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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh no how dare we let landowners use the land they bought and paid for the way they want!

My god, what if they do something crazy like build tall buildings full of housing in an area that has a massive housing shortage?![/quote]

Oh how dare we RE agents lie to buyers about the character of the neighborhood and zoning to increase demand and line our pockets?

Oh how dare we developers lie to communities when we apply for permits, rarely, if ever, bringing to life the rosy vision we present when asking for exemptions and almost always creating more difficult conditions during construction than promised?

Oh how dare we both work behind the scenes with county and state authorities to change the rules to our financial favor, with limited public view and input, never allowing for mitigation of the negative impacts borne by residents to be attached as a condition?

Oh how dare we elected and appointed representatives of those residents court all of this to gain campaign contributions and indirect emolument through family/friends, investments and business associates?

And, more to the point, how dare residents, whose lives would be considerably disrupted from the effects of the above either in staying or leaving, object when there are alternate and less disruptive means available to society to achieve the noble ends bandied about as justification for it all?[/quote]

How dare some private company (homebuilders) make a profit? You do understand that some "evil developer" built your house and *GASP* made money doing so?

You NIMBYs are ridiculous.

There already is public input, you NIMBY. It's called elections. What you want is special treatment. Well get over it, you get none.[/quote]

By your election logic, there's never anything to object about from any elected official within their purview while in office, and we shouldn't make our opinions known :roll:

Just because we're largely a capitalist society and a developer made a profit by buiding a home under a particular zoning regime in the past doesn't mean that any new zoning regime encouraging profit is fine.[/quote]

In other others, you are a hypocrite. Got it.[/quote]

Sure.  Whatever soothes your conscience from the effective taking to line your pocket without the consent of those from whom you take.[/quote]

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