Burnsville, MN: A (former) nanny-statist nightmare

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.startribune.com/some-residents-cry-foul-over-burnsville-s-proactive-code-enforcement/328379481

This suburb is actually arresting and in some cases jailing people over trivial municipal violations like improper fencing, non-compliant dealing with garbage cans, or even having weeds or too tall grass. Example:

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This is the sort of thing libertarians flip out about and are actually correct on. Hopefully the coming lawsuit puts an end to this.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's like if BRTD took control of a municipality...

LOL. It's well known that if I ever took control of a municipality I'd stop enforcing any laws I disagree with and thus the place would probably become a haven for escorts and marijuana dealers.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's like if BRTD took control of a municipality...

LOL. It's well known that if I ever took control of a municipality I'd stop enforcing any laws I disagree with and thus the place would probably become a haven for escorts and marijuana dealers.

"All liberal, all the time."

Exactly.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

They could but I doubt many would want to much like my current 87% Obama neighborhood.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

They could but I doubt many would want to much like my current 87% Obama neighborhood.

Factors normal people use to decide where to live

Cost
Commute
Quality of schools






















Obama's result in 2012

I don't have any kids, so why on earth should I rank quality of schools at all?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Well the good news is it appears they have decided to scale back this nonsense a couple years later: https://www.startribune.com/suburbs-nixing-aging-rules-and-regulations/600065109

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wow, sounds like an HOA gone mad and given police powers.

Still, I’ll take it over that town in NH that got taken over by libertarians and then invaded by bears because no one tells me not to leave my trash out.

And can we please stop saying nanny-state, that’s a term invented by a corporate sh**tweasel to demonice the idea that government can help people.

Nah it applies in a lot of cases, even if not the above (for a more major example see: marijuana prohibition.)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wow, sounds like an HOA gone mad and given police powers.

Still, I’ll take it over that town in NH that got taken over by libertarians and then invaded by bears because no one tells me not to leave my trash out.

And can we please stop saying nanny-state, that’s a term invented by a corporate sh**tweasel to demonice the idea that government can help people.

Nah it applies in a lot of cases, even if not the above (for a more major example see: marijuana prohibition.)

It was designed by Frank Lutz as part of his crusade to end workplace protections. That it caught on with kids trying to be edgy doesn’t mean we should validate this framing.

What would you propose to describe things like this or marijuana prohibition then?