Sutherlands permit meeting last night

i am shure they have done the research prior to purchasing the property, but the thing is with reptiles and local laws it is generally a very shady area and there is a lot of room for personal perception when making choices on them. i feel real bad for them and i hope they continue their fight and get the call to go ahead with it. but most people fear snakes. and that will be the majority rule in this issue and will end up costing them a lot of money to win.

I think it's an outrage that these poor people have to go through this. This is I'm sure their living considering the size of their collection. How unfortunate that more people aren't more educated about snakes, they really are great pets to have. And if you're a breeder then you chance to make alot of money just on a few beautiful Morphs. My thought go out to this family, KEEP FIGHTING, it's your right to do what you want with your own property.


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I chatted with Colette a bit at the show. Their kids are already in school there and been living there a while, as is Dan. Colette is back in California with the snakes and the rats and the mice with their Calif. house almost done in escrow...it's getting down to the wire. =P

I wanted to reach across the table and give her a hug...but I didn't want to seem that forward. =P

I'm sure there are things you would not like your neighbors doing in the privacy of their own home. How about if they converted their home to a night club that played loud Christian Rock at 3:00AM every day...LOL.

These types of things should've been researched again and again by the Sutherlands before investing $0.01 in relocating. This is not like hiding 2-3 snakes in your spare bedroom. This is a full blown business, on top of that a snake and rat breeding business that is looked down on by 99% of the public.

As a neighbor, I'd be way more concerned about the rodent part of their operation compared to the snake division.

Either way, I still feel like something's missing in this whole thing. Either the Sutherlands didn't do their homework, or someone pulled the rug out from underneath them as soon as neighbors got wind of what was going on.

Speaking of wind...guys I love 'dem snakes...but there's no way I'd ever want to live down-wind from a full blown rat factory...sorry...

I just can't imagine making this type of move and not doing 100% of your homework and covering everything with the city, before spending $0.01.

I would've even had a lawyer involved to review all the paperwork needed before and after filing and make sure all the T's were crossed with the city, before spending $0.01 on real estate. With these situations you must be 100% honest and upfront with your intentions and business details, building plans, structure, etc, etc.

A little time spent preparing and a few hundred spent upfront could've saved them a lot of headaches. Whether they got the approval or rejection, they would've gotten it before making the move and before spending $600,000.

Can you imagine if they get rejected? What then?

If they get rejected, they could always light the unfinished buildings on fire and let their contractor's builders risk coverage take care of it. That worked for VCU's most recent housing project that wasn't built to code!