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juniperb
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posted July 14, 2011 09:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This reminded me of Starfox`s thread but thought another one needed to grumble on
After I was talking about vacant inner city lots being used for veggies here comes Oak Park and their snooty community saying veggies are not "common or appealing" .

I work for gated communities and home associations and this happens all the time there but in a citizens own tax paying city???

Oak Park, MI

Bass' cool garden has landed her in hot water with the City of Oak Park. Code enforcement gave her a warning, then a ticket and now she's been charged with a misdemeanor.

"I think it's sad that the City of Oak Park that's already strapped for cash is paying a lot of money to have a prosecutor bothering us," Bass told FOX 2's Alexis Wiley.

"That's not what we want to see in a front yard," said Oak Park City Planner Kevin Rulkowski.

Why? The city is pointing to a code that says a front yard has to have suitable, live, plant material. The big question is what's "suitable?"

We asked Bass whether she thinks she has suitable, live, plant material in her front yard.

"It's definitely live. It's definitely plant. It's definitely material. We think it's suitable," she said.

So, we asked Rulkowski why it's not suitable.

"If you look at the definition of what suitable is in Webster's dictionary, it will say common. So, if you look around and you look in any other community, what's common to a front yard is a nice, grass yard with beautiful trees and bushes and flowers," he said.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/julie-bass-of-oak-park-faces-misdemeanor-charge-for-vegetable-garden-20110630-wpms

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Randall
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posted July 14, 2011 04:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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starfox
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posted July 19, 2011 07:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for starfox     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What is wrong with growing food.? that is just crazy to stop her from doing so.

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abcd efg
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posted July 19, 2011 10:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for abcd efg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Quite sad i feel!

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Stawr
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posted July 19, 2011 02:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stawr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm going to copy and paste what I posted about this in Hearth and Home. brb....

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posted July 19, 2011 02:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stawr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
back!...
"OMG yeah! It was oak park! I live a few towns away from there! LOL I can't believe how big this story is...
I was talking to another woman where I work today. She lives in Oak Park too. So I asked her what she thought about it. She said she thinks it's wrong that she was being picked on by the city when her garden looks nice...When there is another house near her where hoarders live. (probably almost as bad as the people on that tv show)"

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posted July 19, 2011 10:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stawr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think this oak park lady is cool. I like how she makes a statement of 'Organic food is expensive so I grow my own'

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