All Posts Tagged With: "land-use planning"
Wildfires and State-Worship
Whenever wars or other tragedies rage, so too rage those who worship at the altar of government. In his World War I-era essay, “War Is the Health of the State,” writer Randolph Bourne argued that during peaceful times people concern themselves mostly with their own business, but that during war everything changes. “To most Americans [...]
1Jan2008 | Steven Greenhut | 1 comment | ContinuedAdventures in Zoning
I live on a quiet dead-end street in a small suburb of Cleveland. A local developer’s plans for a little vacant lot across the street from my house recently led me into the arcane world of municipal land-use planning. The story of this lot illustrates several important lessons about how governments actually function. The lot [...]
1Jul2001 | Andrew P. Morriss | 0 comments | Continued-
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