DC - doing what it does best

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/metro-threatens-phantom-planter-with-arrest-if-he-tends-his-dupont-circle-station-flowers/2013/06/22/87aaed02-db5f-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html?hpid=z2
The Phantom Planter misjudged his audience/market.  Had he planted coca plants, the authorities would have HELPED him, perhaps even gotten him some sort of agricultural subsidy from the City Council.  We have rules, Buddy, ignore them at your peril.