{"id":20586,"date":"2013-10-02T19:54:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T23:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20586"},"modified":"2013-10-02T19:54:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T23:54:42","slug":"absurdity-in-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20586","title":{"rendered":"Absurdity In Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> posted a story today about the shutdown of the Claude Moore Colonial Farm<\/a>. The shutdown is supposedly the result of the stalemate over the budget.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

According to Anna Eberly, managing director of the farm, NPS<\/a> sent law enforcement agents to the park on Tuesday evening to remove staff and volunteers from the property.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou do have to wonder about the wisdom of an organization that would use staff they don\u2019t have the money<\/a> to pay to evict visitors from a park site that operates without costing them any money,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The park withstood prior government shutdowns<\/a>, noting in a news release that the farm will be closed to the public for the first time in 40 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please note: the government spent money to close down a park that operates without government funding and does not cost them any money.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

Farm staff repeatedly asked the NPS to allow the farm to remain open. \u201cEvery appeal our Board of Directors<\/a> made to the NPS administration was denied,\u201d Eberly said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She called the decision \u201cutter crap.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have operated the Farm successfully for 32 years after the NPS cut the Farm from its budget in 1980 and are fully staffed and prepared to open today. But there are barricades at the Pavilions and entrance to the Farm,\u201d Eberly explained.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous federal funding battles have threatened<\/a> the farm\u2019s operations. A group of citizens in 1980 formed the Friends<\/a> of Turkey<\/a> Run Farm, established a $500,000 endowment for the farm, and negotiated a 30-year no-fee lease.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This park is on federal land, but has no relationship to the federal budget. It is small and petty to shut it down.<\/p>\n

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