DALEN
STILL WON'T PAY FOR BIZ LICENSE
Readers may recall John Dalen, the contractor and Westminster resident
who refuses to purchase a business license on the grounds that running one’s
business is a protected right, not a privilege to be paid for. Dalen’s case
strikes us as logical. Imprudent, possibly, but principled and logical.
If his case were to be tried in court, we have no idea what would
happen, but the implications are potentially far-reaching. And so we were
interested to receive his latest update, reprinted below.
I thought I would update readers
on my adventures with local and state authorities who feel I should have to pay
a fee in order to exercise a constitutionally guaranteed right – the right to
own and run my own business.
You’ll remember I defeated
the City of Clemson’s attempt to fine me $500 for not having a business
license.
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