The Strange Case Of LaVergne
May 4, 2007 by Katherine Coble
It seems that it’s okay to express an opinion in the City of LaVergne. If you agree with the City Board, that is. Otherwise, you’re just some jerk with a computer.
LaVergne is a small town. But this story is so very AMERICAN in its practices. We are theoretically free and want so much to be brave. But as we’ve given the governnment more control over our lives, we have much more reason to be afraid. Ivy says it best:
They keep harping on about my real name, why? So my tax payments can conveniently get lost? So when I’m one minute late on the water bill my water will get cut off? So when my grass is one millimeter longer than the code states, they can come write me tickets? So they can sic the police department on me? No thank you.
This is what happens when government stops being a servant and starts being a master.
But it’s all about what the people want, right? The fact that we live in a democracy justifies every action the government does, right?
Yes.
And … Umm … yeah.
I think this is so totally mind-blowing. I wish I could have expressed it as well as you did.
[...] And Kat Coble. [...]
I love my La Vergne, but I so hate it, too. Thanks for your support, Kat.