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> because the government no longer functions as intended This seems contrary to what you're stating - local government exists to represent the interests of loc
by happyopossum 3y ago
> because the government no longer functions as intended
This seems contrary to what you're stating - local government exists to represent the interests of local residents. Protecting those residents from external forces is completely in-line with their mandate.
> If they don't like it, they can move.
A person who owns land somewhere should have more sway over local politics than a megacorp developer from another state or country. How about that developer moves their project somewhere else if they don't like it?
- tptacek 3y agoThere are limits to the acceptable protections Home Rule local governments can supply, and a growing consensus that single-family zoning is not one of those acceptable protections, which is leading states to preempt local governments on that question.
- dh2022 3y agoWell, the growing consensus is not big enough to sway the local governments. I guess you need to wait for it to grow until is big enough....
- tptacek 3y agoThe point of the comment you're responding to is that we're approaching a policy equilibrium where local governments don't matter anymore on this question, because they're not allowed to rule on it. See: California.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago> A person who owns land somewhere should have more sway over local politics than a megacorp developer from another state or country. The developer's interests come from the local non-land owning residents...