Homeowner Joseph Prudente is battling the Beacon Woods Civic Association, which wants him to resod his yard, seen here Friday.
Posted on 10/13/2008 12:51:06 AM PDT by mrhansen
BAYONET POINT — On Friday morning, Joseph Prudente put on a pair of shorts and his "Grandpa Gone Wild" T-shirt. He took off his wedding band and put his heart medication in a plastic Wal-Mart bag.
Then his daughter drove him to jail. Grandpa had time to do.
His crime? He had disobeyed a court order that he sod the lawn at his Beacon Woods home.
His bail? Zero.
Prudente, 66, must stay in the Pasco County jail in Land O'Lakes until the required sod work is completed, under a September court order signed by Circuit Judge W. Lowell Bray.
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Let’s file this one under total absurdity. And they say there are no debtor’s prisons.
Very sad....
Spray paint.
If I was going to be put in jail because of my HOA, I can assure you it wouldn’t be over the color of my lawn.
And a few years ago when we were undergoing a drought the powers that be in my town made a law that if you had a green lawn you could be subject to a fine and or jail.
Hmmmm....Bacon “Bits” Woods community of Land O’Lakes, Florida. Some pretty tough folks....and real lawyers to boot.
But you know...the toughest guy...is this guy Joe. He is just like the other two million other idiots who got into the adjustable mortgage deal...and got stuck with $600 extra he couldn’t afford. He’s lost his vehicle....and likely surviving off social security and a small pension check. If I were the Bacon “Bits” Woods community association...I might start looking around at who else will fail over the next twelve months. They might have dozens of folks sitting in county jail...over dead grass.
So for those wanting tough neighbors who haul you in your golden years to jail....think about Land O’Lakes...it might be a great place to meet jailed robbers, rapists, and killers while serving time for dead grass.
“Spray paint.”
You hit the nail on the head!
From the website:
“GrassBGreen Concentrate is green grass paint. It is a harmless dye that turns your lawn green until you mow. Mix GBG Concentrate with water. Paint your lawn with any garden sprayer. Your lawn will look golf-course-green in minutes!”
http://www.grassbgreen.com/?Click=2&gclid=CKi97KPjo5YCFQOeFQodK3Gd6w
Homeowner Joseph Prudente is battling the Beacon Woods Civic Association, which wants him to resod his yard, seen here Friday.
Homeowner Joseph Prudente is battling the Beacon Woods Civic Association, which wants him to resod his yard, seen here Friday.
Its noticeable that the judge uses an initial instead of her full first name.
LOL It’s practically a badge of honor to have a brown lawn in the Atlanta area. It means you care more that the people have water to drink than your lawn.
BTW, in my part of the country, some HOAs try to push homeowners out for having green lawns. They have the opinion that managed lawns are not natural enough for the West. Some of them also regulate paint colors and forbid cutting trees.
If the realtor said yes, I said "NEXT!"
Mark
I agree this may have gone too far but if he’s retired, his wife is retired, and he has an older daughter living with him with two children, couldn’t someone roll out a sprinkler once a morning?
Unreal.
Shakespeare was right....
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Put this assclown judge in stocks in the public square.
So many very stupid judges making so many very stupid rulings.
Place a lien on the home not the owner in jail.
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