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<DIV><FONT size=4>All,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Without commenting on the merit of proposed changes to the
Latah County Comprehensive Plan of which at present I am ill-informed, let me
address one issue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Various people who style themselves libertarians or freedom
fighters often complain about assaults on their (and our) property
rights.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Two observations:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>1. When I was the Boundary County Planning
and Zoning Coordinator, 8 of the 10 most vocal opponents of P & Z (who
called any supporter of such a communist) appeared in my office or
telephoned me at home at least once, and in several cases, many times to
complain about activities of their neighbors. Many of these complaints did
not even rise to the level of a zoning violation, but none-the-less, these
super-patriots angrily insisted that I take some kind of action.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>2. <STRONG><FONT size=6><FONT color=#0000ff
size=7><EM><U>Most importantly</U></EM>,</FONT> <FONT color=#0000ff>we all have
property rights!</FONT> <FONT color=#ff0000>The most important of these
rights is the right to the peaceable, comfortable, hazard-free enjoyment of
our property and homes. </FONT> This means the right of freedom from
unreasonable, annoying, unhealthy, unsafe adverse impacts caused by
inconsiderate, arrogant, ignorant, greedy and/or deliberately annoying neighbors
and others.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>In short, we all have property rights; comprehensive plans and
zoning ordinances are democratic mechanisms that attempt to balance the property
rights, safety, health, and welfare of all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I do not believe in leaving my safety, health, and welfare to
the goodwill of my neighbors and others. While almost all of my neighbors
have been reasonable, considerate people in almost all the many places I have
lived, some have not -- <STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>thank goodness for the
zoning laws that protected my neighbors and myself against these
assholes!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The other suggestion that opponents of P & Z often
make: If your neighbor is causing you grief, then sue him. This is a
most dishonest smokescreen:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>1. Without a P & Z ordinance as a
statutory basis, most of such lawsuits are not winnable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>2. The cost of such lawsuits would
be prohibitive to most families. Just ask those whose legitimate
requests for county P & Z enforcement have been ignored what the cost of
trying to legally solve the issue was and what success they had.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT size=4>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com"><FONT size=4>deco@moscow.com</FONT></A><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=4>From: "Scott Dredge" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:sdredge@yahoo.com"><FONT size=4>sdredge@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT
size=4>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT
size=4>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:32 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Land use</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=4>> Nice try, Carl, but you
didn't fool me with your<BR>> evasive answer. Let's try this from the
top...<BR>> <BR>> "Are you now or have you ever been a
card-carrying<BR>> member of the Communist Party?" "Do you know
anyone<BR>> who is a card-carrying member of the Communist Party?"<BR>>
<BR>> -Scott<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --- Carl Westberg <</FONT><A
href="mailto:carlwestberg846@hotmail.com"><FONT
size=4>carlwestberg846@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4>> wrote:<BR>>
<BR>>> Hate to disappoint you, Faul, but I've never read<BR>>> any
Lenin, although I'm <BR>>> well versed in the music of John Lennon.
The only<BR>>> Marx I know anything <BR>>> about is Groucho.
Not to mention
Harpo.
<BR>>>
<BR>>>
<BR>>>
<BR>>>
<BR>>>
<BR>>>
<BR>>>
<BR>>> Carl
Westberg Jr.<BR>>> <BR>>> >From: "Faul Ottomaticks"<BR>>>
<</FONT><A href="mailto:faulottomaticks@hotmail.com"><FONT
size=4>faulottomaticks@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4>><BR>>>
>To: </FONT><A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT
size=4>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=4>>> >Subject:
RE: [Vision2020] Land use<BR>>> >Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:42:55
+0100<BR>>> ><BR>>> >>"Idaho is a red state with a pocket
of communists<BR>>> in Moscow." Communists? <BR>>>
>> Did you say communists? Goodness gracious.
We<BR>>> can't have this. Where <BR>>> >>are
they?<BR>>> ><BR>>> >Look in the mirror, comrade. Not too long
though,<BR>>> the proletariat views <BR>>> >vanity as a crime
against the state. You must be<BR>>> reeducated. Ooops, too <BR>>>
>late. No malleable brain cells left.<BR>>> ><BR>>> >The
Moscow reds attack our churches, undermine our<BR>>> family values,
advance <BR>>> >the collectivist agenda in the schools. Now
the<BR>>> land abuse ordinance is the <BR>>> >next step. I think
Hillary needs help. Bill is<BR>>> busy. Trailways goes to NY.<BR>>>
><BR>>> >Proud to call a red when I see one,<BR>>>
><BR>>> >Faul Ottomaticks<BR>>>
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