Pettis County leaping to the front to ban the herbal mix known as K2 is eerily reminiscent of the Sedalia City Council acting in August to eradicate any possibility of adult businesses setting up shop within Sedalia’s limits.
In both cases, government leaders chose to extend the reach of the nanny state and provide a solution where there was no discernible problem. Is this really what we want from government?
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