Can we help a man save his property?

My Neighbor | 7/20/3 | Varmint Al

[IncPen]

The bad guy's name is Federal

Man!

[JoeFromCA]

Aren't there a bunch of cabins, trailers, and other unpermitted housing on Bethel Island which the county has just ordered be demolished? If I'm not mistaken, this would just be one of a number of unpermitted housing units which have sprung up out there over the last few years.

Would need more facts to support this effort. Does the county contend that someone is living in the unit? What does a "rest area for me and my workers" mean? Has the owner ever spent the night in the trailer? Sounds like he has.

[vikingcelt]

Bethel Island!!! I grew up in Brentwood. My Father was the mayor of Brentwood when I was in high school. I'm afraid to EVER go back to Brentwood. The last time I was there (1995) it looked like one big paved over housing tract. What was once a great very small town is no more. And Bethel Island was a very cool place. No more I guess.

[Riley]

Bethel Island!!! I grew up in Brentwood. My Father was the mayor of Brentwood when I was in high school. I'm afraid to EVER go back to Brentwood. The last time I was there (1995) it looked like one big paved over housing tract. What was once a great very small town is no more. And Bethel Island was a very cool place. No more I guess.

Remember Lone Tree Way from Antioch to Oakley / Brentwood? I used to skydive at the old Antioch Airport. The whole place is a city now. A high school, a water park, shopping centers, office buildings and a million tract homes. I have my house up for sale right now and am probably heading to the east coast- cost of living is much better there. Moving within a month to Virginia or one of the Carolinas- haven't decided yet.

[Varmint Al]

Joe, No one is living in the trailer. In the last 10 years, Mr. Avery has probably only spent about a dozen nights there. It is merely a place where he can take a shower and rest for a while. The county claims, wrongly, that he lives there and he doesn't. I have already written a letter to that effect, but it didn't help.

[Coleus]

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[TheBattman]

Varmint Al, as in from GGVG message board?

Good luck in this fight. I am afraid recent history, as well as the leftists in California are not on the side of justice in this case.

[Old Professer]

It was a good long ride, 74 years - wrap it up and go on to the other side.

[GummyIII]

Roanoke area of Virginia can't be beat for job opportunity and cost of living. What type of job are you going to seek?

[ISawIt]

God forbid you'de sleep on, and take a piss on,
your own property.

Wow. California raisin theory writ LARGE.

It's funny, I can buy a shirt at wal-mart, crap on it,
rip it, burn it, or worship it in a shrine like it's
the next coming (oo-la-tec... oo-la-tec...)...

But a piece of land, hell, what, I can't LIVE on it?

What bloody hell good IS IT, THEN?

Or perhaps I misunderstand, completely. Please inform
me of what I'm missing here (there's a lot).

[vikingcelt]

Of course I remember Lone Tree Way and the airport!!! There was very little along Lone Tree Way back in the "olden days". It would break my heart to ever see what is there now. I moved out of California last October (to the Oregon coast) and have not looked back. The quality of life is soooooooooooooooo much better here.

[Riley]

Roanoke area of Virginia can't be beat for job opportunity and cost of living. What type of job are you going to seek?

I am a computer support guy with some networking skills. I can go into virtually any business that has networked PCs to support. I'm familiar with Netware NOS environments and have some (rusty) Unix admin experience. Web development and web server administration, too.

I was also looking at the Westmoreland area, between Washington and Richmond, near the coast. Looks really nice. I am glad to hear that things are pretty good there. Where I am now, it is ruinously expensive and there are a quarter of a million computer folk out of work.

I am a raging history buff- American Revolution and Civil War, so I am really looking forward to getting out that way!

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.

Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.

[Riley]

I moved out of California last October (to the Oregon coast) and have not looked back. The quality of life is soooooooooooooooo much better here.

I used to live near Crescent City, so I had occasion to visit the Oregon Coast frequently. Beautiful country, but no work for us computer geeks!

You wouldn't recognise Lone Tree. I remember hanging under my parachute canopy only able to see one house- the really old one with the brickwork and wrought-iron gate that was near the airport. It's still there, but it is lost in a sea of development.

[steelie]

I will be working on this tomarrow

Wish me luck
I'm a county planner from Sonoma County

And I'm not called honerable by anyone. and wouldn't want to be.

[College Repub]

I'm not sure on the tech jobs in the area but the cost of living in New Castle County, Delaware is VERY VERY VERY low. And it's not in the middle of nowhere. It's a suburban type area. 45 minutes from Baltimore and Philly. 2 hours from New York and DC. No sales tax anywhere in state. Apts/Food/Goods are all cheap. Property taxes can be high in some areas.

[Axenolith]

If he purchased a new portable building in 1991 then the building inspector is full of crap, it won't have any friable asbestos in it. Contra Costa BLOWS when it comes to regs. You've got to pay 300 bucks to hand auger one or more holes in the ground greater than 5 feet on a parcel and they send someone to watch you fill it in...

[Axenolith]

If you know where Apricot Way is you'd better get over there quick if you want to see it open 'cause about 50+ new homes are going up in that area...

[Axenolith]

(oo-la-tec... oo-la-tec...)

Now, you and Gnorl go to the Queens castle and steal the sacred Loc Nar...