Town orders Kent farmer to close roadside stand (Connecticut)

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

[Marysecretary]

Nah, I thought of that about 25 years ago or so when I sold stuff out of my house after our divorce. I was going to advertise it as a post-divorce sale.

[sport]

What property rights? If you think you own property, just miss a tax payment and you will see who owns what.

You rent your house from the County or City on a year to year basis.

[Redbob]

He was selling the corn from his driveway, fer crissakes!

What kind of socialist paradise is he living in???

[Rebelbase]

This should be moved to News Activism. More worthy of discussion of Liberty and Freedom than the zot threads.

[conservativeharleyguy]

Amonf other things, my grandparents ran a “stand” on the side of the road in Northern New Mexico for decades. They sold the fruits of their (extreme) labors, and put my mother through the best boarding school in the state, and college on what they made, even in the middle of the Depression. She worked that stand from the day she could count change to pay for it.

That stand was the model for almost every other one in that valley for 50 years. I believe my grandfather and his timber camp friends would have run any city councilor right out of the state for being shi**y enough to shut a kid down for selling corn by the side of the road.

Legal hairsplitting or not, it was a petty thing to do to the kid. Calling them on their pettyness is not whining.

Welcome to Amerika, land of the formerly free.

[dancusa]

What kind of socialist paradise is he living in???

Kent is in Litchfield County. The beautiful people from New York have taken over most of the small towns. The old time townies have lost all power and have been reduced to servants to them.

[Graybeard58]

This should be moved to News Activism.

Has that ever happened? (I mean other than something that happened in California, of course)

[Graybeard58]

You have mail.

[JamesP81]

Looks like the commies are trying to crush American ingenuity again.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Don’t be cursing us farmers with your mouth full, Greybeard. ;)

In many, many places it’s easier to plead ignorance and ask forgiveness than jump through the fired-up hoops needed to meet the SOCIALIST agendas that are alive and thriving in many corners of our country.

Anyone that’s smart barters underground amongst friends and family for their needs. The minute you go public, Mother Government and her leftist minions will be on you like a chicken on a June Bug. ;)

Our Underground Rconomy is thriving and it bugs the hell out of the commies who want every d@mn DIME of your hard-earned money handed over to them so they can redistribute the wealth.

You’re a very smart guy. I’m surprised at your opinion on this one?

I say screw ‘em! (Sorry. I’m feeling quite Libertarian today...but without all the pot smokin’, LOL!)

[Graybeard58]

Don’t be cursing us farmers with your mouth full, Greybeard. ;)

I'm gettin' senile. Where did I do that?

I only said, obey the law or accept the consequences, work to change the law, or do business where the law doesn't exist. I am not anti farmer at all.

[Graybeard58]

By the way, I have a hugh garden this year and with all the rain we've had, it's doing very well. Looks like it'll be a bumper crop.

[Slings and Arrows]

UnAmerican maybe......but I detest chicken too.

Give my regards to the DUmmies, ya commie.

(j/k)

[Graybeard58]

But I loves apple pie.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, I’m outraged that there are even laws on the books like this to begin with.

Enjoy your garden while you can because it won’t be long before you’re taxed on each tomato plant you grow for your personal use. The time will come when you’ll be forced to plant a ‘Victory Garden’ and will then be forced to “share” with your neighbors, The Grasshoppers, who chose to fiddle away the day versus putting up their own food. (Oh, wait. That’s already happening each and every day!!)

Work to change the law? Why is there a law in the first place about growing your own food and selling it for a fair price to others that will readily pay you for what it’s worth? What business is it of Government to get a percentage of the take on YOUR hard work? None, IMHO. (I hate looking at the deductions confiscated from me on my paycheck, too. It burns me up!)

We’re reaping the “benefits” of the fifty years of socialism that’s been foisted upon us because we’re a bunch of conservative p*ssies who don’t stand up to this stuff in the first place.

I’m not mad at you. I’m just mad. ;)

[fella]

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"

It sounds more to me that this young man is having a James Rearden experience. In "Atlas Shrugged" Rearden has the purpose of law explained to him by government hack. They want you to break their laws and to feel shame so that they can exercise control over by using your own embarrassment to counter your belief in free enterprise.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Are your cucumbers coming in yet and do you need the secret B&B recipe? My garden is super late (I joked with someone that it was actually an early fall garden) and I'll probably harvest my first cucumbers in 3 days or so.

For some reason unknown to sane folks, I planted 53 tomatoes and finally got the last of them staked and tied yesterday. Nothing like gardening when it's 105 outside! ;-)

[JustaDumbBlonde]

I second your rant. Every last word.

[purpleraine]

That’s what you got regarding a farmer selling corn on his property? Something that’s been done for centuries.

[Revolting cat!]

President Obama will fix everything!