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title: Anita_emails
description: "WIP: Review on our interactions with the local Zoning Administrator."
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categories:
    - Evidence
date: 2024-11-02T12:26:54.326Z
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## Backstory

A lot of sacrifices were made to come home and help take care of my grandmother, who had Alzheimer. To say the least, it was some difficult times, and it has taken a lot to go through. Having grown up here, and having it as a steady point in my life, has been a blessing I am unworthy of. During those years caring for my grandmother, I grew very fond of the place, and of all the memories that took place there. After her passing, it became quite clear, all that is left of my family is my mother and our home. I was raised believing it is a man's sworn duty to defend his home and his family, and what you will see here is exactly that, a man fiercely defending his family.

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## Communication between the Zoning Administrator

All communication between Lamar County's Zoning Administrator occurred over the following emails, except for one solitary phone call that occurred a year or two prior. The contents of that phone will be discussed below, and all emails will follow.

### The Phone Call

The phone call was concerning the amount of construction work that was occurring on a property across the street from our home. Technically speaking, the land was being cleared by an individual who had submitted an accepted offer on the property, but in real estate terms the sale had yet to close, meaning the deed of ownership was still in the original owner's possession, and it technically was not his at the moment. The volume of heavy machinery work occurring on that property was truly something never seen before, and the size of some of the equipment was later discovered to be the largest available.

Having formal training in landscaping from one of the best schools for it in the state, I was already aware there was a limit to how much land you could clear without obtaining some form of permit from a governmental authority. In fact, I remember the information came as quite a surprise when mentioned in class. I was also aware measures were required by law to prevent soil erosion from occurring on the property. As good as it is to protect our natural resources, erosion prevention is just as much about avoiding being held liable than anything else.

I called the Zoning Administrator, informed her about the situation, and related to her that the amount of heavy machinery work occurring on the property made it unclear if the property owner was building a home or an open pit mine. I asked her about the aforementioned laws requiring permitting and erosion protection, and she told me they did not exist. That the person can clear as much ground as they want without permitting, and there were no state laws requiring erosion protection.

There was no doubt at the time, either my instructors at school had gotten it wrong or the zoning administrator got it wrong, and it didn't take long to figure out the Zoning Administrator was terribly mistaken.

### The Email Compendium

The entirety of emails with the zoning administrator is provided in redacted form within the documents folder and is labeled [zoning_administrator_emails](/anita_emails-redacted.pdf), below is an overview and summation of the key aspects of these documents.

#### Timeline

Below is a chronological timeline of emails.

```mermaid
timeline
	title Zoning Administrator Emails
		Sept 18 : Email
		Sept 21 : Email
		Oct 30 : Email
		Nov 7 : Email
		Nov 11 : Email
		Nov 18 : Email
		Nov 23 : EPA <-> Myself : Email from Regional Director of EPA
		Nov 13 : Zoning <-> Myself : Another Direct quote from county ordinances
		Nov 27 : Email
```