raise $500 million to buy and develop parks, has spurred voters in Contra Costa and Alameda counties to focus sharply on a question many urban areas struggle with: How much land should be set aside as open space? When is there enough or not enough?