Thursday, September 21, 2006
No! Freedom! Stop!
Why do they hate freedom? "They," in this case, refers to Berkeley's elected representatives. One of the props I haven't gotten around to talking about will make it harder for cities to manipulate property owners by forcing them to provide compensation when they fuck up your property through regulation. That is, people will have control over their own stuff, rather than having to beg for approval from the government whenever they want to do something. Tom Bates isn't subtle about why he's upset:
"I think everyone agrees that Prop. 90 would be bad for the city," said Mayor Tom Bates at Tuesday's meeting. "What we want to do is put in place a system that will allow us maximum choices." Of course, "choices" here doesn't refer to individuals being able to choose. It means "choices" for the government to dominate you and prevent you from behaving as you like. That's why the City Council is passing highly restrictive rules on property owners before the proposition passes and they'd have to be fair about it.
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