Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Government Threatens Seizure of 85-yr-old’s Entire Farm for Irrigating Wrong Field
Farm Journal Ag Web ^ | 6 Jan, 2025 | Chris Bennett

Posted on 01/07/2026 7:00:44 AM PST by MtnClimber

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-60 next last

1 posted on 01/07/2026 7:00:44 AM PST by MtnClimber
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

Wow. A long story, but worth the read.


2 posted on 01/07/2026 7:01:05 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

If he had blue hair and was growing marijuana, they’d be throwing money at him instead.


3 posted on 01/07/2026 7:05:54 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

I am afraid this situation would not end well for me and for certain others.


4 posted on 01/07/2026 7:05:54 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Wicked tyrants. I prayed that an army of Warriors would come to his defense inside and outside of our government


5 posted on 01/07/2026 7:07:14 AM PST by spacejunkie2001
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Washington State is an absolute joke. The nutcases have destroyed the great state of Washington. Someone needs to step in and stop this sham!


6 posted on 01/07/2026 7:07:18 AM PST by spincaster (eople)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

You don’t hate Democrats enough.


7 posted on 01/07/2026 7:07:28 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Ecology is a four-letter word.


8 posted on 01/07/2026 7:07:34 AM PST by crusty old prospector
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

And you wonder why farmers sell their land to developers.


9 posted on 01/07/2026 7:08:03 AM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

And a strange story too

I didn’t use a drop past my legal rights, but because *I put it on the wrong field* ?????????.

Watering what for who?


10 posted on 01/07/2026 7:08:17 AM PST by Vaduz (?.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

I think Director Beeler needs to be forced to grow his own food under the same regulations he cites. If he lives through the next year on what he grows himself, he can then start out as an underling and try to work his way back to director.


11 posted on 01/07/2026 7:09:17 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Bump to the Top.

Excellent article, well worth our time to read.


12 posted on 01/07/2026 7:10:32 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: spincaster

Not Just Washington. The entire left coast, lost to the loonies.


13 posted on 01/07/2026 7:21:17 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Bureaucratic rape by the state of Washington. I really feel for the guy.


14 posted on 01/07/2026 7:31:32 AM PST by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Vaduz

He watered the “wrong” field which just happened to be his as well.


15 posted on 01/07/2026 7:33:43 AM PST by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Looks like a land grab.

No wonder that part of Washington State wants to join Idaho, their uber lefty statehouse does not represent their interests and, in fact, is trying to make life as difficult as possible for them.

“There is a movement in Eastern Washington advocating for the region to join Idaho, driven by political, economic, and cultural differences with Western Washington. Proponents argue that particularly in agriculture, and the state policies made in Olympia do not reflect their needs.”


16 posted on 01/07/2026 7:36:59 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Where’s The Joker to give the State of Washington an enema?


17 posted on 01/07/2026 7:41:56 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

What does the state want to do with the land? I get the impression from he story that the state wants the land, without saying so nor offering to buy it, and Ecology’s actions against Greiff are meant to break him to get it.


18 posted on 01/07/2026 7:42:55 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LastDayz

Should have followed the rules cheating is an uneven game.


19 posted on 01/07/2026 7:44:03 AM PST by Vaduz (?.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Vaduz

Cheating who?


20 posted on 01/07/2026 7:45:44 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-60 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson