On Oct 27, 3:21 pm, "TMOliver" wrote:

For a number of years, I was on the City Council of a bedroom
community made up of large "ranch style" houses which in several
neighborhoods were required by deed restriction to have cedar shake roofs
("appearance and conformity"). Our Public Safety Dept., cross trained
police and volunteer firefighters, had a simple policy in those
neighborhoods...Don't bother fighting the fire, just work to save the houses
on either side, across the street and downwind.....

It took an act of the Legislature to repeal and outlaw that sort of silly
deed restriction put in place by developers to pump up price by adding
elements of popular style.

It seems incredible that a litigious people such as yours couldn't
have taken the trousers off such developers.

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:09:41 -0700, Weatherlawyer
wrote:

On Oct 27, 3:21 pm, "TMOliver" wrote:

For a number of years, I was on the City Council of a bedroom
community made up of large "ranch style" houses which in several
neighborhoods were required by deed restriction to have cedar shake roofs
("appearance and conformity"). Our Public Safety Dept., cross trained
police and volunteer firefighters, had a simple policy in those
neighborhoods...Don't bother fighting the fire, just work to save the houses
on either side, across the street and downwind.....

It took an act of the Legislature to repeal and outlaw that sort of silly
deed restriction put in place by developers to pump up price by adding
elements of popular style.

It seems incredible that a litigious people such as yours couldn't
have taken the trousers off such developers.

It gets even worse.

The city of Poway (hit real hard by this fire and the 2003 fire) there
is mandatory 'green space' filled with natural vegetation running
through the city. This makes it practically impossible to keep a fire
out of the city.



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There can be no triumph without loss.
No victory without suffering.
No freedom without sacrifice.

On Oct 28, 4:34 pm, Colin Campbell (remove
underscore) wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:09:41 -0700, Weatherlawyer



wrote:
On Oct 27, 3:21 pm, "TMOliver" wrote:

For a number of years, I was on the City Council of a bedroom
community made up of large "ranch style" houses which in several
neighborhoods were required by deed restriction to have cedar shake roofs
("appearance and conformity"). Our Public Safety Dept., cross trained
police and volunteer firefighters, had a simple policy in those
neighborhoods...Don't bother fighting the fire, just work to save the houses
on either side, across the street and downwind.....

It took an act of the Legislature to repeal and outlaw that sort of silly
deed restriction put in place by developers to pump up price by adding
elements of popular style.

It seems incredible that a litigious people such as yours couldn't
have taken the trousers off such developers.

It gets even worse.

The city of Poway (hit real hard by this fire and the 2003 fire) there
is mandatory 'green space' filled with natural vegetation running
through the city. This makes it practically impossible to keep a fire
out of the city.

Just watching the back end of a programme on the disaster that is
Iraq. Apparently the underling that the chimp's gorilla had was
referred to by Colin Powell's men as a "f___ing idiot". I can't recall
his name.

In the days of real empires the capital cities always had fountains
built I suppose they knew where to put green spaces. Yet even Rome
burned. That was due to another effing idiot though, wasn't it?

There is no limit to the idiocy that can be perpetrated by complete
idiots when given lots of power, untrammelled.

On Oct 28, 10:43 pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Oct 28, 4:34 pm, Colin Campbell (remove



underscore) wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:09:41 -0700, Weatherlawyer

wrote:
On Oct 27, 3:21 pm, "TMOliver" wrote:

For a number of years, I was on the City Council of a bedroom
community made up of large "ranch style" houses which in several
neighborhoods were required by deed restriction to have cedar shake roofs
("appearance and conformity"). Our Public Safety Dept., cross trained
police and volunteer firefighters, had a simple policy in those
neighborhoods...Don't bother fighting the fire, just work to save the houses
on either side, across the street and downwind.....

It took an act of the Legislature to repeal and outlaw that sort of silly
deed restriction put in place by developers to pump up price by adding
elements of popular style.

It seems incredible that a litigious people such as yours couldn't
have taken the trousers off such developers.

It gets even worse.

The city of Poway (hit real hard by this fire and the 2003 fire) there
is mandatory 'green space' filled with natural vegetation running
through the city. This makes it practically impossible to keep a fire
out of the city.

Just watching the back end of a programme on the disaster that is
Iraq. Apparently the underling that the chimp's gorilla had was
referred to by Colin Powell's men as a "f___ing idiot". I can't recall
his name.

In the days of real empires the capital cities always had fountains
built I suppose they knew where to put green spaces. Yet even Rome
burned. That was due to another effing idiot though, wasn't it?

There is no limit to the idiocy that can be perpetrated by complete
idiots when given lots of power, untrammelled.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...uglas_J._Feith

The site must be partisan or the fool really is a total prick. The
first place Google turned up though.

Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Oct 27, 3:21 pm, "TMOliver" wrote:
For a number of years, I was on the City Council of a bedroom
community made up of large "ranch style" houses which in several
neighborhoods were required by deed restriction to have cedar shake roofs
("appearance and conformity"). Our Public Safety Dept., cross trained
police and volunteer firefighters, had a simple policy in those
neighborhoods...Don't bother fighting the fire, just work to save the houses
on either side, across the street and downwind.....

It took an act of the Legislature to repeal and outlaw that sort of silly
deed restriction put in place by developers to pump up price by adding
elements of popular style.

It seems incredible that a litigious people such as yours couldn't
have taken the trousers off such developers.


Contract law, don't you know, old boy. They also had laws restricting
the, ahem, "cultural heritage" of people allowed to buy houses in
certain neighborhoods, also outlawed by statute. Most boilerplate real
estate documentation contains some page to sign notifying the buyer that
such CC&R restrictions are null and void.

Dan

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:43:55 -0700, Weatherlawyer
wrote:


Just watching the back end of a programme on the disaster that is
Iraq. Apparently the underling that the chimp's gorilla had was
referred to by Colin Powell's men as a "f___ing idiot". I can't recall
his name.

That would be any Democrat politician.


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There can be no triumph without loss.
No victory without suffering.
No freedom without sacrifice.

On Oct 30, 5:39 am, Dan wrote:
Colin Campbell wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:43:55 -0700, Weatherlawyer
wrote:

Just watching the back end of a programme on the disaster that is
Iraq. Apparently the underling that the chimp's gorilla had was
referred to by Colin Powell's men as a "f___ing idiot". I can't recall
his name.

That would be any Democrat politician.

Thanks, I needed a laugh.

Then you'll enjoy watching:
"No Plan No Peace
The inside story of Iraq's decent into chaos".

I found it upsetting and couldn't look at it. Perhaps you find that
amusing too. You might be able to find the programme online with the
BBC servers but it is badly DRMed -or may be. (I don't think I have
their media player attached to my box as I think it is one of
Microsoft/Verizon's spyware doodahs.)

More funnies he
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7064475.stm

Colin Campbell wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:43:55 -0700, Weatherlawyer
wrote:


Just watching the back end of a programme on the disaster that is
Iraq. Apparently the underling that the chimp's gorilla had was
referred to by Colin Powell's men as a "f___ing idiot". I can't recall
his name.

That would be any Democrat politician.

Thanks, I needed a laugh.

Dan