Comments on: Wrong opinions? No permits for him! https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/07/wrong-opinions-no-permits-for-him/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 01 Aug 2015 00:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: July 29 roundup - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/07/wrong-opinions-no-permits-for-him/comment-page-1/#comment-326242 Sat, 01 Aug 2015 00:00:10 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=54310#comment-326242 […] political pull (lol).” [Coyote on Boston mayor’s “not welcome in our town” message to Donald […]

]]> By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/07/wrong-opinions-no-permits-for-him/comment-page-1/#comment-325943 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:20:43 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=54310#comment-325943 Brian’s alternative reading would be more consistent with the rule of law, and that’s appealing. My reading, however, is more consistent with Walsh’s choice of the verb “build” as opposed to, I don’t know, “make a success of” or something. And hotels, more than most businesses, need not depend heavily on the good will of local residents to fill their rooms so long as they can find enough visitors from other places prepared to do so.

]]> By: Brian https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/07/wrong-opinions-no-permits-for-him/comment-page-1/#comment-325942 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:51:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=54310#comment-325942 The mayor said, “if he wanted to build a hotel here, he’d have to make some apologies to people in this country.” You’ve read that as “if he wanted a permit to build a hotel here, he’d have to apologize.” That’s reasonable.

Seems to me an equally reasonable interpretation has him saying, “If he wants to build a hotel here and have it be somewhere that Boston citizens want to eat, drink, stay, or work, such that it would be a success, that he’d have to apologize.”

The benefit of this second interpretation is that you don’t have to side with Trump!

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