Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu...
by asdfasgasdgasdg on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:04PM
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The impact should need to be material and related to some legal right you have, it seems to me. In general you cannot sue to enforce a contract or agreement you are not a party to, even if the outcome of adhering to that contract affects you.
Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu...
by AdrianB1 on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:16PM
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That is the point: as a citizen in a city, you are part of that city and any contract the city is part of. Otherwise, what/who is a city?
Re:A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Bu...
by asdfasgasdgasdg on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @04:48PM
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In the US, normally, citizens of a city do not have the right to act on behalf of the city. They cannot sue on behalf of the city, they cannot unilaterally attempt to enforce the city’s laws, etc. There are some rare exceptions where cities and states pass laws that create private rights of action when regulations are violated but these are the exception.
Why not? If you are impacted, why not? When do you have a standing then?
Visitors out of town have less standing than the people paying taxes to the town, that is fair, but the city IS the people, each and every person, not an abstract third party that herds them like cattle.