Posted on 10/15/2014 7:33:56 AM PDT by dware
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. – A Tennessee woman who fell behind on her yard work was cited by code enforcers and has served a stint in jail over her overgrown yard.
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DANG!
Don’t pay property taxes, and the government will steal your land too.
Same thing with eminent domain.
U.S. private land is a myth.
Right? My problem would be that I would end up in the slammer for a heckuva lot longer, simply because I wouldn’t be able to keep my mouth shut.
Need to take some of the guvmint workers out and horsewhip the.
Tax leeches!
Exactly. Unfortunately, it was also a cornerstone of America at one point. Just another indication that we are no where near the Country the Founders gave us.
Tar.
Feathers.
Fencerail.
Rope.
Use only as directed.
A few years ago we locked a woman up here for $127 in unpaid wage tax.
I guess the judge was feeling charitable, since they didn’t confiscate the property she pays taxes on. /sarc
"All your land are belong to us"
Signed, Da King!
It’s still better than having a landlord.
A few years ago we locked a woman up here for $127 in unpaid wage tax.
Who is “we”?
“We” is the Democrats who most of my neighbors unfortunately keep electing to run the show around here.
I expect the dog has been shot too ;-)
But you still have a landlord, it's just the government. If you want to expand, you have to ask permission. If you want to do anything to it, you have to ask permission. If you decide to let the grass grow, you pay penalties. If you choose not to pay your taxes, it gets confiscated. Somehow I fail to see how that's any better. It's still a landlord, but worse, it's a government landlord.
Sorry. I refuse to join your knee-jerk fest over a 10 word excerpt and an inflammatory headline.
Huh? Not sure why the angst. We post articles on FR. That's what I did. Certain sources must be excerpted, heavily excerpted in some cases. I don't see a knee jerk fest, and it wasn't about the inflammatory headline. It's what is happening in America today and the fact is, private property was one of the cornerstones of freedom in America, and this is how far we've come from the Republic the Founders gave us.
And if that's the case, then why bother responding? You joined, despite your claim to the contrary.
you don’t have to live in town. That will cut out a lot of regulations. you will still pay taxes. Part of your rent goes to pay your landlord’s taxes. Remember the 2 things you can’t avoid? Death and taxes.
Unless this town’s ordinances are quite different from many others there must be more to this story. The usual process would be for a citation to be issued and if the problem was not fixed or the citation challenged a hearing would be held before a code enforcement board.
At that time either fine would be levied or the charges dismissed or an extension given to the cited party. If the fine goes unpaid for a certain number of days the board usually files a lien against the property. This all takes some time.
Now the town may opt for taking the case to court after all internal processes have been completed. That depends on whether state statute allows for such a measure. This is usually done so that a judgment can be entered against a violator. I’ve never before come across a judge sentencing somebody to jail for an offense against a code enforcement ordinance.
If the time frame given is correct it seems the women was taken to court without having any hearing before the government body that issued the citation. So in this town (or in Tennessee) is property maintenance considered a police matter? I ask because law enforcement officers would be the ones empowered to cite somebody and compel them to go before a judge. Are code enforcement officers regarded as having police powers? That would be scary. It sure gives too much potential for people having their due process rights run over roughshod.
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