Here's a typical "This is why I don't like William Li" joke

She's the Sheriff and He's the Mayor. They're the local government.

But I'm not joking. Although I haven't seen "Desparate Houswives" or "Weeds" or the remake of "The Stepford Wives" or blah blah blah. I already saw this movie in 1957 (ok it was on cable, but Louren saw it too so it really happened) it was called "No Down Payment" and I watched it because Tony Randall was in it. I get the feeling I've blogged about this before... no matter. This is a great movie before my Property Final. Its all about Real Covenants and zoning and Deed of Trust Security Instruments and Usurious financing and so on.

I would like to see a version of "The West Wing" style or "Law & Order" style process drama take on a functional suburban edge city, focusing on the three branches of government and how they deal with Urban Planing, Plat Approvals, Tax abatements, Emergency Services, Municipal bond issuances, interaction with Neighbor cities, interaction with State, and county. And extremely limited power...

That would be a great show. I can envision an entire three-episode story arch that shuttles back and forth between the office of the tax-collector assessort and the appeal to the full-panel oversight commitee (the mayor, city manager, and city council, the board commisioners) for the city Board of Adjustors that ultimately turns on whether the developers orginal grant conveyed a defeasable fee and if so was it determinable or subject to condition precedent because if it were the former than equitable title might have passed prior to the expiration of the tax assesment grace period unless the possesory interest didn't convey until resolution of the pendancy of the action to Quiet Title by the adverse possessorts. In the exciting third episode, the judge would decide to take the motion for summary judgment under advisement but deny the motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction because the sovereign immunity exception did apply based on an obsure resolution passed in episode one of the series!


Ok... going out for coffee.