To the editor:

When is the law not a law? When it comes from the Douglas County Zoning and Codes Department. I witnessed on Wednesday, Sept. 18, the Board of Zoning Appeals granted a person a variance who purposely and knowingly built three buildings on the road setback. Did the wise and mighty Zoning Department make him pay for a permit? Did they inspect them to make sure they are safe? Did they tell him that is against the law? NO to all three.

They did say that someone else someday may have to pay for his and their stupidity. I say that if you want to build a building, then go right ahead because the zoning board won’t have the guts to do anything about it. If you have ever been turned down for a permit, then I would be asking them why it is OK for one person to break the law and not another.

Doug Norris,

Eudora