I've dealt with State bureaucrats at the DEQ in the past so please forgive me if I sound a tad jaded. But my personal experience has been that these knuckleheads have all the power and all the incentive to mess with you. It's my unsolicited opinion that the pinheads at DEQ have no concern for the environment. Their only priority is power and how they get to wield it.

There may be a few do-gooders at the Department of Human Services in Lansing who really do care about the well-being of our most vulnerable citizens. But this story concerning Ms. Snyder is likely not the exception to the rule. Instead of looking at issues on a case-by-case basis and utilizing some level of common sense in how it approaches these matters, these faceless, nameless paper-pushers just zip off a threatening letter intended to terrorize you into submission. And for most of us, there's virtually no recourse. Ms. Snyder got lucky. Her situation was so egregious that the press couldn't ignore it.

But this story is one of only thousands that point to a State government entirely out of control. What's worse than that? Try a federal government hell-bent on controlling virtually every aspect of your life. That future is on your immediate horizon.

Oh, by the way, who was the busy-body jerk of a neighbor who apparently phoned in a complaint about Ms. Snyder to DHS? What kind of snotty freak must you be to make such a call? Nice act of cowardice by that piece of human debris.

DCuz