Toad, why don't you check your facts, rather than rely on an article in the "Wall Street Journal," that appeared "within the past six months"?

The seat of Pima county government is located in Tucson, Arizona, a city of over 450,000 people. Tucson is hardly what one might describe as a little one-horse town.

I don't doubt that such an article was written, it concerns me, though, that with as much information as is available on the Internet, one would use that article as an arguing piece without at least checking out some facts for one's self.

It's not difficult. Do a search of Pima County Arizona and click on "Pima County Board of Suprvisors." In that section you will find a chapter titled: General Residential and Rural Zoning Provisions. Within that chapter, check out 18.09. I believe there, you will find that, in fact, Pima County does have zoning laws.

It is possible in some pockets of rural Pima County that some zoning laws might be ignored and some residents may have old cars and trash parked in front of their homes (trailors), but I think you would find the same thing in similar pockets of any county in the country. The fact that they exist, I would argue, however, is because there are some people who do not have the pride of ownership, or who simply don't care that their yards are cluttered as the majority of people do. Those folks, too, will be found in every county in the U. S., and perhaps the world.

The "Wall Street Journal" was not the first, nor will it be the last major newspaper to "trash" an area hoping to garner more readers.

DougR