July 24th, 2008
Aurora seniors victorious against developers
From the Rocky Mountain News:
The Aurora Planning Commission handed about 30 senior citizens a small victory Wednesday.
They gathered at the Aurora Municipal Center to speak against a 13-acre building development close to their homes.
The panel voted 4-2 against a site plan extension that would have developed four-story apartment complexes at the Heritage-Eagle Bend housing complex.
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Brian Phillips says:
How can you consider this a victory? The right to property is the right of use and disposal. The rightful owners first had to beg for permission to use their property. Then they were denied the right to use their property.
When non-owners of a parcel of property have a voice in its use, property rights have been destroyed. This was might have been a “victory” for a gang of seniors who seek to impose their values upon others, but it certainly not a victory for property rights.