Do you know the definition of laches?

Three years of planning, public hearings, traffic studies, etc., the expansion of North Mianus School’s parking lot is set to begin in two weeks and suddenly, “concerned mothers” are up in arms that some trees will be removed. I think that the new lot will improve the mess in front of the school at let-out time, when mommies pile up on the street waiting their turn to get in, but regardless, you can’t (or shouldn’t be allowed to) sit on your rights for years while a public project is made and then try to stop those plans. You snooze, you lose, both under the law and in the world at large.