Posted on 07/08/2009 2:52:57 AM PDT by Daffynition
He has a secret identity, an eye-catching costume and a mission to uproot evil.
But the Human Shrub, as he likes to be called, is not your garden-variety super hero.
His powers don’t include being faster than a speeding bullet or leaping tall buildings in a single bound.
Instead, he is rather good at weeding. And he is determined to make Colchester look its best again in a battle with his sworn enemy – the cost-cutting council.
The herbaceous hero sprang into action earlier this year when he planted himself outside the town hall to protest at a council plan to turf over dozens of rose beds to save money on tending them.
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Gossip mongers have pointed the finger at Darius Laws, a defeated Conservative candidate for Colchester in the recent council elections, who had vowed ‘no shrubs will be damaged’ ...
Mr Laws, 27, a broadcast producer and hobby gardener, yesterday-insisted that he is not the Human Shrub.
‘I’m a serious politician and would never dress up as a superhero,’ he said.
‘I know who the Human Shrub is. He is not a politician, he is an eco-activist and he doesn’t want to be unmasked.
‘I spoke to him this morning and he is loving it that people are taking note of his work.’
Martin Hunt, a councillor with responsibility for parks and gardens, said: ‘The Human Shrub was quite amusing at first, but I think he’s a bit potty if he thinks he can do all 200 planters.
‘He’s also a bit misguided as we are replanting the planters next month – the proper time.’
He added: ‘I’ve no idea who he is. I could go up to him and tear all his shrubbery off to find out but I might be arrested for assaulting a bush.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
This human shrub is going to be arrested by the police for violating some law. Don’t know which one. It doesn’t matter. What matters is governments hate it when some volunteer steps in to do the work formerly done by some government employee, when the government is trying to punish the people into raising taxes by cutting services.
If volunteers step in to fill the void, it would show you don’t really need the government “running” things. Sure the government is incompetent and overpriced, but they hate competition and are experts at protecting their own jobs.
"We want....a Shrubbery"
nice Ghillie suit.
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