SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - People in Stone County aren’t happy with their planning and zoning commission. So, they’ve started a citizen petition. They’re asking voters to decide if the board should exist. But county leaders say they’re working to overhaul the current system.

“It took us to do this to open somebody’s eyes to realize there was a problem,” said David Youngblood.

Some people living in the county say they disagree with how the planning and zoning board conducts business.

‘People who go down to planning and zoning, and they want to submit an application, but they’re told no before it can even go before the board," said Angie Youngblood.

The Youngbloods are part of a group that’s circulating the citizen petition.

“We’re not 100% against planning and zoning. We just know that t

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