So here's another of those "bureaucracy before brains" stories that reliably get trotted out to prove that All Government Is Bad: in the Kansas City suburb of Leawood, Kansas, adorable nine-year-old Spencer Collins has been informed by the city that his nifty
So the lesson here is "It's more important to listen to two people who have nothing better to do in their lives than complain, then to look the other way on something that violates the letter of the law but is ultimately harmless"?
<i>informed by the city that his nifty &ldquo;Little Library&rdquo; is in violation of zoning ordinances, and has to be removed. </i>
Serves the little pinko dumbass right. He should done what any normal, decent &#039;merican kid from Kansas would do. Set up a target practice range.
This is why right wingers hate government- they always fuck it up when they&#039;re in charge. This has RW interference written all over it, what do you want to bet that those &quot;complaints&quot; came from the owners of the local used book store?
The Loan Arranger. That&#039;s me!
Dok ZOOM:
They are called &quot;Little Libraries&quot; but the books are free. You just take what you are interested in and leave what you want.
Which, in Kansas, probably makes it worse than loaning them out.
<strike>Reading</strike> Book Banning Is Fundamental.
Whoa Nellie Belle!
Were this in Wyandotte County, KS, they&#039;d just want to make sure this wasn&#039;t a front for a meth operation.
or in Gaylord Michigan, a copy of Boy&#039;s Life magazine
&quot;Put it on top of a wagon, problem solved&quot;
that&#039;s what Mitt said...
Present company excluded, of course.
So the lesson here is &quot;It&#039;s more important to listen to two people who have nothing better to do in their lives than complain, then to look the other way on something that violates the letter of the law but is ultimately harmless&quot;?
Glenn Loansome Rhodes Beck
Small-minded Government. Different thing.
<i>informed by the city that his nifty &ldquo;Little Library&rdquo; is in violation of zoning ordinances, and has to be removed. </i>
Serves the little pinko dumbass right. He should done what any normal, decent &#039;merican kid from Kansas would do. Set up a target practice range.
This is Koch country, amirite?
Remember Spencer, nothing is free, nothing, and that includes freedumb.
<i>The city prohibits people from having structures on their property that are detached from the physical house.</i>
I&#039;m just curious. Does this include tree houses, doghouses, tool sheds, bird feeders, free-standing garages, barns, chicken coops, etc?
Teh stoopid - it burns.....
This is why right wingers hate government- they always fuck it up when they&#039;re in charge. This has RW interference written all over it, what do you want to bet that those &quot;complaints&quot; came from the owners of the local used book store?