These two crusaders for common sense have taken on local government idiocy and inconsistency by fighting the development of four new million-dollar homes in a floodplain area that has recently been under water. The development was approved near their Eastover home by city and county staff. The Woodliefs have since spent their own money to successfully prove it violates local ordinances over the whiney objections of local officials who approved it despite an endless string of errors on the part of local government and the developer. It’s worth noting that the county has spent roughly $15 million to purchase and tear down houses in floodplain areas similar to the one the four homes will be built in.
This article appears in Aug 4-10, 2004.
