Posted on 02/03/2014 8:00:01 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan
"Local officials who abuse zoning authority powers to cower citizens into submission and deprive land owners of Constitutional rights in the enjoyment of their land must be subject to fines and actual damages they cause including attorney fees," Delegate Bob Marshall noted in support of his HB 1219 recently introduced in the Virginia General Assembly.
Marshall introduced his bill in direct response to incidents precipitated by county officials who threatened Virginia citizen farmer Martha Boneta. Boneta gained national attention after she was cited and threatened with $5,000 per-day fines for hosting such 'menacing activities' as a birthday party for eight 10-year old girls without a permit and advertising pumpkin carvings. Virginians rallied at two "pitchfork protests" in support of Boneta.
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“...on Christmas Day he — left office — rather abruptly.”
Well do I remember that. I had a very left wing friend (not a commie) who had said to me: no matter what the Communists in Romania will stay in power, they rule with an iron fist.
I’ll never forget seeing the headline on the NY Times, just a few days later.
The harder they come, the harder they fall.
Made me smile...yes, very abrupty.
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