Comments on: Unintended Consequences at Work http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/unintended_cons.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob Smith http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/unintended_cons.html/comment-page-1#comment-3588 Bob Smith Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:30:48 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/08/unintended_cons.html#comment-3588 <p>Let's say property taxes are 2% (high for most states), and you own a piece of land assessed at $100,000 Before Woodpeckers. I don't know about you, but saving $2,000/year in property taxes to make up for losing $100k of property value doesn't work for me.</p> Let’s say property taxes are 2% (high for most states), and you own a piece of land assessed at $100,000 Before Woodpeckers. I don’t know about you, but saving $2,000/year in property taxes to make up for losing $100k of property value doesn’t work for me.

]]> By: Technomad http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/unintended_cons.html/comment-page-1#comment-3587 Technomad Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:22:06 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/08/unintended_cons.html#comment-3587 <p>If they wanted to make property owners willing to make their properties attractive to "endangered" species, one way that might work better would be to declare that all properties that housed endangered species were no longer liable for property taxes.</p> <p>As things stand, the landowners have a strong motive to "shoot, shovel and shut up."</p> If they wanted to make property owners willing to make their properties attractive to “endangered” species, one way that might work better would be to declare that all properties that housed endangered species were no longer liable for property taxes.

As things stand, the landowners have a strong motive to “shoot, shovel and shut up.”

]]> By: Teri Pittman http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/unintended_cons.html/comment-page-1#comment-3586 Teri Pittman Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:13:51 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/08/unintended_cons.html#comment-3586 <p>They can declare it a "National Scenic Area", like they did in the Columbia River Gorge. Then they can do things like tell you what colors are acceptable to paint your house (green and brown, but only approved versions of those). They actually took over a privately run wildlife santuary, and then made no effort to manage it. If you want to see a true landgrab in action, do a search on the Scenic Area. Start with a search on Bea House, like here: http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=4786</p> They can declare it a “National Scenic Area”, like they did in the Columbia River Gorge. Then they can do things like tell you what colors are acceptable to paint your house (green and brown, but only approved versions of those). They actually took over a privately run wildlife santuary, and then made no effort to manage it. If you want to see a true landgrab in action, do a search on the Scenic Area. Start with a search on Bea House, like here: http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=4786

]]> By: Bob Smith http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/08/unintended_cons.html/comment-page-1#comment-3585 Bob Smith Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:42:44 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/08/unintended_cons.html#comment-3585 <p>One problem is that the nature conservancy and their ilk *want* option 3. Land made worthless by the threat of environmental regulation is a lot cheaper to acquire than land sold in a free market. Same goes in, for example, Lake Tahoe, where development restrictions (and outright bans) unrelated to protecting marginal animal species also serve to make land a lot cheaper to acquire.</p> One problem is that the nature conservancy and their ilk *want* option 3. Land made worthless by the threat of environmental regulation is a lot cheaper to acquire than land sold in a free market. Same goes in, for example, Lake Tahoe, where development restrictions (and outright bans) unrelated to protecting marginal animal species also serve to make land a lot cheaper to acquire.

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