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PEnns "…Somerville and its residents find themselves in, having had no need for zoning control until now." "Zoning laws? We don't need no stinkin' zoning laws. They're too cumbersome for business!" A few minutes later….. "Wait, they're building WHAT in our lovely hamlet???? How dare they!!" Reply
COLGeek PEnns said: "…Somerville and its residents find themselves in, having had no need for zoning control until now." "Zoning laws? We don't need no stinkin' zoning laws. They're too cumbersome for business!" A few minutes later….. "Wait, they're building WHAT in our lovely hamlet???? How dare they!!" This is a keen observation and likely something FAR more common in unincorporated areas than people are remotely aware of. Reply
wussupi83 There's a second story here beyond zoning laws.. Someone has enough conviction in the future of Bitcoin to build a 50MW data center to keep mining it ..that's interesting. Reply
GiinTak PEnns said: "…Somerville and its residents find themselves in, having had no need for zoning control until now." "Zoning laws? We don't need no stinkin' zoning laws. They're too cumbersome for business!" A few minutes later….. "Wait, they're building WHAT in our lovely hamlet???? How dare they!!" Cute, but more accurately a group of farms have no need for zoning laws. By extension, neither does the country store that forms a village center that later expands to a town and a city and develops a commercial district, at which point zoning laws start becoming useful. They're slipping into the crack between "there's no point" and "we're established enough to think about these things, we have a mayor now." Reply
xanas3712 PEnns said: "…Somerville and its residents find themselves in, having had no need for zoning control until now." "Zoning laws? We don't need no stinkin' zoning laws. They're too cumbersome for business!" A few minutes later….. "Wait, they're building WHAT in our lovely hamlet???? How dare they!!" Just actually enforce nuisance lawsuits and there is no need for zoning here. It'd be far more expensive with an appropriately escalating fine regime until you solve the problems of the installation, and if there was no cause for that then the facility should not be blocked. The real problem is the state not providing redress for rights violations of existing parties. You have a right to build, but if it causes problems for those around you must pay to resolve those problems along with punitive damages for their trouble. Reply
Reechard The article uses the word "powerless" but I'm from rural Appalachia and I don't think they're using the full scope of that word. There are many many extrajudicial ways to make sure this does not come to fruition. An open mind is necessary. Reply
Darkhands Reechard said: The article uses the word "powerless" but I'm from rural Appalachia and I don't think they're using the full scope of that word. There are many many extrajudicial ways to make sure this does not come to fruition. An open mind is necessary. Ah, the good ol' southern "Laws apply to everyone else except me" line of thinking. Reply
Reechard Darkhands said: Ah, the good ol' southern "Laws apply to everyone else except me" line of thinking. When the laws don't apply to the rich and powerful despite an overwhelming majority, them the laws are not worth the paper they are written on. Take a page or two from the history books and look up the Molly McGuires. There is a very distinct disconnect between morals and legality and you need to put a line in the sand somewhere . That line is drawn when the law causes deliberate harm to the people despite their protestations . I'm pretty sure "Taxation Without Representation" is the entire foundation of the USA and if you're going to be a legalitarian you may as well accept the monarchy and feudalism the laws are moving towards at an alarming rate. Laws are not always moral, and morality beats legality. If you think laws are more important than reducing harm I can point you to a multitude of allegorical scifi that says you're the bad guy. Reply
Reechard Darkhands said: Ah, the good ol' southern "Laws apply to everyone else except me" line of thinking. Of course it is incorrect when the majority takes action to assert their will, if it is against the law, despite the law being created against the will of the majority, to the benefit of the wealthy minority that purchased the law. It is unreasonable because the law says bad. Reply
Darkhands Reechard said: When the laws don't apply to the rich and powerful despite an overwhelming majority, them the laws are not worth the paper they are written on. Take a page or two from the history books and look up the Molly McGuires. There is a very distinct disconnect between morals and legality and you need to put a line in the sand somewhere . That line is drawn when the law causes deliberate harm to the people despite their protestations . I'm pretty sure "Taxation Without Representation" is the entire foundation of the USA and if you're going to be a legalitarian you may as well accept the monarchy and feudalism the laws are moving towards at an alarming rate. Laws are not always moral, and morality beats legality. If you think laws are more important than reducing harm I can point you to a multitude of allegorical scifi that says you're the bad guy. The problem is that there isn't even any harm yet. Who's to say they won't be a good neighbor? (As much as any other industrial/business neighbor can be). Just seems a little cart-before-the-horse to be calling for such extreme measures as extrajudicial action before anyone has even been inconvenienced, let alone harmed. Reply
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