Brush Battle Pits Rastafarian Against Tax Collector (Former Marine Fined $27K for Weed Removal)

Los Angeles Times ^ | May 5, 2010 | Tony Perry

[E. Pluribus Unum]

$27,000 of weed removal on three acres?

Gouge much?

[Eyes Unclouded]

Marine AND a Rastafarian?

My head ... hurts so much.

[Frantzie]

Maybe the dude should put the flute down and pick up a weed wacker.

[nickcarraway]

What do you think of his argument that the native brush is fire resistant?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Thoreau was jailed for not paying taxes. His aunt bailed him out.

[nickcarraway]

Semper Jah

[Tijeras_Slim]

Perhaps it’s special brush and he wants to burn it one spliff at a time.

[Eyes Unclouded]

LOL! Post of the year right there.

[nickcarraway]

Thanks.

[Army Air Corps]

Irie, mon. Now, drop an’ give I twenty push up.

[glorgau]

$27,000 of weed removal on three acres?

Have to pay for 100K firefighter pensions...

[DJ MacWoW]

All I know is it's the man's property and if he wants it weed choked it should be up to him not government.

The Founders would not recognize America if they could visit.

[Carry_Okie]

I'd have to have a species listing, but in general the idea that a fire-adapted species is "fire resistant" is idiotic. Most burn to the ground like gasoline and restart from the stump or need heat scarification for their seeds to germinate.

[svcw]

So weird. We own property not far from there and the CDF will change us only $1,500 to mow the property. Sometimes I fell like letting them and pay the bill. I hate cutting that natural weed growth.

[Carry_Okie]

All I know is it's the man's property and if he wants it weed choked it should be up to him not government.

Back when the insurance companies funded private fire departments this might have been true. When public employees have to risk their necks to save his sorry behind, it isn't.

Such is the power of socialized risk.

[jettester]

How about: Semper High

[svcw]

Native weeds are really not necessarily fire resistant especially if the property is covered with Chaparral grasses. It has a really low ignition point.

[DJ MacWoW]

You missed the rest of my post. The Founders would not recognize America.

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves." William Pitt in the House of Commons November 18, 1783

[KylaStarr]

Here’s another article about the ex-marine that ran in the San Diego Union Tribune, earlier in April. They have pictures of his house and property so you can see for yourselves : )

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/13/investigation-sought-regarding-fees-on-dehesa/

regards