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To: tejek who wrote (133639)	2/26/2001 9:21:27 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579999

Ted, Houston may not have zoning, but they do have Marvin Zindler. Scumbria

To: tejek who wrote (133639)	2/26/2001 9:33:02 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579999

Ted Re..In any case that's what I thought opal was referring to [that kind of zoning] when she made her comment.<<<<< I see you are trying to understand what a woman is trying to say. Lots of luck on that one. <gg>

To: tejek who wrote (133639)	2/27/2001 10:16:18 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579999

"The example that was used was a church near a house of ill repute" That had to of been a looonnng time ago, I don't think that there have been publicly acknowledged "houses" in Houston since the '40s, possibly not even that late. I don't really see where zoning solves any problems that out weigh the drawbacks, i.e. excess regulation and the certainty that some city councilperson from the shallow end of the gene pool will take payoffs to re-zone a property. Too much money to be made, and too many elected people with no brains, morals or ethics...