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 “I forsee myself getting a license … so therefore, I'm psychic, so give me my
                                  license … ”
                                        
> SALEM - Lawyers have the bar exam. Accountants have the CPA exam.
> 
> Should Salem's fortunetellers have to pass a test of their own to prove
> they're psychic?
> 
> City councilors, hoping to crack down on fraudulent fortunetellers, are
> trying to define exactly how a psychic can become licensed to set up shop
> in the Witch City. They want candidates to undergo a criminal background
> check and to either live or run a business in Salem for at least a year.
> 

Via Swift [1], “Salem struggles to sort out psychic “free-for-all’ [2]”

Funny, Cassadaga also licensed their psychics [3]. Bunny actually asked the
Reverend Ben [4] about this, and he said there was a board that certified all
the psychics and mediums in Cassadaga.

Go figure.

[1] http://www.randi.org/jr/2007-
[2] http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_144120150
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2007/06/16.1
[4] http://www.cassadaga.org/MapInfo/MediumPages/CoxB_Info.htm

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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