In a message dated 4/22/02 12:12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << "Scare tactics?" I'm scared, all right. >>
"Scare tactics" is different from being scared, as Al well knows, but he rarely gives a straightforward response. I know; we've had many email exchanges off-list, in a civil and polite manner, but he frequently seems to suggest that he knows more about any topic than does the person he is addressing, and that if they were as smart as he is, they'd agree with him. I have appreciated the opportunity to get to know Al a little better. I respect his legitimate arguments about the limitations an historic district brings about, and at the same time I am weary of his divisive and sometimes arrogant posturing, which seems designed to beat people down rather than give them a chance to make their own decisions. About his arguments that paint colors COULD be regulated at some time under some other circumstance, and his requirement that someone somehow prove otherwise, I am reminded of a standard line often seen in title reports in my line of work, real estate sales: in the list of things the title company asks for, they include "proof that the parties...are not in the process of a divorce...." Now, it's easy to prove that someone IS in the process of a divorce, right? But how do you prove that they're NOT? The only way I can think of is by the lack of existence of anything saying that they ARE. (By the way, the title companies simply ASK if you are in the process of a divorce - that's all. If you say no, they don't ask you to go to the ends of the earth for some nonexistent document.) Similar thing with paint colors. There is nothing saying paint colors ARE regulated. The Historical Commission has been asked, and they say paint colors are NOT regulated. Where else does Al want us to go to prove that all paint colors are allowed in a local historic district? Melani Lamond ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
