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</div><br/>Wearing a yellow slicker over his clothing, Marty Tailer didn’t care for going into the more urban zones. In spite of what the teachers taught about equal rights and respect for diversity in school, there was still talk in the farm zones that the Urbaners looked down on farm folk and Marty’s experiences when he visited urban zones led him to believe his people were right. The problem was that the government permit offices were in the urban zones and not having permits meant that the government would fine and penalize the farm folk.<br/><br/>Urban planners really had no idea about how to manage a farm, dairy or ranch. Yet Marty’s parent’s and other farmers had to patiently explain, or plead, with the bureaucrats about what things and supplies were needed for successful harvests. Strawberries were delicious, but there was a year that bureaucratic demands forced the farmers to come up short in more nutritional crops and bureaucratic weather predictions had been overly optimistic. It had been a bad year and the farmers got blamed.<br/><br/>So now, Marty was walking on the urban streets and getting rained on. Where was that blasted Permit Office? Once the business was done, Marty would be free (within limits) to browse the stores and shops for more processed food items and things that might be useful or fun for the folks in the rurals. Business before pleasure. That was a good rule to follow….<br/><br/>Turning a corner, he was now able to recall where the government building was and it wasn’t far away. Marty would be there in the matter of a few minutes.