I'm Mad as Hell, and I Ain't Gonna Take it Anymore

August 7, 2001 Rights I would like to know why the government in a supposedly free country is taking ALL our rights away? Let’s take for example, zoning? Now, I understand about a community wanting to keep their “image” up when it comes to the type of homes they want in their neighborhood. BUT, let’s say, when a person owns 6 acres with a 300 ft. driveway back up into the woods, in a relatively undeveloped area, what right should the zoning board have to be able to DICTATE to you what kind of home you build there? Or, anything else for that matter. This zoning crap has gotten way out of hand. We will take for example, a double-wide. No one would be able to see this home from the road, so where is the problem? How can this be a problem for anyone? If you were planning to place it fronting the road in a “fancy subdivision” I could understand why property owners would object; because you would not want to convey the image that this house would bring down your property values. If the house were to be built there, then you would not be able to get all this money if you were to sell yours, right? According to whom? The zoning board? If someone wanted the house bad enough they would buy it, regardless of where it was located. If not, let them keep moving on. No one promised you a gold mine when you built there. Why is it so important to keep the rich and lower class separated? We have a lot of nice people who cannot afford a “fancy house”. So what does zoning do, they treat them like slaves. Just push them further back into the hills. Get them back far enough and no one will see them. People, according to the Bill of Rights, have the freedom to own land and build what they want. . It does not state, “You cannot build a double-wide except where we say”. So who gave this board all this power? Not me. Remember when the blacks were not allowed in the white neighborhoods? Well, this is the same thing. Zoning is discriminating against you because you are not rich enough to build a fine home in certain areas. The local government is not paying for this land and until they do, they should butt out. But, do you think that will happen? Not hardly. There is too much money being passed around. Or maybe we should say “power in the form of money”. Why else would they even consider dictating to people what they can do with their own land. There is BIG MONEY involved here. If you have it, you can buy anything and the “lower class” just gets pushed further back out of sight. Some people should spend their time minding their own life and not trying to dictate to the rest of us what we can and cannot do with our property. But as long as people sit back and do nothing, things will get worse. What is really bad is that the people who are getting hurt here do not have the money to hire a lawyer or pay off someone. So actually, their boat has already sunk. Lawyers do not work for free and money talks so loud you cannot here above it. Where does that leave us? Get rid of whoever appoints the zoning board and every other office. The people should elect every person who holds a position in the local government. Not appoint them. That is the problem. Their appointees control people who are appointed. They are supposed to answer to the people and that can only happen if we elect them. We have rights? What rights? Those are reserved only for the wealthy and slave owners. The government is one of the “ wealthy” and definitely “slave owners”. We are the “slaves” Think about it. We are forced to pay taxes and if you are forced, then you are a slave. This is not a free option. Slavery is still alive and well, and getting worse each day. From the “Virginia Declaration of Rights” Section 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people: that magistrates are their trustees and servants and all times amenable to them. Section 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration. And that, when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community has an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.