The government is like a person with two left feet. Heavy, heavy emphasis on the “left” part of that phrase.
In another example of government overreach, a couple in Oak Park, Michigan faces jail time for – we hope you’re sitting down – growing a garden in their front yard.
We know what you’re thinking – isn’t this something that the Obamas have been begging Americans to do?
Maybe. But could the tentacles of bureaucracy be growing at such a rate that even the best intentions of the Community Organizer-in-Chief be tripped up?
From the story:
Julie Bass says, “We thought we’re minding our own business, doing something not ostentatious and certainly not obnoxious or nothing that is a blight on the neighborhood, so we didn’t think people would care very much.”
But some cared very much and called the city. The city then sent out code enforcement.
“They warned us at first that we had to move the vegetables from the front, that no vegetables were allowed in the front yard. We didn’t move them because we didn’t think we were doing anything wrong, even according to city code we didn’t think we were doing anything wrong. So they ticketed us and charged me with a misdemeanor,” Bass said.
Typical government operation: Too little garden, too much manure.
– Written by Sven Waring at DotPenn.com
Source: The Agitator
