I think that a discussion is good
on uniting on what we would like as a
community theme, or other community issues. I have participated in many of
those discussions in many communities. In our process here however, we need to be careful how we implement our
ideas, which to this point we have not.
There has been more than a
bluring of the lines between public and private property. Detailed law that is
compelled by elected and unelected officials not allowing the freedom for self
determination with regard to one's private property or anything else it seems,
is a moral wrong and wildly inconsistent with the founding of our country, our
pioneer heritage, and grandparents. Those of us old enough to remember back
know what I mean. They had many of the same discussions, but without
"looks" being made "law". They encouraged rather
than to dictate, because to dictate, is
tyranny. Alexis Tocqueville warned of this micro-managing in "Democracy
in America". He further
specifically referred to this process we are engaged in right now, and feared
that we as a country would go down this very sad road; eliminating liberty by a
despotic government. He said that the opposite is what made America great. Our
grandparents back to the founding of our country held in high regard Charles
Montesquieu who said "It is not for the advantage of the government to
deprive an individual of his property, or retrench the least part of it by a
law or political regulation". Cecero "The community was established
with no other view than that everyone might be able to preserve his
property". I could go on and on, but the founders of our great country
wanted law to expand property rights, not eliminate them. This is not a right
or left issue, It is and AMERICAN issue.
Elected and non-elected leaders,
please educate yourselves about our country's founding and constitution, and stop passing laws that did not come from
the people. Shame on those few people that want to use local government to
impose their will on the rest of us, it is despicible.
Stop this ordinance on
eliminating the right of someone who wants to rent their property. City
Council, you have NO right to do this. Pens and phones all over the place! It
is obvious that our community is reeling and angry with this constant
authoritarian behavior, we are the sovereign, not you. Sorry for the length of
this, but this needed to be said.
BTW, I love the idea of having
lights up for the winter, for the reasons already given.
Rick Rose
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