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Originally Posted by The Phantom Gourmand
It's a sad commentary that we have to legislate and create such cumbersome processes to "protect" us from the abusers.
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We may be protected from the "abusers" but who is there to protect us from government zealots?
People who work in departments like DES are generally bent in one direction: Conservation at all costs. They don't care if their over regulation costs thousands more and impedes homeowners and businesses from moving forward with repairs or new construction.
These positions should be filled equally with conservationists as well as with business people who understand both sides of an issue. Some of these conservation nuts get to these jobs straight out of college and have never had to live in the real world, hold down a private industry job, meet a payroll, or understand how much the interference of government costs us all.
I know that DES got involved in my project and to meet their requirements the end result was more costly and more harmful to the lake than if they had just left me alone.
There was an 80 room hotel proposed for the Weirs Beach area a few years ago. That project was abandonded after Indian arrowheads were found on the property and the cost of dealing wth that issue prevented the project from going forward. That new building would have been a nice boost to the area and Laconia's tax base but it is now a lost cause.
Something needs to change but I doubt that it will.