[Grovenet] Fwd: Land Use Update August 16th

[David Morelli]

On Aug 19, 2007, at 1:16 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> I know we disagree about whether small farmers, individual  
> homeowners, retired people on fixed incomes and others deserved to  
> be protected from having their wealth taken away when the land use  
> laws were put into effect.  I've often said it's wrong to take  
> their wealth away. You've often said its necessary to serve the  
> "public good".
>

As a realtor you really should be better informed about land use  
laws.  They were created to protect property values for the people  
who lived and worked in a community from those who would come in and  
down grade it.  The whole rationale for land use law was to protect  
the wealth and investments of existing residents.  While you advocate  
the removal of those protections to benefit the few who would become  
wealthy at the expense of the remaining citizens.

What about your claim that the land use laws "take" wealth?  You  
choose to ignore that the rules consistently allow for grandfathering  
of existing uses.  The rules allow that those who elected to divide  
their property before the rules were enacted to sell the parcels.   
Those who chose not to exercise their option, lost their option.   
That was a choice with financial consequences, but it was a choice.

David.