No no.. the city learned no lesson at all.  If the treehouse comes down then the city learned nothing.  It is basically ok'ing the city to give out wrong information and then cost you thousands of dollars with no responsibility at all.   It's no wonder there are such problems in the USA if these owners lose this.

""They took it upon themselves to build a structure without a permit," building official Tom O’Brien told The Islander."   How is asking if they need a permit and being told "no" considered building without a permit?  They didn't take anything upon themselves according to the story.  They asked..   Tom O'Brien shou...more

They should hold the officials personally responsible and force them to pay the owners $20,000 out of their own pocket over a 3 year period.   If it truly doesn't comply with the building codes then the officials should have known that.  They had an opportunity and didn't take it until the money was spent and now the...more

Glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking.. uhh that wasn't socialism...   Conservatives?  What are you smoking today?    Also in general no one makes other people poor in a capitalist society.  Most people who are poor in the USA are poor because of their bad choices..  I can't say what it is like in other count...more

No kidding.   Why didn't they use babies for their research.. Ooohhhh.. because they couldn't get the results they wanted...

Capitalism evil?  Talk about painting with broad strokes.  Can we stereotype more maybe?

On a national average in the US people put in $20 a week.  I don't mean each person I mean when you take the total and ten divide by the number of people there.  Truth is some of us gived hundreds of dollars a week and some give nothing.  No one is forced.  The last two churches I have attended don't even talk about gi...more

Are you sure it's the pastors with the superiority complex?   He paid his bill.

1 - Everyone should leave a tip.   2 - Automatic gratuity should be illegal.   The pastor was trying to make the point of God only gets 10% why should any human being whom he created receive something greater?  Are we greater than God?  However, very bad form on the pastor's part.  However, pastor or not he is stil...more