But the fight over Fones Cliffs isn't a typical case of developer vs. environmentalists.

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But it still takes about six months to resolve a typical case (and for the victim to get his or her legitimate refund).

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"You might start out at 22, when you graduate college, with the attitude that 'Maybe I don't need to put a ton of attention onto this stuff, ' but that's kind of a typical fallacy that many people are realizing is not that case, " Karnani said.

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