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  • City: ‘If something is not permitted it is prohibited.’

    City: ‘If something is not permitted it is prohibited.’0

    Should Americans have a right to garden in their own yards? If you looked at this question, shook your head, and answered, “Of course! Why would we not?” then it would seem there is still some common sense left in the world. Unfortunately, that common sense doesn’t always extend to the powers that be, and

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  • City Shuts Downs Preschoolers’ Farm Stand

    City Shuts Downs Preschoolers’ Farm Stand0

    It’s like something out of The Onion: city manager shuts down preschool farm stand out of fear that, if allowed, “we could end up with one on every corner.” Farm Stand Shut Down Alas, this is not satire. It’s the current predicament facing the Little Ones Learning Center in Forest Park, Georgia, just outside of

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  • City of Baltimore Will Bus Students To Anti-Gun Protest—at Cost of $100k

    City of Baltimore Will Bus Students To Anti-Gun Protest—at Cost of $100k0

    At a cost of $100,000, the city of Baltimore plans to provide 60 free buses to take students from its schools to planned anti-gun demonstrations in Washington, D.C. later this month. Many things could be said against this decision. For instance, it openly breaks with the notional political neutrality of public schools so as to

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  • City Fines Elderly Man $30,000 Over Uncut Grass, Tries to Steal His Home

    City Fines Elderly Man $30,000 Over Uncut Grass, Tries to Steal His Home0

    A Florida town attracted national attention last week for its efforts to fine a 69-year-old retiree nearly $30,000 and then foreclose on his home because he was unable to pay — all because he failed to cut his grass. The Tampa Bay Times reports that the city of Dunedin claims its Code Enforcement Board, which

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  • City Councils Cave When Faced With the Marketplace of Ideas

    City Councils Cave When Faced With the Marketplace of Ideas1

    City councils across America almost seem intent on proving that the best cure for a bad idea is a good idea, though, they are going about it in a rather interesting new way. The Washington Post reports that a Black Lives Matter street mural – which stood for a month and a half and greeted President Trump

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  • Citizenship No Longer Required to Vote in School Board Elections in San Francisco

    Citizenship No Longer Required to Vote in School Board Elections in San Francisco0

    Noncitizens can vote in San Francisco’s Board of Education elections after the city’s Department of Elections ruled Monday to do away with citizenship requirements. Noncitizens seeking to vote in San Francisco’s Board of Education elections must be at least 18 years old and residents of the city, CBS SF Bay Area reported Monday. They must also

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