The county sued Hoopes in 2022, alleging she had created a 'public nuisance' by offering yoga classes, wine tastings, selling greeting cards and hand sanitiser, and not getting a permit for her 120 square feet chicken coop.
A lawyer representing the county said the rules are in place to keep Napa Valley from becoming 'Disneyland', a statement Hoopes believes is preposterous.
Last I heard, Disneyland doesn't offer yoga classes. The farmers only offer these things to boost their cash income, because of all their ongoing taxes and regulatory burdens from their main operations. Maybe that's the real problem.
If moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.
Jimmy crack corn
Study the soviet union. The trend in California is always towards growing government, political control, and social-engineering, while needing ever-more resources to sustain it
eventually the parasite kills the host.
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The heavy foot of bureaucratic control is threatening every industry nowadays. Creeping socialism.
I haven’t been to Disneyland since I was a kid, but I don’t remember there being any chicken coops there.
Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
That’s what bureaucrats do.......................
The county executive apparently does not want any more chickensh1t as it might metamorphosize into a political challenger which might run against him.
May is going to be a great month. Two wine club pickups in Burleson and Driftwood (Lost Oak & Fall Creek Vineyards). The latter is primarily located on land once owned by Colonel William B. Travis. Their commemorative Mission Wine is my favorite Cabernet Sauvignon. We’ll be spending the night in Fredericksburg, dining at Der Lindenbaum. It never gets old.
Welcome to New York state
Quit voting rat people. It’s not hard to figure out.
How does Napa Valley vote in presidential elections? Is that a Republican strong hold? Did they vote for Gavin Newsom? They might be getting exactly what they deserve, I need more information.
I wonder how many of those vineyard owners voted democrat?
Bureaucrat regulators are all leftists, taking bribes and raiding the public treasury. The solution is a constitutional sheriff to investigate them.
My sheriff makes a sport of catching these bureaucrat thieves and seeing them sent to state prison.