The Pimply Minions Rebellion…
…and the burning of the non-taxable book.
I’ve been pondering designs for a few weeks now for a little free library. The idea is simple, you build a little book house and post it at the front of your house. Neighbours and neighbourly-types can put in an old book, others can borrow the book. It’s a lending library with 20 or so books.
There’s a couple in my neighbourhood, and I was planning to get in on the action, share some community spirit and a few books I have lying around. Problem is, those pimply minions of bureaucracy have come up with an all new “vile, Jacobian, jumped up Jack-in-Office piece of impertinence:” a permit for your library
As The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf explains, local governments in Los Angeles, Shreveport, LA and Leawood, KS have all tried to levy fines and other sanctions against people who put up these tiny birdhouse-like lending libraries.
I’m no longer planning on putting one up, I’m getting it up as fast as I can.
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Jacobian Piece of Impertinence, pimply minions of bureaucracy
Used to be something like that at Calgary Co-op stores: you paid a derisory amount to “buy” a book, and donations were always welcome. Not there anymore; pity.