tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post4442495160735551800..comments2023-10-31T03:18:26.963-07:00Comments on Great Guys Weblog: There is a Great Deal of Rot in a CountyBrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-62414298043087295182014-09-30T19:37:44.340-07:002014-09-30T19:37:44.340-07:00I'm not sure what the law says today, or how w...I'm not sure what the law says today, or how widely applicable it is, but even if it is everything you say, it doesn't make a mountain of court summons difference to St. Louis county. Or, for that matter, most of the rest of the US.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-70091047158660608752014-09-30T12:51:03.328-07:002014-09-30T12:51:03.328-07:00Skipper I think your link was dated. The law now ...Skipper I think your link was dated. The law now is that every community must have affordable housing, no exceptions. I don't have the time now to research it, but our town just went through the drill and I am very familiar with it.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-61109854592854095542014-09-30T06:25:11.478-07:002014-09-30T06:25:11.478-07:00Skipper, municipalities cannot zone out public hou...<i>Skipper, municipalities cannot zone out public housing, etc ... </i><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusionary_zoning" rel="nofollow">They absolutely can</a>.<br /><br /><i>You may have read about a very upscale new building in NYC which had to provide "affordable housing units" in its new luxury building and complied, but shunted access to a separate entrance ... </i><br /><br />Exclusionary zoning writ small.<br /><br /><i>Hmmm. I wonder what the proposed solution is? More centralized government to prohibit these localized basically feudal counties? </i><br /><br />I'm not sure there <i>is</i> a proposed solution. <br /><br />But I think you are looking at this through the wrong end of the telescope. The practically limitless proliferation of towns means the area has far too much government. I'll bet that there are far more mayors, and city council members, and bureaucrats per person than in, say, Los Angeles county. (Where, save for a few odd outliers, the smallest cities are around 11,000 people.)<br /><br />I think it is that ratio that points in the direction of too much government, not how many entities there are.<br /><br />The results speak for themselves.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-27976663807910860972014-09-29T14:27:11.410-07:002014-09-29T14:27:11.410-07:00Hmmm. I wonder what the proposed solution is? Mo...Hmmm. I wonder what the proposed solution is? More centralized government to prohibit these localized basically feudal counties? Oh joy! Out of the pot and into the fire.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-79428645515138521052014-09-29T10:00:56.611-07:002014-09-29T10:00:56.611-07:00---
[...] requires every municipality to have publ...---<br />[...] requires every municipality to have public housing within its boundaries even very upscale areas<br />---<br /><br />I find it amusing how, at some things, you guys are way more socialist than us down here, or Europe...Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-11367955545354329542014-09-29T08:07:50.455-07:002014-09-29T08:07:50.455-07:00Skipper, municipalities cannot zone out public hou...Skipper, municipalities cannot zone out public housing, etc., but they can force the buildings to comply with their building code. The new social engineering directive requiring redistribution of public housing requires every municipality to have public housing within its boundaries even very upscale areas. <br /><br />You may have read about a very upscale new building in NYC which had to provide "affordable housing units" in its new luxury building and complied, but shunted access to a separate entrance and elevator and did not allow access from those units into the main part of the building -- lawsuit ensued. Didn't happen to see the outcome, but something tells me there won't be any of the great unwashed in the chichi areas of the building where units go for well into the millions of dollars. Mealy-mouthed rationalization to follow.<br /><br />The public housing in our little town of 4,000 met the restriction limiting buildings to a height of 40' (appox. 3 stories) -- they just spread it out over four buildings instead of building it 12 stories high. It was more appealing to prospective "renters" as well. Builders don’t care. Taxpayers are footing the bill.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.com