For Seven Years Was the Great Bird Ignored

[rolanni]

...and then the City of Baltimore saw the angle for cash, and demanded that it acquire a "minor privilege permit" at a cost of $800. One assumes this would be an annual fee, though it doesn't say so in the article.

No joy in Mudville. Boo. Boo.

Hiss.

Read about the flamingo

Comments

Re: What a bird brained thing to do!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

They might have billed her for 7 years of back fees.

I'm sure that thought would've occurred to them next year. Gotta set the hook, first.

I have not myself seen this particular flamingo. I do have a Connection with Pink Baltimore Flamingos (a story for perhaps tomorrow), but, as Jim notes, we are all the poorer for there being one less harmlessly ridiculous thing in the world.

Re: What a bird brained thing to do!

[bookmobiler.livejournal.com]

To true! :(

And the world has to many

harmfully

ridiculous things taking up space as it is.