So here is the deal. My mom and I are very conservative thinking people and in our local shit town there is an issue coming up that is VERY important to those of us who want to protect property rights.
Anti-Mansionization: The movement started in Solana Beach about a year ago where there is a group of people who seek to restrict people's property rights. Currently, the largest home you can build on a 10,000 square foot lot is 4,500 square feet. Not a mansion by anyone's strech of the imagination. They want to reduce the legal size of a property owner's house down to 3,500 square feet on the same lot. It is even WORSE of a percentage for those who have a larger lot.
The whole movement is designed to restrict people's property rights because "We don't want Solana Beach to become Hunnington Beach or Dana Point." "The fact that I have to see these huge homes when I walk down the street infringes on my rights and destroy's my quality of life."
These people are sick, bottom line. And today they crossed the line. My mom has been a resident of this city for 55 years and I grew up here as well. We were against the city incorporating in 1986 because we were afraid of this kind of dictatorship by a bunch of out of work house-wives who ran for city council. The issue has been disected to the point where only 900-1100 homes would be effected by this ordinance: The wealthiest pieces of real estate where bare lots go for well over a million dollars and "tear down" homes sell for close to $2,000,000. The total population of Solana Beach is in the neighborhood is somewhere around 14K and way less than 10% of the citizens are affected by this. See the pattern? See the design of this campaign? Even the title of the issue, "Anti-Mansionization," is deceptive.
Fast forward to today. My mom, being the long standing resident and proponent of people's rights to pursue their own happiness, walked out from the grocery store to her whole driver's side being keyed in one long and continuous stroke. She looked around for someone she would recognize, no one. She looked at the cars around hers, no other cars were keyed. Two and two pop up in her head and she immediately knows this is about Anti-Mansionization. She has ZERO enemies except for this issue, where she has been particularly vocal. Her car is very visible and she is visible because of what she has done for this city (all positive I assure you).
My question is what motivates people to do this? The people on the opposite side of this issue are just like her in age and demographic: older (mid-40s-60s) and white. There must be some larger issue here that is not apparent because it is clearly not worth keying someone's car over. Unless you are a petty individual who does not value ANY property, just like these folks. In a way, this is a form of terrorism. Think about it, this act was designed to silence my mom on the issue of Anti-Mansionization. They used TERROR to try and intimidate my family. They destroyed her property to get her to shut up. Who knows where this will go.
What am I able to do here? I know who is on the opposite side of the issue, I know them personally. Can I walk up to their house and call them out? Can I go up to them and ask if its ok that I key their car because I don't like their stance on an issue? Is that the level we are playing on now? Since when has it EVER been ok to do this?
Personally, I see this as a clear indication that those who are on the side of restricting property rights and denying other people's rights need to be ousted from this community. These people are the enemy! "We can't settle this the democratic way, we have to resort to violent acts and destruction of property!" **** these animals. If I knew who these people were...
Anti-Mansionization: The movement started in Solana Beach about a year ago where there is a group of people who seek to restrict people's property rights. Currently, the largest home you can build on a 10,000 square foot lot is 4,500 square feet. Not a mansion by anyone's strech of the imagination. They want to reduce the legal size of a property owner's house down to 3,500 square feet on the same lot. It is even WORSE of a percentage for those who have a larger lot.
The whole movement is designed to restrict people's property rights because "We don't want Solana Beach to become Hunnington Beach or Dana Point." "The fact that I have to see these huge homes when I walk down the street infringes on my rights and destroy's my quality of life."
These people are sick, bottom line. And today they crossed the line. My mom has been a resident of this city for 55 years and I grew up here as well. We were against the city incorporating in 1986 because we were afraid of this kind of dictatorship by a bunch of out of work house-wives who ran for city council. The issue has been disected to the point where only 900-1100 homes would be effected by this ordinance: The wealthiest pieces of real estate where bare lots go for well over a million dollars and "tear down" homes sell for close to $2,000,000. The total population of Solana Beach is in the neighborhood is somewhere around 14K and way less than 10% of the citizens are affected by this. See the pattern? See the design of this campaign? Even the title of the issue, "Anti-Mansionization," is deceptive.
Fast forward to today. My mom, being the long standing resident and proponent of people's rights to pursue their own happiness, walked out from the grocery store to her whole driver's side being keyed in one long and continuous stroke. She looked around for someone she would recognize, no one. She looked at the cars around hers, no other cars were keyed. Two and two pop up in her head and she immediately knows this is about Anti-Mansionization. She has ZERO enemies except for this issue, where she has been particularly vocal. Her car is very visible and she is visible because of what she has done for this city (all positive I assure you).
My question is what motivates people to do this? The people on the opposite side of this issue are just like her in age and demographic: older (mid-40s-60s) and white. There must be some larger issue here that is not apparent because it is clearly not worth keying someone's car over. Unless you are a petty individual who does not value ANY property, just like these folks. In a way, this is a form of terrorism. Think about it, this act was designed to silence my mom on the issue of Anti-Mansionization. They used TERROR to try and intimidate my family. They destroyed her property to get her to shut up. Who knows where this will go.
What am I able to do here? I know who is on the opposite side of the issue, I know them personally. Can I walk up to their house and call them out? Can I go up to them and ask if its ok that I key their car because I don't like their stance on an issue? Is that the level we are playing on now? Since when has it EVER been ok to do this?
Personally, I see this as a clear indication that those who are on the side of restricting property rights and denying other people's rights need to be ousted from this community. These people are the enemy! "We can't settle this the democratic way, we have to resort to violent acts and destruction of property!" **** these animals. If I knew who these people were...
