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Rooster Spared Death Penalty By Greensboro City Council
Aug 20, 2008 at 07:46PM
Now with more white breast meat!
In a surprise decision the Greensboro City Council voted tonight to spare Gus, the Rooster, star of Discovery Channel Canada. the death penalty.
The Council voted 9 to 0 to grandfather Gus, Elizabeth, BB. Snowy and Nelly as part of an improved regulation that legalizes urban chickens in many Greensboro neighborhoods including my own east Greensboro neighborhood.
I'm not sure how Elizabeth, BB, Snowy and Nelly feel about being grandfathers but Gus is ecstatic and has vowed to crow about it come daylight tomorrow morning.
Update 2: August 20th 7:46 PM. All day long people have been telling me they saw me on Fox 8 and News 2. I've yet to find ethier video online. And the local government videos won't play on my 11 year old iMac or the new PC in my office.
The News & Borg covers the story.
The newest victim of the News & Borg speaks out .
Ed Cone gives it a mention.
Earlier today I extended invitations to the Mayor and City Council to attend my cookout on October 18th. You're invited too.
Chicken Poetry?
And yes, I do plan to add a single hive of honeybees to my backyard livestock but not before October 18th. In the last 24 hours I've heard from dozens of local beekeepers and backyard chicken farmers who have been in their closets for many years.
Update 3: More from John Hammer and the Rhino Times.
In a surprise decision the Greensboro City Council voted tonight to spare Gus, the Rooster, star of Discovery Channel Canada. the death penalty.
The Council voted 9 to 0 to grandfather Gus, Elizabeth, BB. Snowy and Nelly as part of an improved regulation that legalizes urban chickens in many Greensboro neighborhoods including my own east Greensboro neighborhood.
I'm not sure how Elizabeth, BB, Snowy and Nelly feel about being grandfathers but Gus is ecstatic and has vowed to crow about it come daylight tomorrow morning.
Update: Laurie has more info.
Update 2: August 20th 7:46 PM. All day long people have been telling me they saw me on Fox 8 and News 2. I've yet to find ethier video online. And the local government videos won't play on my 11 year old iMac or the new PC in my office.
The News & Borg covers the story.
The newest victim of the News & Borg speaks out .
Ed Cone gives it a mention.
Earlier today I extended invitations to the Mayor and City Council to attend my cookout on October 18th. You're invited too.
Chicken Poetry?
And yes, I do plan to add a single hive of honeybees to my backyard livestock but not before October 18th. In the last 24 hours I've heard from dozens of local beekeepers and backyard chicken farmers who have been in their closets for many years.
Update 3: More from John Hammer and the Rhino Times.
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