I'm certain that "liberalism" has no meaning whatsoever now. It's just an empty word, like "fascism", that politicians use to rally their supporters.
I see this was published in a Dallas based newspaper. Ok, I'd like to go build a 20 story cinderblock apartment building called "the proletarian towers" in the middle of a wealthy, republican-leaning Dallas suburb. Hey, I bought the land, I should get to do what I feel like with it, right?
I was there in 2002 and there were people running mini mart stores out of their front porches, in a completey residential neighborhood.