[John Valentine]

This is nothing new. It has been going on for YEARS. I know of a case where several small businesses were forced to move or close when the property where they were located was declared to be a flood plain.

Six months later it was disclosed that the land was destined to be included in a large regional mall, and the whole "flood plain" story was hogwash calculated to get the land cheaper than the developers could have bought it for themselves.

This was part of the services rendered to the developer to get them to locate the regional mall in that particular part of the county as opposed to anouther where the pot could not be sweetnened quite that much.

Of course the taxpayers carried some pat of the can for this, but it was the business owners that were forced out that had to pay the highest price.

[merry10]

Right next to me, a three story apartment complex is going to be built. In the dead of night, the city council decided to rezone the area from industrial to residential. Now a 250 unit complex will go up, adding 500 cars to an already busy street next to an overcrowded school.

[Pro-Bush]

I know it is nothing new, but I hate it none-the-less..corruption amongst developers & city planners must be exposed!

Time for change.