It seems that the LDS church has won the legal battle in Cody, WY and can move forward. A judge ruled that the planning and zoning board had approved the construction and the opposition would have needed to file the lawsuit within ten days and the opposition missed that deadline. It appears that there may have been some confusion or ambiguity within the planning and zoning board on what they had approved. Some appear to have thought that they were approving the project to move forward generally but would get another chance to review and approve further details later. The planning and zoning board could have made this thought explicit by approving the project contingent upon further review of steeple height and lighting lumens etc. but they failed to do this and just made a blanket approval.
Incidentally, I heard a comment second hand that was reported to originate with a church lawyer that if the church gives concessions to towns in steeple height then that becomes a precedent and then every other town will want the same sort of concession. If true, this might help explain why the church leadership seems to be so dogged in not compromising.
"Mormons Behaving Badly" - RNS Article
Re: "Mormons Behaving Badly" - RNS Article
"It is not so much the pain and suffering of life which crushes the individual as it is its meaninglessness and hopelessness." C. A. Elwood
“It is not the function of religion to answer all the questions about God’s moral government of the universe, but to give one courage, through faith, to go on in the face of questions he never finds the answer to in his present status.” TPC: Harold B. Lee 223
"I struggle now with establishing my faith that God may always be there, but may not always need to intervene" Heber13
“It is not the function of religion to answer all the questions about God’s moral government of the universe, but to give one courage, through faith, to go on in the face of questions he never finds the answer to in his present status.” TPC: Harold B. Lee 223
"I struggle now with establishing my faith that God may always be there, but may not always need to intervene" Heber13
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Re: "Mormons Behaving Badly" - RNS Article
The Fairview town council has approved the temple plans. In the end they were only able to get the church to modify plans for a 170 foot steeple down to a 120 foot steeple. There were many other asks, concessions, and non-concessions other than just the steeple height.
One more recent development was that the church did make concessions for the Yerba Linda temple and Fairview legitimately wondered why the church was willing to work within the limitations in Yerba Linda but not in Fairview. It's left a very sour taste in the mouths of non-member residents in Fairview. As one would expect.
The way the church bullied the town and made themselves out to be the ones that were persecuted absolutely sickens me. There are no words... or at least no words that would fly on this site. I'll leave it at Christ not being found anywhere in the church's actions in Fairview.
One more recent development was that the church did make concessions for the Yerba Linda temple and Fairview legitimately wondered why the church was willing to work within the limitations in Yerba Linda but not in Fairview. It's left a very sour taste in the mouths of non-member residents in Fairview. As one would expect.
The way the church bullied the town and made themselves out to be the ones that were persecuted absolutely sickens me. There are no words... or at least no words that would fly on this site. I'll leave it at Christ not being found anywhere in the church's actions in Fairview.
If you erase the mistakes of your past, you would also erase all the wisdom of your present. Remember the lesson, not the disappointment.
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Re: "Mormons Behaving Badly" - RNS Article
We don't seem to be very good neighbors when it comes to our temples. 
"It is not so much the pain and suffering of life which crushes the individual as it is its meaninglessness and hopelessness." C. A. Elwood
“It is not the function of religion to answer all the questions about God’s moral government of the universe, but to give one courage, through faith, to go on in the face of questions he never finds the answer to in his present status.” TPC: Harold B. Lee 223
"I struggle now with establishing my faith that God may always be there, but may not always need to intervene" Heber13
“It is not the function of religion to answer all the questions about God’s moral government of the universe, but to give one courage, through faith, to go on in the face of questions he never finds the answer to in his present status.” TPC: Harold B. Lee 223
"I struggle now with establishing my faith that God may always be there, but may not always need to intervene" Heber13