[mountainlion]

Where does the control freak majority come form? The liberals comprise 20% of the population with conservatives at 40%. This article does not make sense and what does a policeman waiting outside a bar have to do with anything.

[Louis Foxwell]

Sage advice for the budding revolutionary is “pick your battles carefully.”

[Uncle Miltie]

This minority of free-thinking and free-acting people have effectively chosen to be our "designated decoys." We owe them our thanks—and we need a lot more like them.

You're welcome!

;-)

[Kay Ludlow]

In my PA municipality, the Board of Supervisors have taken the view (and even stated it) that all those annoying ordinances are just ‘tools’ to be used to solve problems - anyone who comes to government with a complaint about their neighbor (or anyone else in the municipality) deserves to have a resolution to their complaints. I even heard them say, in a public hearing, that yes, it would be very costly to enforce the proposed ordinance on every corner of the municipality, but they don't intend to use it that way, just as a tool when there are complaints.

No one ever takes these proposals and uses an analogy to demonstrate the absurdity of legislating personal preference. Well, almost no one - I have! On the issue of what would be appropriate exterior coverings in a proposed zoning overlay, I asked what they would do if they found that most people preferred bright colors (like purple) to ‘muted earth tones’? Would they change the ordinance to require the latest trendy hues? What if there was a big dispute between the bright color lovers and the muted earth-tone fans - at that point would they agree that they shouldn't be legislating something that is truly a matter of personal taste?

While I won that particular battle, a few years later they slipped their earth-tone preferences into a different ordinance, so that THEIR personal preferences would be the law... Hard to believe they took an oath of office!

[RKBA Democrat]

This is an achilles heel for our side.

All too often, conservatives won’t jaywalk to avoid a burning building, because that would be breaking THE RULES!