Petty town officials greatly outstrip even Rush L for douchbag-ism.
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:28 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Warning - video will auto-play when you click on the link > http://abcnews.go.com/Business/city-shuts-yard-sale-cancer-victim/story?id=14327990 > > The city of Salem, Ore., shut down the yard sale of a woman who had been > selling her belongings to pay for her medical bills. The reason? A city > ordinance limits a home to hosting a yard sale three times a year, as first > reported by ABC affiliate KATU. > > Jan Cline, 64, said she did not know such a law existed. She thought she was > being unobtrusive by hosting the yard sale in the backyard, but a city code > enforcement officer on Monday came to inform her that a neighbor had > complained and she was breaking the law. > > Cline, who was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer on July 1, has been unable > to run her two businesses, an educational toy company and a limousine > service. But after being devastated by the diagnosis of the disease, which > can be terminal, she thought a yard sale would temporarily help her pay for > medical bills and house payments while she is a near-invalid. > <http://abcnews.go.com/Business/city-shuts-yard-sale-cancer-victim/story?id=14327990> > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of > electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341730 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
