The state’s predominant law governing land use, the Growth Management Act, has become a topic of entangled protestation and legalese.
Individuals go to court over it. Counties sue over it. Citizens debate it, often hotly. And often without regard for the law or the Constitution of the United States.
Groups form, and oppose one another vehemently, over how to manage urban sprawl, and rural containment, and in general the way individuals and businesses want to use their private property under protection of state and federal rights.
When examined thoroughly by Business Pulse from various viewpoints, the one thing that stood out most is that sometimes at the center of all the commotion are situations that, boiled down, appear—as one elected official put it—silly. It gives cause to scratch your head and wonder what’s really up.
Let’s make a point about common sense, common good, and commandeering. Please forgive, for illustration’s sake, an exaggeration (or is it?).
