…and I think it’s just about time we had one!
Opponents of a proposal that would allow city officials to enter homes and businesses they they don’t think are up to snuff are expected to descend on the City Council tonight.
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For council members, the proposal is necessary to bring Kenneth City’s appearance up to snuff. They and their supporters say the town has deteriorated in recent years and it’s getting worse every day. They blame homes abandoned from foreclosure, lazy property owners and renters who fail to maintain their homes. The result: falling property values in this city of 4,400 people.
The ordinance would set minimum standards for all property owners. But what has property owners ticked off is the provision allowing city officials to enter any home or business to inspect the interior. And they can seek a court order to force an owner to comply.
Kenneth City is a tiny little enclave – sure as fuck does not rate the label of “city” – out on the St. Pete penninsula here in Florida. It is a widely acknowledged truth – or at least a firmly held preconception – that everyone on that benighted swath of land is utterly bugfuck crazy.
A plan by the sodding City Council to INVADE PEOPLE’S HOMES?!??!! What the entire fuck do they think the’re doing? Who the entire fuck do they think they are??? This is not a clever plan to increase property values, this is some tinpot tiny-dicked tyrant’s way of attempting a power grab…and the fact that it’s in KENNETH CITY, FLORIDA illustrates exactly the mind-numbing stupidity of this pseudo-person.
I am very glad to see reports that the council meetings have been packed with opponents since the announcement of this fly-covered horseshit. Don’t back down, you fucking idiots, or I’ll have to come over there with my cheese grater.
Cheese graters and pitchforks, indeed!
I have a feeling that the city council down there is really going to have their hands full tonight…
D.W.
December 3rd, 2008
I’ll just sit here quietly, with my shotgun…
B Smith
December 3rd, 2008
I’m not fully conversant on Florida geography. Is that by any chance in the vicinity of Clearwater? There are those who might enjoy legal opportunity to traipse into any private property they can make up an excuse for.
Not that I’m naming any insidious cult with its hooks in the local government in particular.
David
December 3rd, 2008
@David:
Clearwater is officially “across the bridge,” yes.
Liberty Girl
December 3rd, 2008
Kenneth City city council has changed their mind. Gee, wonder if it had anything to do with the packed house at the council meeting last night…
MLG
December 4th, 2008