Oh thank God, this was a major code violation. Who knows how many could have died were it to collapse. Never mind the major hit to property values. What family with children would consider buying in a neighborhood like that.
..."Leawood city leaders have told Spencer Collins that he has to stop sharing books with his neighbors.
Collins had to take down his little free library, essentially a communal bookshelf, on Wednesday. The motto of the sharing center had been "take a book, leave a book," but Collins learned there's a lot less give and take in city government.
Collins loves reading. He doesn't just dive into a book -- he swims through its pages.
"It's kind of like I'm in a whole other world and I like that," he said. "I like adventure stories because I'm in the adventure and it's fun."
When he tried to share his love for books, it started a surprisingly frustrating adventure.
"When we got home from vacation, there was a letter from the city of Leawood saying that it was in code violation and it needed to be down by the 19th or we would receive a citation," said Spencer's mother, Sarah Collins. "...
