Photo: Paul Wellman
There was lots of community uproar in 2007, especially for Randy Wheeler, who had every reason to think the skids had been greased when he brought forward his plans to build a brand-new community of 7,500 homes and 500,000 square feet of commercial development. After all, it had the blessing of county executive Mike Brown. But members of the County Planning Commission had other ideas, and the deal was shot down before it got out of the starting gate.