Ten years ago today, Marvin
Heemeyer decided to settle his complaints against the City of Granby, CO and
some of the residents. The Mayor had this to say.
"I'm trying to be
politically correct, but this guy was a nasty son of a bitch," Wang said.
You can read
an account here.
Granby is
mainly a tourist and skier service center as most of the ranches in the area no
longer function as working cattle ranches. Zoning was late coming to the small
Colorado mountain towns but by the mid 1970’s most towns had zoning laws. They
weren’t universally welcomed, and were often manipulated for personal gains
(and losses).
If you took
Belfast, Northern Ireland at the height of the “Troubles” then added Jerusalem,
you might approach the intensity of emotions in some of these towns. Marvin
Heemeyer was one of the losers, and decided to make a point.
So why this
posting? Because I fear our country is full of Marvin Heemeyers and at some
point they will start striking.
4 comments:
Yep, they came close in Nevada... And the powers that be will be wondering 'why', without a clue...
You are right about the powers that be.
With each little step, the powers at be became bolder and bolder......
What is the saying? Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.
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