In Towns That Slowed Growth, Backlash Stirs

The New York Times ^ | 02/08/2003 (for editions of 02/09/2003) | Michael Janofsky

[Leisler]

The Mafia are the government. And they LIKE the Mafia because it protects their property values (or so they think). I agree that much of the Mafia is illogical and counterproductive, but the Mafia didn't just happen out of the blue. People by and large want it, or at least the people with property to protect. The status quo rules.

Same action and force, called by a different name. And, the fact that the vast majority of sheeple, now and historically, have lived on bended knee, makes no impact on me. As other have posted, people just act and ignore these utopian attempts by deluded papershufflers.

[Leisler]

"Crowding is not a good thing as many US cities has proven."

You get the Yogi Bera ""Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded" Award.

[Leisler]

The names change but the boots remain the same.

[madfly]

fyi

[B4Ranch]

Tapped Out: Wyoming’s Water Woes - Residents Brace for Water Restrictions

Is growth a must? I keep thinking about Las Vegas, the fastest growing city in America. drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip.

Honey, why isn't there any water coming out of the tap?

Because we're all tapped out, Darling.

[B4Ranch]

It sounds to me as if you are against illegal aliens in America!

Well, you're talking to the wrong crowd of keyboard warriors. President Bush supports illegal aliens and this group isn't going to change until they also see what you've seen.

[Redleg Duke]

I have mixed feelings about this subject. We are looking for a house in Loudin County, VA right now and while it makes finding a house more difficult, I also recall what unrestricted growth did to the Silicon Valley in the Bay Area of California.

Looking at the large homes on tiny lots, it begins to look like multi-family dwellings. There is a group in this world that believes that no single-family homes should be allowed. If growth limitations result in better quality of life for the occupants, then good. I know it flies in the face of the "It's my property and I can do what I want with it!", but the reverse is uncontrolled greed on the part of the developers and icky-tacky developments for the suckers.

[mad_as_he$$]

I would explain that pradox by citing the a-hole Gary Patton.

[hedgetrimmer]

Gary is very busy in Montery County right now trying to put and Agenda 21 county plan in place. The farm bureau is fighting it, but they seem to be the only ones that understand how dangerous Mr. Patton's ideas are.