Daryl Hannah sitting in a tree, P-R-O-T-E-S-T-I-N-G

Horowitz noted that the farmers were squatting on land zoned for warehouses and factories. The landowner said in a telephone interview that he was paying $25,000 to $30,000 a month in mortgage and other land costs.While I think every urban setting should have adequate green space - and that cities are obligated plan it into their futures - I'm not sure that private citizens should have to just hand over the land they own because it's already being used. One one hand, these farmers and gardeners are nothing more than squatters. But, on the other hand, if you have invested over a decade in something and have businesses and livelihoods that depend on it... you should fight for it.
Zoning doesn't mean anything where I live, everyone and their dog is grandfathered in to the laws. Maybe the city should have a land "exchange" program for rich land owners (that obviously hate flowers, trees and their vegetables!) to trade their "green space" with empty strip malls that litter every other intersection. Then everybody could be happy.
Source
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home