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Subject: [OM] Re: OT and apropos of nothing whatsoever...
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:46:04 -0500
It didn't take 234 years for the Massachusetts government to become 
repressive... ever heard of "Shay's Rebellion"... 1786/87?
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay%27s_Rebellion>

Chuck Norcutt


Gordon Ross wrote:
> Hi Chuck-- So 234 years later it is sad to hear what has become of  
> protest in Boston about governments not listening.
> 
> Gord
> 
> On 26-Feb-08, at 5:47 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 
>> Ah, yes.  Governments and conservation areas.  The Boston area house
>> that I just sold last year had one acre of conservation wetlands
>> attached.  The covenants that I was had to sign required that I  
>> maintain
>> the drainage from the small pond and streams feeding it (hidden  
>> behind 5
>> meters of impenetrable thorny brambles) while at the same time
>> forbidding me to cut down any native vegetation or to even enter the
>> property without approval from the town council.  Then, when I went to
>> sell the house after 11 years, the prospective buyers attorney
>> discovered that I did not have clear title to the conservation area
>> because the town planning board had not approved wetland related  
>> surveys
>> that were never completed because no one from the town had ever told  
>> me
>> of the requirement... despite the fact that I had inquired whether all
>> requirements had been met.  That occasioned a delay of a couple of
>> months to get the survey work completed and approved during which the
>> buyer decided he wasn't going to wait and backed out of the sale.  It
>> took some time to find another buyer and ultimately cost me $60,000
>> because of a declining real estate market.
>>
>> Governments and conservation areas... you have my sincerest sympathy.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Chris Barker wrote:
>>> Oh oh, it's going to be one of those mornings.
>>>
>>> But I don't have time to chat; I have to submit a planning
>>> application.  I live in Conservation Area and South Cambridgeshire
>>> District Council insist that I apply for permission to build a
>>> conservatory to replace the near-derelict one attached to our Annexe.
>>>
>>> Oh well!
>>>
>>>
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