You all are getting up in arms about a supposed slap in the face to
homebuilt aircraft. Truth be told, you could probably find a similar
statute about firearms, muscle cars, or ham radio antennas in a lot of
municipalities around the country.

Here's the blunt truth of it. The fellow that wrote that statute thought
(s)he was doing the right thing. That's right. Nobody in local elected
office does something because they are inherently evil. They saw what they
perceived as something the majority of the constituency wanted and wrote the
law accordingly.

The parallel to this is that the fellow that wrote it put his/her pants on
in the morning one leg at a time, just like you do. (S)he works and draws a
paycheck for his labor just like you do. (S)he was not born into political
office, but got there because (s)he perceived the guy that was there was not
listening to what the constituency wanted done and guess what? If (s)he got
elected, the guy was NOT doing what the constituency wanted or they would
have kept the other guy in office.

So don't bitch about "fighting city hall". If you don't like the way things
are being done, run for the office. One of two things will happen. You
will get elected and then YOU get the opportunity to listen to what your
neighbors want to have done. Or, you will lose, but that gives you the
chops for the next four years to call up the winner and remind them that you
got damn near as many votes as they did and this law they are writing is not
a good idea.

Remember Jefferson: "For democracy to fail it is only necessary that good
men do nothing."


Jim
Nevada County Supervisor (Commissioner), Retired
In 8 years rebuilt the airport, built a new jail, a new library, a new
sanitary landfill, and kept 25,000 voters reasonably happy.