Cowlesy
12-27-2012, 07:17 AM
This is one of those inane laws to "protect the children." The Shop was only warned, so the bureaucrat didn't give them grief about it.
And I don't even blame the city on this one, because someone made an "anonymous tip" to the city that they were selling them. So the bureaucrat receiving the tip probably didn't want to get in trouble for non-enforcement.
As much as people think most citizens are freedom-loving, there are always (and you would think it was some social con, but I bet it was a lefty) those people that will tattle-tale for the dumbest things like this.
http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/184828741.html?refer=y
Snippet below.
And just what would prompt a bureaucrat to ferret out such nefarious activity?
"Somebody from Bloomington called and reported us," Lynden said. "The whole thing is pretty weird."
Robert Humphrey, spokesman for the city's Safety and Inspections Department, said the complaint came to his agency Dec. 13. An inspector visited Lynden's on Dec. 19 and had the forbidden products immediately removed from the sales floor.
A unanimous City Council outlawed candy smokes and cartoon character lighters in April 2009. The council cited a study showing that these products encouraged youngsters to take up smoking tobacco.
Lynden's Facebook page has collected dozens of comments decrying the enforcement action and the rationale behind it.
And I don't even blame the city on this one, because someone made an "anonymous tip" to the city that they were selling them. So the bureaucrat receiving the tip probably didn't want to get in trouble for non-enforcement.
As much as people think most citizens are freedom-loving, there are always (and you would think it was some social con, but I bet it was a lefty) those people that will tattle-tale for the dumbest things like this.
http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/184828741.html?refer=y
Snippet below.
And just what would prompt a bureaucrat to ferret out such nefarious activity?
"Somebody from Bloomington called and reported us," Lynden said. "The whole thing is pretty weird."
Robert Humphrey, spokesman for the city's Safety and Inspections Department, said the complaint came to his agency Dec. 13. An inspector visited Lynden's on Dec. 19 and had the forbidden products immediately removed from the sales floor.
A unanimous City Council outlawed candy smokes and cartoon character lighters in April 2009. The council cited a study showing that these products encouraged youngsters to take up smoking tobacco.
Lynden's Facebook page has collected dozens of comments decrying the enforcement action and the rationale behind it.