[Cultural Jihad]

I would be quite happy is the Contra Costa County would just leave Mr. Avery alone and allow him to have his house on his farm.

If Mr. Avery wants to follow all the applicable laws and regulations, then he can. People have a right to determine what kind of a society they are to live in, and apparently the people of CoCoCounty have self-governed themselves in such a way that shacks are sub-standard housing are things they do not want in their community.

[GladesGuru]

How is this man's structure suddenly a "shack"?

Could you have irritated the local witch when she knocked on your door at Haloween? I can't otherwise understand how you started to sound like you are channeling James Carville?

No offense intended, but isn't calling this structure a "shack" akin to Carville's infamous "troll a fifty dollar bill through a trailer park, ain't no telling what you'll come up with"?