The point is not that someone dislikes Ames' operation; the point is that Ames is alleged to be in violation of the law, and has been for some time.
Is there some form of "grandfather law" applicable to shield him?
I doubt it.
What, just because he's ignored land use restrictions for twenty years, that makes it alright?
Maybe we should all blow off the law and do what we please.
Yeah, let's put a brothel at the Weirs, a casino in Lake Shore Park, a gravel mine and cement factory on Diamond Island, and oil wells everywhere.
Absurd?
Certainly.
People pay a lot of money to buy and keep their little slice of lakefront heaven, and they don't appreciate it when people diminish their enjoyment so that they can make a profit via nonconforming commercial activity.
It's just plain wrong.
Laws are meant to be obeyed.
The fact that an aggrieved complainant happens to be an attorney is irrelevant.
Let the judge decide who is right, and who is wrong.
This matter will not be resolved in the court of public opinion.
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