[Info-vax] Completely OT: Frank Lloyd Wright

[Bob Koehler]

In article <k61bs2$iuq$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> 
> It's a common problem with airports.  The airport exists.  People find 
> "cheap land" (because of the airport), and later attempt to close down 
> the airport.  A true flaw in "democracy, the terrorism of the majority".

   A common enough problem.  In our county, there is a "county"
   airport.  When it was built the area around it was zoned for light
   industry and such only, so there would be no housing containing
   foilks affected by, and complaining about, airport noise.

   Enter developer, who gets nearby land rezoned.  I had a coworker who
   lived in an apartment next to the airport.

   By which flaw in democracy did that developer achieve the rezoning?
   Campain contributions?  We don't know.  Doesn't sound democratic
   (in the general sense) to me, but it reminds me of how Sonmhy Bono
   got his zoning problem fixed:  he ran for mayor, and won.