[Jeff Gordon]

To the state, not to the locals who pay for all the police and firemen.

Have you considered changing your Freeper name to "Cassandra?"

[farmfriend]

Have you considered changing your Freeper name to "Cassandra?"

Excuse me? Is that a personal attack? Shame on you!

[Carry_Okie]

Have you considered changing your Freeper name to "Cassandra?"

Seeing as you don't think this is a problem, I assume therefore, that you think it perfectly OK to do without elected representation in favor of having decisions about how you can use your property made by distant bureaucrats.

I seriously doubt you really understand what that portends. It is the issue that drove the US to separate from Britain, you know.