[cripplecreek]

Also, if you want to be a Las Vegas developer, it definitely pays to have connections in both parties.

That in itself is part of the problem. It shouldn't pay to have connections in either party.

[colorado tanker]

It's ridiculous the degree of control local governments have over a landowner's right to develop property. Even if they are not corrupt, the politics can be absurd. After the Kelo case allowing local governments to take land from one owner and hand it to a developer it's even worse.