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Pure manure: City uproots FL couple’s 17-year-old garden
Florida Watchdog ^ | 11-19-13 | William Patrick

Posted on 11/21/2013 6:13:37 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

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OUTLAWS: A Miami Shores couple was forced to uproot their garden of 17 years to comply with a new city ordinance.

1 posted on 11/21/2013 6:13:37 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Nice looking garden.


2 posted on 11/21/2013 6:16:44 AM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I wonder what the town’s policy is on ornamental cabbages.


3 posted on 11/21/2013 6:17:01 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: afraidfortherepublic

They can consider themselves lucky they didn’t have a dog.

That would have called for a SWAT team and a poochie execution.


4 posted on 11/21/2013 6:18:57 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: greeneyes; Red_Devil 232; JustaDumbBlonde; Diana in Wisconsin; tubebender; rightly_dividing; ...

ping


5 posted on 11/21/2013 6:19:14 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: 9YearLurker

“I wonder what the town’s policy is on ornamental cabbages.”

Good point.

That said,I hate the things. Ugly. :-)

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6 posted on 11/21/2013 6:19:50 AM PST by Mears
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To: afraidfortherepublic

After 17 years I would say that their garden IS “the distinctive character of the Miami Shores Village.”


7 posted on 11/21/2013 6:25:41 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: spokeshave

It is beautiful, indeed. I figured they had a plain-vanilla 20x40 foot bed of row crops which wouldn’t be terribly attractive. Lots of edible plants are used as color and form accents in gardens. Will the city require those to be yanked out city-wide?


8 posted on 11/21/2013 6:34:46 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I fail to see how anyone could possibly object to this panorama on “aesthetic grounds”. This isn’t a garden...it is properly called “edible landscaping”, which is the use of species that yield edible produce while simultaneously being visually attractive.


9 posted on 11/21/2013 6:35:23 AM PST by Wonder Warthog
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To: afraidfortherepublic

“...O’er the Land of the...what?...”


10 posted on 11/21/2013 6:35:55 AM PST by onedoug
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To: 9YearLurker
I wonder what the town’s policy is on ornamental cabbages.

Or fruit trees.

11 posted on 11/21/2013 6:39:57 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Mears

Me too. But ornamental peppers?


12 posted on 11/21/2013 6:52:26 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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I wonder what the town’s policy is on ornamental cabbages.

I have no doubt they would hire them.

13 posted on 11/21/2013 6:53:23 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Charles Martel

Indeed, or nut trees.


14 posted on 11/21/2013 6:53:54 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Smokin' Joe

Ha ha—and give them full pensions after a few years.


15 posted on 11/21/2013 6:54:51 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Insanity in the liberal hell hole of Tallahassee.


16 posted on 11/21/2013 6:56:12 AM PST by NautiNurse (Obama sends U.S. Marines to pick up his dog & basketballs. Benghazi? Nope.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I remember reading about this some months back and the garden looked nothing like the pic you posted. It was a small front yard loaded with veggies. I hope they get their garden back. The city is way out of line here.


17 posted on 11/21/2013 7:07:41 AM PST by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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“If the government can tell you what you can and can’t do …

The root of all freedom is property rights.

18 posted on 11/21/2013 7:23:17 AM PST by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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To: jpsb

Perhaps a different case? There have been several of these in the news over the past couple of years in different communities.

There have been several books published on edible landscapes. When I was a child, vegetables in the front yards were common and usually indicated that an Italian, Armenian, or Greek immigrant lived in that house. And those folks were always generous to their neighbors with their produce. Nobody complained on “aesthetics”.

The main problem with growing veggies in the front yard is that they need constant tending, or they can get messy. Growing veggies in the front yard is no “run the mower once a week and be done” proposition.


19 posted on 11/21/2013 7:34:13 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

.....in Austin this would fall under the jurisdiction of the ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT DIVISION which effectively is the city’s own enviro police force. They have intentionally “criminalized” such matters which gives them sharp and distinct “procedural” legal advantage over a defendant. One big advantage, among several, is the defendant has to show up at EVERY courtroom proceeding or get arrested.

I fought the City of Austin through 3 jury trials over a period of 2-3 years. They lost all 3. Now, imagine that! Liberal Austin. Liberal citizen jurors. Mean old greedy developer ME. City still lost all 3 times. So, the city’s effort against me even offended its own liberal citizens.

My CRIMINAL violation? I moved a tenant in a shopping center I just built without 1 last letter from the enviros that EVERYTHING was ok. Such a letter was withheld for months and months and the poor tenant needed to get open and cash flow rolling in or go broke. Simple.

What, among other things, turned the jurors against the city was that the City owned electricity provider historically withholds electricity until EVERYTHING is clear. They cleared it and the Marxist enviros simply would not issue their letter.

Cost to me for the 3 trials in legal fees alone was approximately $25,000. Trips to courthouse over the 2-3 years were 10-20.

Cities are out of control with liberal Marxist regulators. I should have sued for abuse of process but was tired of it all. Laughably too, I had good attorneys each time. They had the same uncaring, sleepy staff lawyer. By the way, if I had lost, the fines were HUGE.......in the six figures!


20 posted on 11/21/2013 8:01:03 AM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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