I would say that, unless her yard was a veritable junkyard, it’s not the city’s business.
Not saying she should go to jail for it, but some people are such slobs and they let their property run down. Overgrown bushes, house in disrepair. It’s disrespectful to the neighborhood. What does it cost to keep your place tidy and presentable?
If that picture is what the terrible situation is like then I’m due for some real hard time on a regular basis....ridiculous.
“...has two kids still at home.”
How old are the kids...and have they been shown the on/off switch on the rake?
There was a day when real men would see a family in need and actually do something to help. Would’ve been nice if a judge or law enforcement officer offered to do some yard work or help to hire someone.
There are millions of people who contribute NOTHING to society that are being rewarded for it with free food, free housing, free phones, free education, free transportation, etc. Sounds like this family is at least trying to be responsible. But that will not garner much sympathy from public bureaucrats who, like the millions of leeches, live off the public coffers.
The day is coming when they will have to answer for their crimes.
One of my friends was cited for a “messy yard” (mostly overgrown) as she was moving in. She had just bought the property and hadn’t even moved in yet when the citation appeared.
I suspect there’s more to this story than reported. I can’t imagine they just decided to put her in jail. Probably first they sent something saying “clean it up”, when that was ignored they probably sent another “clean it up or else” and when that was ignored, they probably sent the “citation” and after ignoring that, finally is probably when they did the jail sentence.
I (like most of us here) hate government in every aspect of our lives but I had a neighbor who trashed their place. One of our other neighbors called the city, they did make them take their trailer (which took over half the road) off the road but said they couldn’t do anything about the trash. That neighbor then came around and we all signed a petition which was delivered to the neighbor stating their trashy dump was bringing all the property values down and they did clean up their act. Sorry it had to come to that but they did deserve. I think they hated us all after that but too bad. It was a decent middle class neighborhood and they were trying to make it look trashy.
How old are the kids? If old enough they can do yard work.
I survived a lot of yard/garden work as a kid.
Being the control freak that I am, I offer to help people clean their yard, paint the house, whatever needed, to keep the peace in the neighborhood and make the place better for my family and me. It’s not that hard to help people, and use a little tact when dealing with them so you leave them their dignity.
The woman is married, according to the article. Why is she being sent to jail and not her husband too?
And yeah, how old are those kids?
This isn’t the whole story.
The judge put her in jail over a civil matter? WOW!
Hope a real good lawyer offer their services.
The judge put her in jail over a civil matter? WOW!
Hope a real good lawyer offer their services.
The judge put her in jail over a civil matter? WOW!
Hope a real good lawyer offer their services.