Pardon my language, but this ticks me off. Philadelphia is requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license. In a time, when local governments are scraping for money, they have found a way to generate money for their coffers by imposing such outrageous fees. Are they afraid of bloggers exposing the real truth about what is happening at town hall?
This is another case of the nanny state at work. Just another regulation imposed and the liberty of speech is being suppressed daily.
Having a blog is as much a privilege as free speech. Once this woman commercialized her blog, she crossed the line, opening herself to business taxes and regulations.