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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard |
| Date | 2014-06-28 07:21 +0000 |
| Organization | Piglet's Pickles & Preserves |
| Message-ID | <c178nmF8n6oU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <loced1$ods$1@dont-email.me> <c0u8c0Fcgp3U3@mid.individual.net> <logpu4$29h$2@dont-email.me> |
On 2014-06-26, Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> wrote: > Huge put finger to keyboard: > >> On 2014-06-24, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote: >>> http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/23/3451818/9yo-boy-little- > library/#triple-feature >>> >>> A nine-year-old boy in eastern Kansas who decided to open his own >>> little front-yard library and share books with his neighbors has been >>> shut down for violating a city zoning ordinance. >>> >>> ... >>> >>> >>> On May 11, Mother's Day, Collins put out his own little free library, >>> complete with children's classics like Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle >>> in Time and Roald Dahl's The BFG. >>> >>> But a month later, his parents received a letter from officials >>> saying the library violated the city's zoning ordinance and needed to >>> be removed or they would be fined. The city prohibits people from >>> having structures on their property that are detached from the >>> physical house. >> >> Do you think it's a requirement to be an arsehole to work in zoning, or >> that they become one as the years pass by? > > It's seen as a definite advantage. > > Here in the UK, ... Oh, I'm in the UK. I know all about the planners here. Grrrrrr. -- Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 33rd day of Confusion in the YOLD 3180 "I do not believe in revealed religion — I will have nothing to do with your immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without speculating on another." Lord Byron, 1778-1824, letter to Rev. Francis Hodgson, 1811
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City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-24 18:01 +0000
Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-24 21:20 +0000
Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-24 22:14 +0000
Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-26 09:42 +0000
Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-28 07:21 +0000
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