AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
Kristy Gore is a Charleston Area REALTOR® and Civic Leaders Academy alum who serves on the Berkeley County Planning and Zoning Commission.
She is running for South Carolina
House District 99, gearing up for the primary.
“Most of my platform is tax reform and
infrastructure.
We are in an infrastructure crisis, so
we must reallocate money for roads and bridges,” she said, saying fiscally
conservative policy can reduce tax burden while redirecting funds to pay for
the basics.
Gore said she learned to navigate
difficult decisions while reviewing controversial developments during her year
and a half on the planning and zoning commission.
“A planning vote recently dealt with a
medium-sized commercial parcel that backed up to residential.
I have become very familiar with wetlands in my real estate career.
I have seen individual homeowners end up
paying dearly for planning and zoning decisions done poorly.
I voted against a plan to change the
zoning for that commercial plan,” Gore said, noting that the plan ultimately
was approved.
A no vote can cause a developer to pay
attention more to neighborhood flooding concerns.
She said a developer can revise a
plan, creating less concrete lot coverage and more on-site ponds, before a
council gives its final approval.
“We have to be responsible in our development.
The leadership class was very eye opening.”
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