Alan Jenkins editorial on aforementioned brouhaha

I neglected to mention Alan Jenkins' editorial on the aforementioned animal hospital brouhaha. It can be seen at this link. I apologize for linking to these graphical versions of the paper (which are equal parts annoying and useful) but that's all The Waxhaw Exchange and their masters at The Enquirer-Journal are giving us.

I found it a rather strange editorial as it seems to be all over the place. Here's a quick rundown for those without the free time to read it or the patience to deal with its web format:

1) A new animal hospital might be coming to Waxhaw.
2) We tend to ignore government, but let's take a closer look one government process.
3) Waxhaw resident wants to open a new animal clinic, much to the dismay of the owners of the town's only current animal hospital.
4) Owners of current animal hospital go before town board to protest conditional-use permit; hooray for them running to the government!
5) Let me teach you about the First Amendment.
6) Try doing that in North Korea or China; that $#!& will get you killed there.
7) The town board told them they'll consider it, but rightly won't decide the issue on the basis of competitiveness.
8) You know? That might just not be such a bad thing for the Waxhaw Animal Hospital.
9) The system works.

I've got the whole thing converted to text at this point, but that the gist of it.