It is not the developers who are the spoiled brats. The developers purchased the land in good faith and as long as they develop the property within the zoning restrictions, they should have the right to do so.

It is the whiney citizens who don't want “big boxes” who are behaving like childish brats. Brats who find they now don't like the rules of the game so they want to change them or they'll wail and scream like 2-year-olds. “No Tommy, you can't go to first base after striking out.”

I can just imagine how these whiney citizens would wail if told they could not build a house on property they owned because it would cast a shadow on the neighbor's lot, add more screaming children to the neighborhood, increase the traffic on the street or simply because the neighbors did not like the architectural style of the house.

Grow up, get a life! If you want the land to lie fallow or only have cute little boutiques, buy the land and do as you wish. To do otherwise is theft!

David Constans
Peachtree City

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