XPost: or.politics   
      
   On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:19:23 GMT, "Matthew Beasley"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Ted Mittelstaedt"  wrote in message   
   >news:newscache$90pjfj$x2h1$1@news.ipinc.net...   
   >   
   >-snippage-   
   >   
   >> So I think he probably got quite a lot knocked off the selling price.   
   >> Quite   
   >> a lot more than $6,000.  Probably more like $20,000!!!   
   >>   
   >> So despite the fees, once the structure goes up he's WELL AHEAD in   
   >> terms of equity in the property.   
   >   
   >Yep, I bought a place without any outbuildings.  It made buying much   
   >cheaper, but now I do have to add outbuildings to make the place usable.   
      
   Then you will need a permit to do that.   
      
   What you're saying is you didn't research that matter Before you   
   bought the land.   
   ...   
   >> This is just one more case of someone rich whining about having to pay   
   >> some fees.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Agreed.  His whining about the fees doesn't bug me as much as the whining   
   >about not being allowed to build in a flood plain.  Just because the people   
   >in NO are stupid doesn't mean we should be too.  For $4000 he's avoiding   
   >being another flood statistic.  Big whoop.  It'd sure be worth it to me.   
      
   People ought not to be (a) allowed to build where the river chooses to   
   run, even if infrequently, and (b) ought not to get Public Insurance   
   when or if they do.   
      
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