4/ Them: "the setback is 30 feet" Me: "no, the setback must conform to 50 feet AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE but absolutely must be 30. This does not conform to that." Them: "yeah, but we only phrased it that way back in 1988 to get the law passed."
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5/ Them: "yeah, but if we enforced that, he'd have to move his driveway" Me: "is there some clause I'm missing that says that zoning laws become null and void if they'd force you to move your driveway?"
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6/ Them: "you waited until after work started to do anything." Me: "no, I contacted you BEFORE excavation started." Them: "yeah, but not in writing" Me: "yes, in writing. Building department, the board of selectmen, and town lawyer" Them: "yeah, but not a FORMAL appeal"
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7/ Me: "true. The FORMAL appeal was four days later." Them: "well, he'd already started by then." Me: "the state publishes a manual that this board is supposed to follow. That manual says that a project already having started is NOT a relevant factor" Them: "yeah, but..."
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8/ Me emo is much larger than "an ugly barn". Me emo is "yet another reminder that there really is no such thing as law, text, or dispassionate analysis...there is only tribal loyalty and raw naked power" This is a trivial example, and not so bad...but the CATEGORY is terrible
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10/ I remember being puzzled in high school history when the teachers were explaining that "democracy" was good but "populism" was bad...and I couldn't just swallow the definitions. I wanted to know HOW and WHY. There were no good answers.
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11/ ...and that's because, ACTUALLY, (a) they're the same thing, (b) they're both bad. Ancap legal firms are best. A Moldbugian sovereign maybe second best.
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12/ In an ancap world, if your rights get sold down the river, at least you have a chance of getting a cut!
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13/ Back to the meeting: one neighbor said "we all know what this is REALLY about: he doesn't want to look at a steel barn right next to his property" And I was like - is that not EXACTLY WHAT ZONING LAWS ARE ABOUT? IS THAT NOT WHY THESE LAWS WERE PASSED AND THIS BOARD EXISTS?
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14/ "Your honor, I object! This so-called 'robbery prosecution' is just because Mr Jones didn't want me to punch him in the face and take his wallet!"
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15/ This is EXACTLY my stance. "You're telling me it's a 'social contact's, and I signed, and I have to pay the costs, but I also get the benefits? ...and I'm paying the costs either way? Well, then." https://twitter.com/sonyaellenmann/status/1070143059269054464?s=19 …
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