This decrease in property

value, under our highest law, must be compensated for. In

short, Mr. Fodor, if you have a house on your lot, you

can not lawfully stop me from building a house on my lot.

The very existence of your house and thousands of others

in the county proves the point that building houses on

lots in Fayette county is a lawful and largely safe

activity. What goes for you, goes for everyone else. Or

are you special? I don't think so. If you want to

personally control the use of land, Mr. Fodor, you have

to buy it.

4. Two of the most

important functions of the U.S. Constitution are the

restriction of excessive and oppressive government and

the protection of a minority (and I do not mean this in

the racial sense of the word) from the unjust will of the

majority. How would you feel, Mr. Fodor, if your

neighbors who all had swimming pools in their back yards

decided to oppose your having a pool based on the grounds

that your pool would use up the water supply or that your

pool would ruin their view, and they misused local

government to enforce their wishes? Would you not want

protection from such hypocrites? The Constitution offers

that protection. You don't want to mess with that

protection, Mr. Fodor.

5. As a libertarian-leaning

person, I believe that we should all have the right to

engage in any activity that we wish provided that the

activity does not deprive others of their life or

property. It is a simple philosophy that stands to

reason, is fair, and allows for maximum freedom. I wish

others would consider its merits.

In summary, we all need to

see the big picture, protect each other's rights as we

would our own, and support liberty.

William M. Gilmer

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