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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] Mayor shuts down home produce stand operated by kids - Boing Boing
  • Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:01:55 -0400


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Mayor shuts down home produce stand operated by kids
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, August 21, 2008 12:48 PM | permalink
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Clayton, California Mayor Gregg Manning is punishing two little kids for taking the initiative to sell their own garden produce from a card table in front of their house.

Manning ordered police to raid their operation because the neighborhood isn't zoned for commerce, and because it constituted an imaginary traffic hazard.

Clayton Mayor Gregg Manning ... wonders what Katie and Sabrina might do with that produce stand if the zoning laws weren't enforced.

"They may start out with a little card-table and selling a couple of things, but then who is to say what else they have. Is all the produce made there, do they make it themselves? Are they going to have eggs and chickens for sale next," said Manning.

Eggs and chickens? The horror.




  • [permaculture] Mayor shuts down home produce stand operated by kids - Boing Boing, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 08/21/2008

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