[justshutupandtakeit]

Nothing new. Local authority (is that the government?) has always had gread control in this regard and were not as limited as are the feds. Control of the local government is extremely important in stopping these injustices.

The issue here is whether the fedgov has the authority to stop the locals. Given that initially the BoR did not cover the states that issue would have never surfaced until after the Civil War.

This is not an example of the fedgov gaining power over all the property in the country. IT must pay market prices.

[BJClinton]

No kidding. I don't care for the decision but come on, this is a local issue, not federal. People need to show up and vote in local elections.

We recently (~2 months ago) had a city council/referendum vote in Austin and about 18% turned out. The next day everyone of my coworkers are bitching aboutthe smoking ban but not a single one voted.