Ari Bargil
Miami, Tallahassee
Senior Attorney at @IJ and lead of its Zoning Justice Project. Views are my own.
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A Lot at Stake: IJ Battles Restrictive Zoning
Art Yatsko had a modest dream. Tiring of the harsh New England winters in his native Rhode Island, he envisioned a sunny retirement in Florida. To make that dream a reality, in 2006, he bought an undeveloped residential lot in a quiet community in North Port, Florida, a growing suburb on the west coast of the state. The lot was perfect to accommodate the small home he’d envisioned: a one-story house with room for a pool and an extra bedroom for the grandkids.
Zoning police come for Cape Cod lobsterman Original
Small Business Jon Tolley and his family have been serving fresh lobster from their home for over 50 years, but an anonymous complaint to town regulators threatens to shut their business down for good. | (ID 33306262 © Jlmphotos | Dreamstime.com) People looking for fresh lobster know where to go on Cape Cod. For 50 years, third-generation fisherman Jon Tolley has welcomed customers to his Yarmouth home, where he offers the day's catch.
On eve of trial, future-crimes police back down | Opinion
Sheriff’s deputies visited Robert Jones repeatedly in Pasco County, Florida, demanding information about his teenaged son. Sometimes, deputies came multiple times a day, knocking on the windows and the door. When Jones refused to talk, the deputies came up with excuses to cite him. He paid hundreds of dollars to resolve fines for missing house numbers, tall grass and a boat trailer parked on the wrong side of the house.
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