Today's blog post is a quite a bit different from my usual, but I am so angry that I have been chewing nails since I saw this article this morning
Does Michelle Obama know about this?
Then in Facebook I found other people sharing other articles about the same topic...
Oak Park woman faces 93 days in jail for planting vegetable garden
What the.....? Unbelieveable!
Anyone who has been following my writings for a few years has had to have read at least ONE of my articles on home edible gardens; home farming; about our country's history with Victory Gardens and self sustainability....(if you haven't, let me know and I will be more than happy to point you in the right direction... ;-)
Then I found that a page was started in Facebook with almost 9,000 people already "liking" it!
I sent this e-mail to ALL the addresses below. If you want to use it just use your own words for more impact.
City of Oak Park, Michigan
Is this how you want to be known?
Please stop this nonsense!
Lawns are a waste of space, fertilizer, chemicals, water, time mowing and do not contribute to minimizing our carbon footprint.
I've written many articles about home edible gardens. Even our federal government encouraged home edible gardens whether they were located in the front yard, the back yard, the side yards or an empty city lot!
I would think that instead of turning this issue into a negative for your city you should be encouraging more people to follow suit and grow their own edible gardens....regardless of what part of the yard they use.
Shame on Mr. Rulkowski and shame on all of you if you support him in this ridiculous stance!
I sent it to ALL the names below and signed with my name:
City of Oak Park, Michigan
Mayor Gerald E. Naftaly gnaftaly@att.net
Mayor Pro Tem Michael M. Seligson mmseligson@comcast.net
Council Angela Diggs adjack@comcast.net
Council Paul Levine paul4oakpark@yahoo.com
Council Emile Duplessis duplessis2@aol.com
City Manager Rick Fox rfox@ci.oak-park.mi.us
Director/City Planner Kevin Rulkowski krulkowski@ci.oak-park.mi.us
I also found that Julie Bass has a blog and signed up to receive updates
Julie Bass' Oak Park Hates Veggies Blog
Look at pictures of her front yard vegetable garden HERE and tell me if you would be against seeing one like it in your neighborhood!
