Who’s the public and who’s the servant?

In 2005, Michael and Chantell Sackett bought a small property in an Idaho residential neighborhood, intending to build a home. Once construction began, the EPA decided without any notice that the plot was a “wetland” because it was near a lake. There is no water on the property…

Even though there are other houses between the Sackett’s one acre lot and the lake, the EPA ordered them to remove the fill and restore the “wetlands” or pay fines of up to $75,000 a day.
So, are American citizens entitled to due process, or is the EPA entitled to act as judge and jury? Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in with a unanimous ruling…

The high school graduation rate in Washington D.C. has officially been almost twenty percent lower than in cities just a stone’s throw away, but this already low figure may have been overestimated by a whopping twenty percent because of an overly generous formula used by D.C. education officials.
Enter D.C. City Council, who have collectively decided that it’s time to aim higher:

D.C. students would be required to apply to college or trade school and take the SAT or ACT under the most sweeping education legislation passed by the D.C. Council since a 2007 law set the stage for former Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s aggressive reforms. Under the Raising the Expectations for Education Outcomes Omnibus Act of 2012, the District is set to become the first “state” in the nation to require students to apply to a postsecondary institution, according to council staff.

Kwame Brown, the main mover and shaker behind the legislation, can already see the results in his rear-view mirror: “This is a historic moment. It probably won’t be felt for another two or three years, but we’ll look back on this moment.” Marion Barry, the four-time mayor, crack head, and current Ward 9 Councilman, supports the “landmark” and “trailblazing” bill, because —

“The problem we have is so massive. It is so massive.”

Just can’t make it up.