Hold a town meeting to discuss the cow situation. 2% of the population actually attend this meeting, only 3 of whom actually own any cows. Bored elderly residents wax endlessly on how much better cows where in there day, ask why we need two cows, after all, we saved the world in 1945 and the town didn’t even have it’s own cow but shared milking rights with some cows the next town over. Crab about their taxes going for a referendum on cow ownership.
New comer from ‘away’ asks why we need any cows in town at all, can’t we just lease a cow in say Iowa and have the milking profits used to local reduce taxes. Beside, cows smell bad. Let’s turn the farm into a B&B with a nice art gallery attached, and soak the tourists.
Fire chief complains that cow flatus is a known hazard, and if the cows stay, he needs a new firehouse and several new fire trucks to combat the menace that cow emissions create.
Several local business persons ask if they can have cows too, and if the cows will be taxed. They all get up to attend rotary club supper 2/3’s of the way through the meeting.
After hours of debate, the Local Board of Selectmen decides that the existing cows can stay, but any new cows will require a special permit and hearing at a town meeting. Repeating the entire process.
David