04-24-2012, 07:28 AM
quote:Well Dan, truth is only someone from SPACE can tell you why they do this. I had assumed that someone from that organization would have offered to answer you question or at least directed one of their supporters to answer it.
Originally posted by DanielP
Why would SPACE jeopardize their Use Permit so vicariously? Were the infractions that they chose to create so important as to jeopardize the whole thing? Why are they willing to risk what they have by thumbing their noses among other digits at the Planning Dept?
Anyone able to answer that question?
So absent any answer from SPACE, let me offer my professional opinion:
They do it because they can get away with it. Each and every time they are caught violating the SUP, they launch a community public relations campaign. The campaign is basically the same three points:
1. It evil government trying to squash the poor people of the community.
2. Its all the evil outsiders trying to cause problems for the poor people of the community.
3. it’s everyone’s fault but ours because everyone else is against the poor people of the community.
This tactic has been successful because it clouds the issue from violations and broken promises by SPACE to turning it to a Them (government and outside agitators) versus US (the poor old community). It keep them from answering why they broke their agreements, why they have chosen to ignore the rules they agreed to abide by, it allows them to create a community far reaching and often includes the very same outsiders they say are part of the evil group. Overall, it keeps them from having to answer why they are a bunch of liars.
So, since it works (even though they end up having to back down privately in the face of government authority because they did in fact violate their agreement) they keep using it. There is no reason for them to stop because they have masterfully manipulated the people and their supporters to think that this issue is something its not. So long as they can continue pulling the strings of their supporters and have them dance around like monkeys in a puppet show, they have absolutely no reason to stop violating the rules.