From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Jan 5, 2026 at 10:05:01 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""  wrote:   
      
   > BTR1701  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> . . .   
   >   
   >> If I own a house and I want, for whatever reason, to leave it empty for a   
   >> period of time, that's none of the government's goddam business. It's *my*   
   >> house. I can rent it, live in it, leave it empty, let my kid stay in it for   
   >> free, or bulldoze it to the ground. Mam-fuckin'-dani doesn't get a say.   
   >   
   > The government completely intrudes on your life. Socialism never goes   
   > away.   
   >   
   > Your typical homeowner, not in a homeowners' association, owns the land   
   > as fee simple. This includes a bundle of rights, but not all rights. You   
   > don't own your air space, which is a good thing with respect to flights   
   > thousands of feet above but a bad thing when it comes to drone   
   > surveillance. You don't own mineral rights, so you can't dig for   
   > petroleum nor rare earth elements.   
   >   
   > Let's say you want to use your own land to its highest and best use. Say   
   > there's a major transportation facility nearby and your land might be   
   > desireable for commercial/industrial use or multi-family housing. But   
   > your land is zoned single family preventing you from redeveloping it.   
   >   
   > No court ever ruled that deliberate downzoning by the municipality or   
   > county is a taking. It should be.   
   >   
   > Mamdani or not, you are not free to do what you wish with your own land.   
      
   I said house, not land.   
      
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