"Dan Horton" wrote in message
ups.com...
If he has the time and money to fight this he should continue the
fight.

It has not been an effective strategy so far. The fight can
continue more effectively with Brian out of sight. His presence
makes
it an emotional issue for the other side; they are just as dead set
on
"winning" as he is. Having no individual target eliminates a lot of
that emotion. It takes away their will to fight. That's smart.

A lot of you have said "the EAA needs to jump on this". You're
right. The situation needs third part mediation, in a quiet room
with
a rational opposition. Right now it is impossible. An EAA
volunteer
attorney can't get much done with Brian outside the door playing the
role of the thorn. There is no loss to being smart enough to clear
the
field for a more powerful ally.

Sometimes we lose sight of the goal because we get wrapped up in
the fight. The goal here is not a "win" for Brian. It is to
reverse
the ordinance. There is no way Brian's strategy will convince a
city
councilman to sponsor a resolution rescinding the ordinance.

Looking at the pictures of his neighbors he has a good chance of
winning based on what is stored in others yards.

Ever try to fight a speeding ticket on the grounds that
everybody
else was speeding?

Dan Horton


Well, it's a little different being singled out over things stored on
your acre when everybody else stores things on theirs and you're being
selected for enforcement. You can make a reasonable argument in court
against that while you can't fuss about an 80 in a 55 when everybody
else is doing it. The patrolman can't bust everybody for speeding, so
he picks out one unlucky target, and that deters the rest of them.