ty1over:

One part of me wants to welcome you to the forums...the other part wants to show you the door.

I had written a lenthy reply to your post, but deleted it. Serves no purpose.

There is a right way and a wrong way to get things done. Your "local" took the wrong way to do it, and got caught with his hand in the cookie-jar. He could most likely have gotten permits if your locals had banded together and went to your local politicians and congressmen, state senators, etc. Instead, he decided to try and get away with it on his own, and now must pay the penalty.

BTW, not all of us are NIMBY's..in fact, probably less than 5% are.

Mike B