Gene Kearns wrote:
Personally, I'm amazed at the freedoms some people are willing to
relinquish

What's worse is when they don't do it willingly. i.e. a city ordinance
enacted *after* the owner has bought his property. Or a city that
takes in areas, against the will of its residents, and imposes its
taxes and ordinances on those property owners. They can do it without
a vote by the residents of the area being taken. And not even a vote
by the citizens of the city. The city administration can just do it
with no agreement from anyone and no recourse for anyone .... that's
what really sucks.

Rick