Who Do You Think You Are?
This is good. I can't believe the comments though.
To the editor:
These days it’s difficult to turn on the television or open a newspaper without seeing something about government run healthcare. While public opinion surrounding the plan varies, one aspect that remains incontestable is the bottom line: The federal government is seeking to control that which is private. Now call me old fashion, but I believe in something called the Constitution. I believe that government is best when it governs least. I believe that social issues cannot be corrected with political solutions. And I believe that in many situations, the most powerful action a government can take is no action at all.
This brings me to the Greenville Town Planning Board and its proposed 156-page Land Development Code. For anyone who has not seen this great work of stringency, copies are available at the library and town building. I would encourage anyone who owns property or plans to own property in Greenville to pick up a copy. If you are prone to nightmares don’t read it before bed, there is some very scary stuff in there.
I’m sure the road the planning board took to reach these ideas was paved with good intentions. But Mr. O’Hara, just who do you, Ms. Harm and the rest of the planning board think you are to tell someone that they must have their business professionally landscaped? For many people today it is hard enough to find the money to start a business, and you have the audacity to think they can afford a professional landscaper? It’s a good thing the planning board doesn’t have a say in the town tax rate.
I am sure you would be very hard pressed to find anyone who wants to see Greenville dotted with strip malls or clusters of neon signs. But Greenville is not a gated community, it is a small town that does not need 156 pages of intrusive zoning regulations.
http://www.thedailymail.net/articles/2009/09/24/opinion/lett...
smart growth = comprehensive planning = Agenda 21
These plans are land use constitutions that transfer ownership rights from owners to 'stakeholders' and unaccountable bureaucrats. They are an end run around accountable elected government.Planning commissions eventually start telling elected officials how things must be done to satisfy state mandates. They eventually become agents of state agencies. I encourage everyone who wants to fight this local expression of corporatist takeover to actively engage your local plan.
Great letter to the editor
The control freaks in the comment section are all hot and bothered hahaha. Not one of them addresses the points of the letter. Just a barrage of ad hominems and strawmen. One of the commenters, Philo, made some excellent points for property rights and personal liberty, well done. The reply that followed is so wrong it's painful
greene wrote on Sep 26, 2009 11:57 AM:
"This is a democratic country and for better or worse the United States usually runs pretty successfully based on the reasoned thinking of the majority. Perhaps you’d like to rip up the constitution and come up with a new plan. Or more likely, it sounds like you might like to rip up the constitution and have a lawless society that doesn’t crimp your style."
woooow.
I know
I wonder where these cradle-to-grave types breed