tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post2500658974801073380..comments2023-11-04T23:31:40.392-10:00Comments on got windmills?: RUNNIN’ WITH THE PACKAndy Parxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-37977337647316227732008-03-07T20:57:00.000-10:002008-03-07T20:57:00.000-10:00ah, sounz like another disciple of rs wier has fou...ah, sounz like another disciple of rs wier has found your website. funny how folks believe 'the market' will solve the issues of the day when 'the market' is one of the catalyst of the issues we face regarding affordable housing. add bankrupt policies of dysfunctional government and the situations seems hopeless.<BR/>thank god for bloggers! otherwise we'd be having this conversation at the coffee shopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-91322559713546344622008-03-06T13:58:00.000-10:002008-03-06T13:58:00.000-10:00Which can also alleviate the undersupply of afford...Which can also alleviate the undersupply of affordable lots. The bill itself may not have delt with re-zonning...however, the message is clear---leave ag land alone---if you think that ag re-zonning for any purpose is welcomed by the county then you are more naive than one previously imagined. By the time the system is done with an applicant the lots cannot be offered as affordable--the red tape and outright obstructionist attitudes drive costs up and up. As the years roll by and bad law and regulation are heaped on bad law and regulation the supplies are restricted and the prices soar. Anyone with a lick of economic common sense can see this---the key here being the common sense requirement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-86448826072969339322008-03-06T08:17:00.000-10:002008-03-06T08:17:00.000-10:00The bill had nothing whatsoever with re-zoning ag ...The bill had nothing whatsoever with re-zoning ag land for affordable housing, only subdividing ag land into smaller parcels.Andy Parxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-4219716285805311102008-03-06T07:23:00.000-10:002008-03-06T07:23:00.000-10:00A moratorium on ag subdivisions and re-zonning wou...A moratorium on ag subdivisions and re-zonning would have been one of the more stupid things the county could have done. After all, where else can any supply of affordable houselots come from if not from ag land?<BR/>The notion of many small farms and the necessity of preserving "our" ag lands is pure balderdash and flies in the face of the spontaneous historical evolution of landuse. <BR/>If one thinks that farming is such a great thing then do it; the truth is that the long lines are not at the signs marked "farming here" instead they are qued-up at the one that says affordable houselots.<BR/>Good intentions often make the worst policies--and, politicians and the so called "progressives" never comprehend basic economics and the unintended consequences of poor policies and laws. So, in the end not enacting the ag moratorium turns out to be one of the brighter things the seven dunces have done. Now all they need to be convinced to do is waiver the anti ag rezonning mindset and add incentives for small affordable lots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com