Until the law gets changed. That's what happens when dolts such as this push beyond reason and good sense. The soccer moms and socialized elderly rise up, agitate for new legislation, the law gets changed and we end up with more--not less--socialism.
Gloat on his behalf all you want. Live it up now, because within a few years neither he nor any other property owner in his neck of the woods will have the law on their side.
Who's gloating?
I am merely pointing out that this contest is not as one sided (good v. evil) as some here beleive. It is primarily a determination of which party is entitled to the windfall.