Haven't looked, but there would BE no news unless someone from the local area
noticed what was going on and looked into things. And that means that someone
would have to believe that the TMO is important enough to pay attention to,
which simply isn't something that's likely to happen in the Netherlands any
more. The general feeling about the remnants of the TMO in Vlodrop I've
encountered from the Dutch is along the lines of, "What? Are any of those
people still there? I thought they'd all died by now."
From: "lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The last tower
You may be correct, but if that is so (and I'm not denying it) then there
is bound to be local, or even national news about it.
I haven't bothered to look for any, have you?
L
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
The laws are *incredibly* strict about historical buildings here, and do not
leave room for "exceptions." I have learned this because I'm looking for houses
to purchase right now, and learning that one has to be careful to make sure
they're *not* classified as a monument. That status can mean that you can't
even replace the *windows* in your building, much less change its exterior or
tear it down.
So it's bribery, pure and simple. The only way someone could have gotten
permission to do what the TMO did is to pay one or more important local
officials a LOT of money so that they would "look the other way" and pretend
not to have seen the demolition take place until after it was over.
From: "LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The last tower
Plausible.
Or, they may have offered teh entire government a sweetheart financial deal
that trumped the traditional attitude...
Or both.
AT least the TM organization can be said to put its money where its vastu mouth
is...
L
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
Having lived in the Netherlands for a few years now, and having dealt with its
fanaticism about "protected buildings" and "national monuments" and preventing
people from tearing them down or changing the exteriors of them, there is only
one thing that explains why the TMO was able to do this -- BRIBES. And big
ones, too. Someone in the local Gemente is now a millionnaire thanks to TMO
bribery. That's the only way something like this could happen in the
Netherlands.
From: aryavazhi <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:54 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] The last tower
Vlodrop is changing it's shape, the last tower came down yesterday. I have
lived in this building once, but I don't have nostalgic feelings about it. IMHO
the laws trying to preserve old buildings are overdoing it in Europe. We have
lots of old buildings, and not everything is worth of being preserved. The new
layout looks a little bit like a home for assited living ;-)
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