Name Games

Zoning brings out the acronyms.
• GOOMBYism — Get out of my back yard
• LULUs — locally unwanted land uses
• NOPEs — Not on Planet Earth
• CAVEs — Citizens Against Virtually Everything
• NIMBYs—Not In My Back Yard
• NOTEs—Not Over There Either
• BANANAs—Build absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
The goal is to:
• Play on public fear of the unknown and lack of technical understanding
• Ignore established facts and records of operation
• Play on public officials’ aversion to conflict
• Obfuscation—muddle the facts and issues
• Delay—hopefully the applicant will go away
• Fear mongering