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Replying to: larsb (Jan 15, 2009 12:35 pm) Finally something you said that we agree on.
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jan 15, 2009 12:39 pm)
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 15, 2009 12:43 pm) 
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jan 15, 2009 12:44 pm)  This good to have a play area that is literally off limits to most folks? 
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 15, 2009 10:09 am) You said "very rare" also; and since there only 5 or 6 of us who post here regularly, 1 out of 6 isn't very rare.  Sorry, having a Jack in the Crack on every city block is NOT a "right." So if any local or state government decides something is not wanted or good for the people, the government can just pass a law and individuals don't have a right to it? If I want to get a franchise for a BK or McD's going, and the city passes a law that it can't be located within 1 mile of a school, that's okay? Since schools are all over that restricts them entirely. So you think it is okay for the government to decide what sort of restaurant/store you can open, or to go to a consumer? This is interference with peoples' opportunity to make a living. I can also see where existing business owners could influence politicians to keep out competition. Do some research on how workers were once forced to use company-stores.
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Replying to: kernick (Jan 15, 2009 1:38 pm) State and local guvmint are FOR and BY the people. If your city is proposing something that is essentially to you or your neighbors "Gestapo-ish" then get down there and have a say. Guvmints are banning trans-fat, which is bad for people. All kinds of things which are known "bad things" have been banned. Why would an "excessive proliferation of fast food restaurants" not fall under the "bad" category ?
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 15, 2009 1:44 pm) I have been a victim of State and County regulations. So I am one that would fight their liberal agenda. I basically had my property stolen from me in Oregon. I fought it five years and gave up. I bought 13 acres that was zoned 1 acre residential. When I decided to split it and sell pieces the county changed the zoning so I could not split it at all. So this piece of potential development land that I was paying higher taxes due to the POTENTIAL was no longer good for more than ONE residence with maximum 2 bathrooms and 1200 square feet. You will never understand the issue until you get screwed by a Federal, state or local government. Then you will despise them all as I do.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 15, 2009 2:17 pm) That falls under the category of someone getting raped and then never wanting to have sex again. Making a bad thing WORSE instead of making the best of what was left. And remember that state and local guvmint is FOR and BY you. "They" are not out to "get" anyone. Gary says, "When I decided to split it and sell pieces the county changed the zoning so I could not split it at all." That's very egocentric of you to think that the zoning rules were changed just to prevent YOU from doing something. If the reason they made the change was illegal then you could have sued them. Maybe they didn't want to chance 13 rental properties bringing down property values in that area.
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I would be worried if Waxman was changing my oil. This guy is a loose cannon. WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of a key House committee said Thursday he will move "quickly and decisively" to push legislation curbing greenhouse gases with a goal of passing climate legislation out of his committee before Memorial Day.  If you think he is scary looking, his ideas are worse. |
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