COMMISSION WILL SUFFER FROM LACK OF PLANNER.(MAIN)

Byline: KATHERINE H. DANIELS Delmar

I am dumbfounded at the Capital District Regional Planning Commission's decision, reported on June 5, to offer its executive director's position to a non-planner, amid a field of many highly qualified planners. This just boggles the mind. The action clearly says that the commission's true intent is to derail the important planning function of this agency and the assistance it provides to Capital Region communities.

The head of the commission's search committee says that what is needed is an administrator, not a planner, and that the CDRPC already has an ``extraordinarily good'' planning staff. It does indeed. And guess …