New Bush neighbor picks place for peace - residents say he chose wrong town for anti-war effort

The Dallas Morning News ^ | March 10, 2003 | By GROMER JEFFERS JR. / The Dallas Morning News

[mollynme]

So this guy, his girlfriend & a nun are all going to be living together in a "spiritual center"?
I wonder what kind of religion this is supposed to be.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Didn't know if you had seen this...

[deport]

Well that's one opinion but others exist also..... And I guess each has a right to their opinion.... the question becomes which one[s] become the law of the land.....

[q_an_a]

What someone might do to help this man is protest in front of his business and home that will help him to see if this builds his reputation as a contractor.

[Servant of the Nine]

"So, you agree with using land-use zoning to limit property rights. Sounds like hypocrisy."

I want to buy the house next to yours an set it up as a half-way home for sexual deviants and drug addicts.
Will that be OK with you?
I promise that your kids will be fine.
Cross my heart.

Luis, decent people accomplish the exact same thing by Deed Restrictions and Covenants freely entered into between individuals, not by intrusive and inherently corrupt Government Regulation.

So9

[TontoKowalski]

"She should be careful," Ms. Ingram said out of concern for the planned occupant. "Something could happen to the house."

I, too, am LOL! Sort of reminds me of the classic Southern defense in murder trials:

HE NEEDED KILLING.

[MeekOneGOP]

I oughtta drive out that way one of these days..

That might be fun ! . . .

[AnalogReigns]

I was confused I guess because Houston famously does not have zoning, right? Anyway, I know the Lone Star state does allow communities NOT to have zoning if they want--unlike most other states, where it is required. It'd be good to hear if Crawford uses zoning or not.

I doubt this will go anywhere, since the President's ranch is 7 miles away... and how many protestors what to go to the middle of Texas, POing the locals, just to try to get attention. It's a no go, from a mushy headed lib.

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL! . . .

[TontoKowalski]

A Dallas-area man recently purchased a home in Crawford, which he plans to transform into a haven for peace pursuits and a convenient location from which to launch protests against a war with Iraq.

Better hurry, Apeasement Monkey. War will be over and done before you can get the UHaul unloaded.

[Happy2BMe]

The "Anti - - Anti-war" Wave. What Should It Be? What Should It Look Like?

[TontoKowalski]

Yep. Gotta bridge those chasms of mistrust and animosity between baptists and, er, uh, other baptists. Bowling together just ain't enough, folks.

Not so fast! Reliable rumor has it that there are some Methodists nearby. You know they "sprinkle" don't you?

Sort of makes your blood run cold.

[VRWCmember]

Zoning Laws are one of the most evil intrusions onto the concept of private property ever developed.

Zoning laws, if abused, can lead to intrusions on private property ownership. On the other hand, they also protect property owners from having their property value destroyed by those who acquire adjacent property.

For example, suppose you have a nice home in a reasonably well-to-do neighborhood with a value of $150K (for the sake of argument). I buy the lot/house next door and pay slightly over market value at $170K. Since there are no zoning laws, I convert the house into a dealership in porn, sex toys, and herbal products. You suspect (along with your neighbors) that my property is also being used for prostitution and possibly drugs, but after several visits by the police (I have now filed a harassment complaint against you and the police department) there has been not even a whiff of anything that could remotely be described as evidence of any crime.

Before long, several of the neighbors decide to move away (their right and yours to move if you don't like my exercise of my property rights), but because of the very obvious sign on my place of business, they have trouble getting a decent price for their homes. They begin to panic and take huge losses on their property, accepting $50K to $60K for their $100K+ homes. By the time you decide to sell, the most you can get for your $150K home is $45K, which I am willing to pay you since it will give me room to expand my business. Of course, once I have bought your property and those of several of your neighbors, I own a great deal of prime real estate in this neighborhood that will appreciate in value once I shut down my porn/sex-toy/herbal product operation or move it to a more commercial location. You and the neighbors are hosed, but after all, I was just exercising my property rights.

Sometimes, limited zoning regulations are appropriate.

[MeekOneGOP]

You know, these turds with their "morally superior" attitudes really make me sick. They come across as if anyone who doesn't agree with them is a warmonger, rather than being realistic. No one wants war, but at times it is unavoidable.

Financed/backed by the Socialists in this country that would love to tear us down. These are Liberal Loser Peacenik Goobers. They don't see or want to think about what Liberation will do to help a people that live in fear of their lives every day. Funny, what they support as a "Peace" movement is actually giving support to a Tyrant that has murdered hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. And the Peacenik Goobers would love to see it continue.

I'm glad we have President Bush instead of that algore critter in office . . .

[Luis Gonzalez]

That's not the point he was raising.

[headsonpikes]

"I was thinking it sounded like a tax sheltered summer home."

You'd need all the shelter you could get in a Texas summer. ;^)

The idea of a summer place in Texas is plain evil! lol

[lafroste]

"We're in the infant stages right now,"

Truer words than he usually utters, to be sure.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Luis, decent people accomplish the exact same thing by Deed Restrictions and Covenants freely entered into between individuals."

Then again, we don't generally need protection from decent people, do we?

You can have all the Deed Restrictions and Covenants you want, but if I decide they mean nothing to me, how do you enforce them?

I buy the house next door to yours, and in violation of any and all covenants set up by decent people, I throw up a huge neon billboard, and open "Porn-O-Rama" for business.

Now what do you do?

[xm177e2]

Mr. Wolf... hopes to entice a nun to take up residence in the house

With him and his live-in girlfriend. Kinky.

[FryingPan101]

Excuse me.... but damn these creeps.