Residential Design Standards Revisiting Forsyth County Commission
Here we go again, another pitch for our Forsyth County Commission to mandate blanket residential design standards on all new rezoning countywide. Please understand, nobody wants nice neighborhoods more than I do. Nobody wants to maintain property values in Forsyth County more than I do. And nobody wants to maintain the character of Forsyth County more than I do, as a county resident for over 34 years. And at the same time, no one wants to hold government to its proper, constitutional authority more than I do. That our government, at all levels, has overstepped its authorities is largely why America is in the shape it’s in today. The push for county government to dictate what new homes must look like, beyond protecting the safety of inhabitants, and beyond generally protecting values of neighboring property, is not founded on any legitimate authorities for American government. While nothing can or should stop our county commission from negotia...