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votesparks

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Thu Aug 22, 2013, 09:38 PM Aug 2013

Interview with Quinn Eaker of Garden of Eden About SWAT Raid on Organic Texas Garden



The raid of An organic garden in Arlington, Texas on false drug allegations was really the culmination of resistance to local codes designed to force persons to live lifestyles as determined by the state, not the free will of the individual, says Quinn Eaker of the Garden of Eden.

Perception is Reality Publisher David Sparks spoke with Eaker this week about what the raid means to the notion that Americans have the right to pursue individual happiness and freedom.

Visit the Garden of Eden @: http://www.intothegardenofeden.com

Download this Interview:

http://thedavidsparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/EdenGardenInterview64.mp3
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Interview with Quinn Eaker of Garden of Eden About SWAT Raid on Organic Texas Garden (Original Post) votesparks Aug 2013 OP
That falls under the category I like to call "nuisance zoning" Warpy Aug 2013 #1
Well at least it wasn't a Monsanto goon squad ...or was it? L0oniX Aug 2013 #2
K&R. Mr_Jefferson_24 Aug 2013 #3

Warpy

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1. That falls under the category I like to call "nuisance zoning"
Thu Aug 22, 2013, 09:59 PM
Aug 2013

When exurbs sprout up, the first thing they do is try to regulate all the people who were already there out of being small farmers. I saw it when I lived in a small town in Mass. but to their credit, most of my neighbors told the suburban asshole with the petition to go pound sand.

I suppose the jerks in this town got the nuisance zoning law and when the cops were less than enthusiastic in enforcing the conversion of gardens to lawn grass, they decided to call in a bogus drug tip.

I can see why people would complain about roosters in a densely populated area. However, a lot of people in my inner city neighborhood have backyard chickens and more power to them.

And my old neighborhood? Google Earth shows me the farm is still a going concern and that it's still messy as anything that works for a living generally is.

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