Brickbat: Gone Fishing

Washburn County officials shut down a 15-year-old's bait stand on his family's farm in Spooner, Wisconsin, deeming the shed a zoning violation, according to a cease-and-desist letter that threatened daily fines for non-compliance. Max McKinney, who sold worms, sodas, candy, and T-shirts from the stand, expressed frustration and sadness, saying he was working hard and following entrepreneurial spirit. The letter, signed by the county's zoning land use specialist, went out after only McKinney's second weekend in operation, and it ordered the stand's closure and removal within 14 days.