Bureaucratic Doublespeak

For those who don't have your own EIR to read, I thought you might enjoy this sample of bureaucratic literature from Sacramento County. It's from the Aesthetics section, page 5-5.

"At build-out in 2072 the mass of the landfill will be more prominent on the horizon. From east and west views the landfill will nearly triple its mass horizontally and increase its vertical massing from approximately 280 in elevation feet to 325 feet. The 1994 Environmental Impact Report (94-0319) identified this massing as a significant and unavoidable impact. However, its significance is in part derived from the horizontal and vertical massing relative to the low relief of the surrounding landscape. Furthermore, this increased massing will occur over six decades, providing years for those within sight of the landfill to slowly adjust to the slow-growing silhouette."

What does it actually say? That the landfill is a big stinking eyesore. That it will become an even bigger eyesore. The county does not plan to do anything about that (therefore it is unavoidable).  It just LOOKS so big, though, because the land around it is low and flat. And anyway, it's going to grow slowly enough that people might not notice.

There is no truth in the land of bureaucracy. 

I should try thinking like they do…My butt isn't really so big, it just looks that way because of the skinny people I'm standing next to. And besides, it greq so slowly no one will notice.