Canton Council proposes jail time for tall grass

The Canton Repository ^ | 5/20/08 | Ed Balint

[traviskicks]

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[clee1]

I guess Canton has no illegal immigrant rapists or murderers, Mooselimbs run amok, or garden-variety dope dealers to jail; so they prosecute people that don’t want to cut the grass to fill their jail.

Just d@mn!

[CSM]

For the MI ping list.....

[WayneS]

It’s been raining for three weeks. We haven’t been able to mow our grass. ONE of us is going down for this!

I’LL take the rap, baby. You need to be there for the kids.

[WayneS]

Lawn mowing contributes to Global Warming.

Not just the fuel burned by the mower, but the decomposition process of the mown grass releases Carbon in various forms into the environment.

Let’s see the PC bastardos counter THAT!

[grellis]

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Beyond excessive. Even for the tenth complaint, jail time would be beyond excessive.

And yet we're closing prisons, fcol!

[tatsinfla]

the criminalization of our society continues little by little........

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

A “Crime” is defined as whatever the politicians decide to prosecute. It doesn’t have to be something that actually INJURES anyone.

[woollyone]

get a couple of sheep

[Larry Lucido]

I think tall grass should be jailed, too. Never did trust it.

[WayneS]

Zoning ordinances against livestock on parcels less than 5 acres, you know...

[stayathomemom]

Looks like this is Canton, Ohio not Canton, Michigan.

[CSM]

Oops, my bad. I apologize for the confusion.

[mikey_hates_everything]

[woollyone]

Can’t be!

The neighbors are cows and the landlord is a real pig!

In all seriousness...
I’m thinking about a back yard garden and planting mere ground cover in the front yard. The lawn chores and expense is annoying me. And with the watering restricitons, who can keep a lawn nice?

We had a pastor form Liberia visit our church a few years back. He said the thing that most astounded him was our lawns. It was difficult for him to understand how we could spend so much energy and money on a plant we couldn’t even eat. Seemed like a waste. His people, wiht the same resources would all have gardens in the yard.

Just a random thought to share.

[andy58-in-nh]

Do the words “private property” have any residual legal meaning these days?

[Red Badger]

Around here, we call them “Lawn Nazis”............

[andy58-in-nh]

"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."

[WayneS]

Yes. The residual meaning is that as the owner of the “private property”, you have the “right” to pay property taxes on it.

That’s about it, though.