Food trucks, baggy pants, but the winner involves trying to ban vegetables in a front yard. Oak Park, Michigan’s city planner, Kevin Rulkowski, tried (but ultimately failed) to ban a front-yard vegetable garden on private property.
What’s funny-sad is his attempt to justify the ban through his limited understanding of the word ‘suitable,’ coupled with a dimwit’s confidence that a dictionary definition (even if correctly understood) settles a public policy debate. It’s a telltale sign of not being able to see the forest for the trees, and it’s just about every mediocre bureaucrat’s recourse at one time or another.