Negative mind-set dominates results of second national Saint Index© across 14 industries and five regions; citizens turn thumbs-down on effectiveness of local officials in land-use issues.

For the second consecutive year, the Saint Index©, a survey commissioned by The Saint Consulting Group - an analyst of U.S. land-use politics, finds that Americans are strongly opposed to real estate development projects. In fact, twice as many continue to actively oppose development as support it...

Further, 70% of Americans support using tax dollars to keep land undeveloped, and 38% feel that "strongly." And, according to the just-completed survey, Americans are less concerned about the environment [11 % response] than they are about protection of property values [36%] and preservation of community character [29%].    (Source: TSCG)

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