An example of how dumb liberals do things backwards. Here's how Oregon is fixing the problem of properties being destroyed by wildfires:
Step 1: Notice there is a problem.
Step 2: Pass a law imposing regulations to fix it.
Step 3: Decide who the regulations apply to.
Step 4: Make up the regulations. (The only step not completed yet. In fact, not even started.)
Step 5: Declare victory. (Done! "...the agency doesn’t know the cost yet but said the agency feels it's worth it.")
About a month ago the state sent letters to thousands of property owners notifying them of being in a high risk wildfire area and that they will be required to conform to new regulations that will be written in a year or two, by unelected bureaucrats. The risk determinations were made with no inspections of individual properties. Some large areas that are green year-round are classified as high risk. After mass outcry about how flawed the process is, the state says it will put more work into the risk map. Early comments make it sound like they have no intention of changing anything other than enhancing the explanations.
Example of listening to the constituents: ...a duplex that was placed in two different fire risk categories has been cited by numerous critics...
The response:
“One will be more at risk because that’s the direction that the fire is going to go because of conditions,” he said. “You wouldn’t see that by standing on the ground. But the tool is getting at that level of detail that people may not see or understand.”
Which I translate as: We're the experts and you common people are too dumb to grasp our superiority.
Oregon pulls wildfire risk map after homeowner backlash
Swamped by public outcry, Oregon withdraws controversial wildfire risk map
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