Non-Aggression Principle Cartoon
I finished a couple episodes of the cartoon I've been working on:
Join the Pumpkin Revolt
Bureaucrats in Orem, Utah, are trying to destroy 71-year-old Darrell "Bud" Durrant's livelihood. Durrant lives off of a $396 retirement. The bulk of his income comes from pumpkins that he grows on his farm in Lake Shore, and sells from his yard at 112 W. 1600 N. in Orem , a distance of 17 miles . He's been selling pumpkins from his yard for 20 years. But this year, authorities threatened to shut him down. Bud Durrant and his business partner, David Cook. Durrant appealed to the city, and so they will " allow him to sell through this year." City Attorney Paul Johnson said, " It's too bad the city hasn't enforced the law before now ." The city hopes to have a decision by the end of 2011, on whether or not he can sell next year. It seems to me, that shutting down small farmers during a recession is just plain stupid. It's a cold, impersonal cruelty, that someone would destroy an old farmer's livelihood simply to enforce a nonsen...
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