Town orders Kent farmer to close roadside stand (Connecticut)

Waterbury Republican-American ^ | August 2, 2008 | Megan Broderick

[Graybeard58]

While the young man's enterprise is admirable, what he did was illegal. He could work within the law, work to change the law or do business where they don't have a "zoning and planning commission"

Or whine when he gets caught. (flame suit on)

[4yearlurker]

Take your corn and pumpkins to a flea market of farmers market sale. You’ll sell a boat load! I see it all the time here in SW Pennsylvania.

[the invisib1e hand]

Farmers don't have time to screw around with small-town, stupid politics,"

Nobody does. Buts you still hasta do whats the man says.

[JimSEA]

The government must control everything!!!

Are your undies flame retardant?? See, that was not so bad.

[gusopol3]

said Horse, who spent his four years at Housatonic Valley ..... Horse is saving his profits, partly to go to college. On top of that, Hoose and his father, Tim Hoose...

Hoose from Hooseatonic or Horse from Horseatonic?

[SAJ]

Or, if he had any imagination, black-mkt the corn door to door.

Zoning and Planning Commissions? Don't get me started.

[purpleraine]

yeah! 5-10 in the state prison ought to teach this guy to respect the law.

[Southack]

The government nannies would have left the kid alone if he’d scrawled “organic” on his “corn for sale” sign.

[rawhide]

You forgot the sarcasm tag on the end of your post. Some people might take you seriously.

[VaBthang4]

"What are we going to do with it?"

Uh move outside of town limits and deduct the fuel expenses from your bottomline.

Life kid, stop bitching get used to it.

[BGHater]

“zoning and planning commission”

Uh. That one could be a 100 thread starter. As they say, Rights, including property rights are not unlimited.

[Duke Phelan]

He could just post signs up around town like everyone else does that say:

“Garage Sale”

[americanophile]

This is ridiculous. I'll bet if I spent 5 minutes in that town I could find some other things that the zoning and planning commission could do with its time rather than try to prevent a kid from selling corn he grew to go to college. How pathetically unAmerican. We used to prize initiative, now we punish it at every turn.

[autumnraine]

“Horse is saving his profits, partly to go to college.”

What happened to proof readers!?!

At least this error was funny.

[americanophile]

Indeed it could...these draconian little cabals that rule over towns like petty fiefdoms are some of the worst usurpers of liberty. Anyone who has had a run in with them understands what a nightmare it can be to deal with their inflexible little rules...truly, as the saying goes, “you can’t fight city hall.”

[autumnraine]

Donate it to a homeless shelter and get a tax credit?

[hinckley buzzard]

True. This kind of chickensh*t gubbermint is eroding the American character and I hate it. But to be realistic, he may as well learn the ropes now, he'll be dealing with them the rest of his life, and he'll be ready to go next year.

[americanophile]

I laughed at that too.

[hinckley buzzard]

True. This kind of chickensh*t gubbermint is eroding the American character and I hate it. But to be realistic, he may as well learn the ropes now, he'll be dealing with them the rest of his life, and he'll be ready to go next year.

[autumnraine]

I live in a small town and the pompous Lordship titles they act like they have is ridiculous.

You know you live in a small town when a rally is held at the Feed and Seed store to oust the local government.