To: GreenFreeper
more from the story...
"This is not meant to obstruct," said Bishop. Developers say otherwise. And they say these local rules are driving housing costs out of sight. "They're typically a tool to thwart construction or development of any kind," said Ben Osgood, a builder and developer from North Andover. ''The applicant is held hostage in these cases."
3 posted on
03/13/2006 8:48:15 AM PST by
GreenFreeper
(Not blind opposition to progress, but opposition to blind progress)
To: GreenFreeper
Of course, it's meant to obstruct!
4 posted on
03/13/2006 8:53:00 AM PST by
OldFriend
(HELL IS TOO GOOD FOR OUR MAINSTREAM MEDIA)
To: GreenFreeper
And they say these local rules are driving housing costs out of sight. Yup, they'll weed out the small developer building custom homes in favor of the corporation buiding Sustainable Communities that can foot both the cost of the paperwork and the payoff to the local pols.
7 posted on
03/13/2006 9:02:14 AM PST by
Carry_Okie
(The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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