His defense should be that he "relied upon" the initial decision. The government shouldn't be able to just change its mind... its equivalent to a taking.
Sounds like a pretty good use of old tires to me. More 'environmentally friendly' than conventional recycling when you factor in all the infrastructure and energy required to re-process them.
Government. The eternal destroyer of good ideas, creativity and productivity.
Mosquitos.
I see how this is. If we have anything that government deems "not beneficial use" they can confiscate it or demand we remit it.
Maybe lightning will strike them!
Recycling worn out tires has been a pain in the butt for decades now. Back when tires were just rubber, it was not that big of a problem, grind them up, melt them make new tires.
But with steel belts and god knows what else inside them these days, a worn out tire is a nightmare to dispose of.
Fences actually sound like a good idea, if they could be kept from collecting water. I could see how they would be real breeding grounds for mosquitos.
From what I can find, several states allow this type of fence, but the owners have to fight the enviro-nuts and their hand-picked judges.
Since the appearance of West Nile virus in New York State last year, Dutchess County, along with the New York State Department of Health, the other counties in southern New York and the New York City Health Department have been conducting an intensive campaign to reduce the population of certain species of mosquitoes that are of public health concern. The goal of this effort is to prevent the occurrence of West Nile virus in our community this year. Our first and most important objective is to eliminate and prevent mosquito breeding habitats. The particular species of mosquitoes that may transmit West Nile prefer to breed in artificial containers with stagnant water. Most important among these is
the common house mosquito, Culex pipiens, and the single greatest source of these disease carriers in the United States is old tires.
http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/Departments/Health/HDwnv.htm
I wonder if his cattle are ever tired....
someone had to say it
My friend's little brother got some tire bales and was going to use them and he got in a lot of trouble.
Sigh.
He just needs to fill the tires with dirt.