Originally Posted by theking

I assume to allow the street sweepers to sweep or for some other practical reason...which does remove some of the irritation...but I do view it as a loss of freedom...though a minor loss.

I used to be heavy into real estate. I once bought a piece of property within the city limits with the intentions of building on it at some point. Having other irons in the fire...it took me three or four years to get back to this particular property only to learn that...due to city/county ordinances having been changed in the interim...I could not build anything on the property. The properitys value dropped to zero. I was out attorney fees over the next couple of years battling with them but ultimately lost. To add insult to injury I received a ticket and a fine from the city's abatement dept for allowing the property to have to much wild growth on it. I consider it to be a loss of freedom not to be allowed to build on property that I owned and had to pay annual taxes on.

I eventually deeded the property to the city and guess what...a few years later the city built a childrens park on the property. When I learned that they were going to build a park...I requested that they name the park after me...and they denied my request.