While the good people of the earth are strategically analyzing best practices for making sure they in no way indirectly finance organizations that behead for publicity stunts, thoroughly developing personality profiles on sycophants in the Middle East to innovate plans to defuse potential dictators, crunching books of algorithms to optimize fair living wage calculations, and who knows what else . . .
I’m sitting here reading about people who are ruined because others are putting up signs at the feet of the town mascot. Morris, a big rocking horse, has attracted tourists in droves to Tryon. Morris is not protected by an ordinance, only by a tradition whereby peasants, wishing to plant printed matter about to cover the fact that he has posts instead of feet, supplicate for pre-approval. The article does not so state, but it is as reasonable as anything these days to assume for every tourist going to Jacksonville because of a sign at Morris’ “feet,” 230 jobs induce and induct their way out of the community. For details of the ins and outs, cliquez ici.
