XPost: ba.general, ba.politics, soc.culture.usa   
   From: none@none.none   
      
   "Element 115" wrote:   
   >   
   >My local newspaper had a story on some asphalt plant in East Bay whose   
   >smell neighborhood residents were complaining about.  The news article   
   >made numerous references to the high market value of the homes, some   
   >valued at $9 million.   
   >   
   >The plant is obviously a nuisance and had only been there since 2002   
   >and apparently the homes preceded it.  Some irregularities were noted   
   >in the approval process, and now the city is offering to pay for its   
   >relocation less than a mile away.  It is only because the smelly plant   
   >offends rich yuppie scum that it is being relocated, because $9 million   
   >is supposed to buy them semi-rural tranquility where they don't have to   
   >see, smell, or hear the factory that produces the road asphalt their   
   >SUVs tear up.  The article doesn't mention what the factory's new   
   >neighbors think about the relocation, but their opinions don't matter   
   >because their homes aren't even worth a measly $1 million.   
      
   More pampering of the spoiled rich refuse.. That helps reinforce my lean toward   
   Hugo Chavez's idea of wealth redistribution.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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