"They just go ahead and don't listen to any of the laws that are affecting anybody else. It's quite a problem when you got people next door required to get permits and the Amish don't have to get them," said Gary Olson, a county supervisor in central Wisconsin's Jackson County, where Borntreger lives.
Note the issue is not whether Amish housing is unsafe or not.
Putting aside for a moment the issue of the best means a community can employ to ensure structures are not a threat to their inhabitants or neighbors, the Amish choose to live in their own communities.
Who are they harming?
But the state must control all. They won't let you live in peace. They're intent to force themselves upon you whether you wish to deal with them or not.
I suppose, ultimately, if the homeowners wish to defy orders and shut themselves up in their traditionally crafted home, an angry state could send out armed enforcers to burn the place down around them.
Isn't that what we do with "cultists" in this country who want to be left alone?