11 year old challenges city and wins

[proud2BlibKansan]

Lawrence changes hedgehog restriction
The Associated Press

LAWRENCE | It is now legal to have pet hedgehogs in Lawrence after an 11-year-old boy spent three years lobbying against the ban.

Judson King, now a sixth-grader at Corpus Christi Catholic School, wanted a pet hedgehog, but found out the city's animal code prohibits them within city limits.

His mother, Rebecca Weeks, says she was hoping the law would be a good excuse to quash the idea, but Judson kept researching how to change the law. Instead, he spent two years researching and sent a letter to commissioners last January. They say they found few serious reasons to keep the law on the books and approved the change on Tuesday.

Judson soon received his Christmas gift — a two-and-a-half-month-old hedgehog named Little Luke.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/964363.html

[Pab Sungenis]

1. Congrats to the very persistent boy.

But be careful. They grow big, you know.

Dinsdale?!

[sakabatou]

2. Why were they banned anyway?

I bet Sonic is happy.

[rug]

3. They're vicious little beasts.

[Book Lover]

4. An 11-year-old learns how the system works, and at the end, there are hedgehogs!

Best story of '09 so far!

[NJCher]

5. I love this kid already

His mother, Rebecca Weeks, says she was hoping the law would be a good excuse to quash the idea, but Judson kept researching how to change the law. Instead, he spent two years researching and sent a letter to commissioners last January.

We need more of his kind!



Cher

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. He was on the local news and he is adorable.

They didn't put the story on their website so I can't link it.