All hail the Prince of Darkness
The Rev. Richard Moore, pastor at the Yankeetown Church of God, told the mayor of his plan to help cleanse the town of its evils by installing four hollowed-out wooden posts at the four entrances to town. In the hollow of each post would be a prayer.
The mayor thought that was a good idea, but on Halloween night, as she sat alone at her kitchen table, she was moved by the spirit of God to banish Satan by proclamation and insert that banishment into the posts, into the very ground. She takes no credit for the words. God guided her hand, she said.
This is just stupid. What a waste of tax money. They may as well have banned bad weather too. (NYTimes login required)