This is not "big" government, this is stupid government. This is why one needs a lawyer for simple everyday stuff--to interced--to apply for waivers. I don't know about the Modesto area, or California, but locally, the iris garden might have been able to "grandfather " in . If he'd rebelled--as many voters just did-- it might not have turned out the way it did. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Machado" <farmerguys08@gmail.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:53 AM Subject: [pbs] Big Government > If you wish to read an article of big "local level" government in action > read this article. > > http://www.modbee.com/local/story/584616.html