The Federal Register currently stands at more than 90,402 pages at the end of 2023.
In 2016, as Trump took office, it stood at over 95,000 pages. By the end of his second year in 2017, he slashed it, as he said he would, down to 61,067 pages. The next year it jumped to 66,778, but when the Leftistst/Deep State cut off his arms and legs and tied him down in a Lilliputian fashion it began to shoot back up to Obama levels.
There was a statistic I saw some years back that said at any time, every citizen would likely be in violation of a minimum of five statutes in the Federal Register.
When we have a weaponized government that selectively enforces or ignores laws as it sees fit, we are in a terrible situation, where the Beria-like Statists can take any man (J6 Protestors) and find an appropriate crime.
I have decided I am going to speak out at my town meetings in my extremely Leftist state/locality now, every chance I get, because this legislation is used to push their Leftist agendas, reward their ideological friends, and punish their ideological foes. To them, there is nothing so small or insignificant that legislation cannot be proposed and passed on.
In this article, it stated "...However, his plans were thwarted due to the fact that he agreed to a written commitment with the local neighborhood association that limited the space to a restaurant that is "a sandwich bar-style restaurant whose primary business is to sell 'made-to-order' or 'subway-style' sandwiches," the AP reported..."
"Local neighborhood association". I can imagine that "association", people who, when given power over another person's livelihood is like an elixir for them when they get a chance to flex their muscles.
This is seen at EVERY level of government.
“..agreed to a written commitment with the local neighborhood association...”
So, some petty, power-mad HOA Second Lieutenant In Charge Of Being Annoying got his micro-peepee stepped on and decided He Has The Author-itay!!, eh?