IT IS BUSINESS! The guy is making a buck by playing by the rules. There is no law against being a clymer, and sometimes you have to be one to get business done. Do you think that without the fence, the homeowners would have ever bought the lake access property? NO! They would not need to as they would have all the free access that they wanted, just as they had for years. He has simply invoked the law of supply and demand- take away the supply, the price goes up. Yes the guy is a jerk, but don't the homeowners bear quite a bit of the responsibility as well? I am sick of people complaining about "unfairness" caused by their own complacency. I am willing to bet that if they post an offer high enough, the guy would have his own mother remove the fence.
You can exploit the rules all you want my friend, but what he is doing is unethical. It flunks "the Golden Rule." He most definately would not wish what he does unto others to be done unto him.
People like this idiot, who has no idea of what ethical behavior is he is so blinded by a buck court having the political process being used to change aspects of exactly what is private property.
If he is an enemy to anyone, he is an enemy to anyone else who owns private property. If I lived there, I would use what I know about the political process to make hime really cry, and to give me the last laugh.
I agree...