http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Charlotte+Laws Society Charlotte Laws Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=32524&ca=Society Unless your head has been super-glued inside a science book, you have observed the furious debate between proponents of intelligent design (ID) and supporters of evolution; a debate that has bounced from courtrooms into opinion pages around the country. Pointing to the complexity of life on earth, I... Real Estate Charlotte Laws Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23463&ca=Real+Estate Sixty-nine percent of Americans are homeowners, and they are under siege. A number of "unfriendly" policies, proposals and court decisions within the past year have produced an atmosphere which is arguably antithetical to the American dream of carving out a slice of the apple pie and plopping a sing... Real Estate Charlotte Laws Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23464&ca=Real+Estate Inclusionary zoning ordinances and density bonuses—also known as "below market rate" (BMR) housing programs—can negatively impact the community. These affordable housing programs reward developers who earmark a percentage of new homes or condos for those in the low and moderate income brackets by le... Politics Charlotte Laws Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=17696&ca=Politics The earth is starting to tremble in the Los Angeles animal community because Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has refused to honor his January 2005 campaign promise to fire the General Manager of Los Angeles Animal Services Guerdon Stuckey, and this broken promise has drawn attention to a potential scanda... Real Estate Charlotte Laws Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=11472&ca=Real+Estate For those who don't need it, rent control can become an addiction, resulting from too many years of a sweet deal. It can leave the real estate muscles paralyzed and the investment portfolio sick. "Penny wise" might have a "pound foolish" problem. Don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about those who l... Real Estate Charlotte Laws Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=8848&ca=Real+Estate Of the 359 homeowners in my area, 112 are running afoul of the law in a deviously blatant way by committing the heinous "fence offence;" in other words, breaching Los Angeles municipal code sections 12.21 and 12.22 which limit front yard fence and hedge height to a maximum 3 ½ feet above grade. Now... Real Estate Charlotte Laws Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=6624&ca=Real+Estate Is there a perpetual shadow hovering over your house? Do you feel as though you live in a Batman movie? You may be the victim of a neighboring McMansion or a new development trend called mansionization, the housing industry's equivalent to bigger portions and fast food. These mansionizers—who are fr...