Suppose you read a news article reporting that your local government has denied a request by an entrepreneur to build a new coffee shop on property it owned in a residential area because of a zoning issue. Would you support such a ruling? Why or why not?

Yes, I would support the denial because rules and regulations apply to everyone, and that includes businesses. Zoning rules exist in real estate to make sure that some areas or neighborhoods are used for certain specific purposes, e. g. residential areas, industrial areas or commercial areas. If those rules regulations didn't exist, it would be a complete mess and anyone could just set a factory besides a condo or a school. Either everyone follows the rules or no one does.