REMEMBER THE WINGERS EMPHASIS ON LOCAL DECISION-MAKING?

As I was reading Justin Raimondo's post about the rabid winger hatred toward a proposed mosque and community center two blocks from Ground Zero, I was reminded of how this opposition goes against the conservatives supposed worship of local decision-making.

Vote Endorses Muslim Center Near Ground Zero
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
Published: May 25, 2010
NY Times

After a raucous hearing, a Manhattan community board backed a proposal on Tuesday evening to build a Muslim community center near the World Trade Center.

The 29-to-1 vote, with 10 abstentions, followed a four-hour back-and-forth between those who said the community center would be a monument to tolerance and those who believed it would be an affront to victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.