Re: [OT] Holy Over-regulation, Batman!

On Apr 17, 2025 at 2:45:15 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:54:53 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
 

On Apr 17, 2025 at 1:22:28 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:
 

 I was just watching the latest episode of Tim Traveller, this one
 featuring an exotic chateau in southwest France:
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Vx-7pfzLE [5 minutes]
 
 I was astonished to discover that, in France, you need the government's
 permission to paint your front door a different colour! (He's not clear
 which level of government needs to give consent.)
 
 Call me crazy but that seems like a massive case of government overreach
 to me. Why on earth should any level of government be able to forbid you
 to change the colour you paint your own door?

 
Here in L.A., one of the producers of THE SIMPSONS has a huge, intricate
treehouse built in one of the trees in his front yard. He built it back in
the
1990s for his daughter and it's something of a local landmark with families
from all over town who come to enjoy it on holidays like Halloween and
Christmas.
 
For some reason, over 25 years later, the L.A. City Council has suddenly
decided that it's an illegal construct because he never got a permit for it
when it was originally built and have demanded he tear it down. He's spent a
small fortune battling them in court but has finally decided to throw in the
towel before it bankrupts him and has scheduled it for demolition, to the
dismay of thousands.
 
Meanwhile, literally less than a mile from the treehouse, a homeless bum has
constructed a 2-story ramshackle shack out of scrounged trash in the middle
of
a sidewalk, partially blocking the entrance to a business, and not only does
the city NOT order its removal due to lack of permitting, they tell the local
residents, including the business owner, that there's nothing they can do
about it and if anyone else tries to do something about it, they could face
arrest.
 
When questioned about this apparent legal double-standard by the media, all
Castro-loving Mayor Bass could say was, "It's complicated."
 
Government: always making things better.

 
There's an easy solution to his problem. Have the homeless guy move
into the tree house. At that point the city government is powerless to
do anything about the tree house.

You say that as a joke, but the sad reality is that's probably exactly what
would happen.

I don't know what theory of the case the producer's team put on, but if they
didn't include a selective enforcement complaint, they're not very good
lawyers.