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To: nickcarraway

This story is four weeks old. The City of Oak Park backed down and apologized to the woman.

I live in the Detroit area and am very familiar with this. It’s over!


13 posted on 08/06/2011 3:47:02 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: bwc2221
I read about this some time ago, but had not seen an update. I'm glad to hear that it is over and that they backed down.

Nothing like national attention and ridicule to smack a little sense into an idiot official, at least sometimes.

I saw a picture of her garden when I first saw the story, and it looked very neat and attractive. While a vegetable garden in the front yard might be uncommon, I didn't see a thing wrong with hers!

18 posted on 08/06/2011 4:18:02 PM PDT by susannah59
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To: bwc2221
I live in the Detroit area and am very familiar with this. It’s over!

Not according to the link at post #7:

On Thursday, prosecutor Eugene Lumberg told The Detroit News that he plans to take a closer look at the issue.
"I want to look at it, I want to see the facts, I want to see where this vegetable garden is going and make a determination of whether or not to prosecute under the existing ordinance, write a new ordinance and (examine) the public welfare," Lumberg said.

Seems like they might write a new law to make it illegal.

26 posted on 08/07/2011 9:10:19 AM PDT by DejaJude
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