Below is a little essay I just published regarding the results of
today's visit of code inspectors to my property in Oklahoma City.
Bob Waldrop, Romero Catholic Worker, Oklahoma City
http://www.bobwaldrop.net/?p=417
When I moved to 1524 N 21 in Oklahoma City, there were flat mostly empty
lawns. Now a mini-urban eco-system flourishes. It is beautiful, it is
interesting, even during the depths of winter. But alas for me and my
little niche of the ecology during this age of peak oil denial, beauty
is in the eye of the beholder, and not all beholders are created equal.
Some of them carry guns and may compel obedience to their own personal
visions of urban beauty and land use.
In case you haven't figured it out, the code inspectors have been here
for a visit. And suddenly, things that have pretty much been fine for a
decade are violations. No appeal, no argument, no nothing. They have all
the guns on their side, and that is a powerful argument.
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