Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Local Scam: Green developer Jonathan F. P. Rose preaches sustainability with South Orange site

Here is a prime example of tax dollars supporting high cost construction that pays for certification rather than materials. Green, notably LEED, construction has been audited and found not to support "green" claims of lowering energy costs and reducing its "carbon footprint" any more than standard construction. The "green" reduction is not "sustainable" without the "green" subsidized dollars supporting these crony scams.
This development site was a former gas station and parking lot. These sites are generally so regulated by the State's Dept. Environmental Protection that this site would not be approved for residential use without political "grease" making it possible. m/r

Green developer Jonathan F. P. Rose preaches sustainability with South Orange site | NJBIZ

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Green developer Rose laying down roots in N.J.


As Jonathan F.P. Rose stood inside the fenced-off parking lot at the edge of downtown South Orange, his face offered a mix of excitement and what seemed like disbelief.

Excitement that, in just a few minutes, he was breaking ground on a project to transform the lot into a sleek new apartment building with street-level retail.
Disbelief that, somehow, the site had gone this long without reaching its full potential.
"It makes so much sense," Rose said on a recent Friday, pointing to the commuter train line just down the hill, then to the bustling business district only two blocks away.
"I actually can't imagine a more archetypically perfect site."
It makes so much sense that Rose and his development group, Jonathan Rose Cos., have been building transit-oriented projects for 25 years. The firm has done that work in well-connected urban hubs across the country, from its home city of New York to Aspen, Colo., all with a focus on affordable housing and environmental friendliness that has earned it national acclaim since its founding.
But Rose has never built and owned a new project in New Jersey — until now, that is.
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