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| From | Rich <rich@example.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: City Cracks Down On 9-Year-Old For Opening Free Library In His Front Yard |
| Date | 2014-06-24 22:14 +0000 |
| Organization | My Linux Box |
| Message-ID | <loct8r$7lr$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <loced1$ods$1@dont-email.me> <c0u8c0Fcgp3U3@mid.individual.net> |
Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: > 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? Probably a little of both. Plus a certain amount of "just numbers/words on a sheet of paper/form".
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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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