Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
Chanel is a small FEDERAL govt. type Father Time. I have great respect for the UNPAID VOLUNTEERS who sit on a LOCAL planning and zoning boards and decide what is best for the community. I have no idea whether they are an R or a D. I can't imagine anyone taking issue with FREE representation.
But your generalization that this is a partisan issue is duly noted. Even though as pointed out, the panel in CA were all R's and the people in Hermosa Beach are mostly D's. Community standards are rarely a partisan issue. I imagine senior citizen communities don't like tattoo parlors either.
They don't usually have to zone them out of the area, though. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that a tattoo parlor in a senior citizen community isn't exactly surrounded by its target audience, and is probably going to go broke. Generally, businesses go where their customer base is, which is why wealthier sides of town have virtually no "payday loan" franchises, thrift stores, rent-to-own furniture stores, etc.