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To: thames_sider who wrote (13427)2/27/2006 1:52:23 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman  Respond to of 541701
 
he's running into problems already

Simon said the US Supreme Court had already ruled “ownership [of a town] does not always mean absolute dominion”. “If he wants to build a town and encourage like-minded people to come and live there, that’s fine. We get into problems where he tries to exercise governmental authority.”

and the ACLU will have a field day down there

he can build it, but he can't "rule" it

if it comes down as Monaghan plans [which I doubt], my guess is some 18 yr old kids will leave to find freedoms not available in their hometown and others will feel quite comfortable staying