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  • Brush Battle Pits Rastafarian Against Tax Collector (Former Marine Fined $27K for Weed Removal)

    05/05/2010 11:14:35 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 46 replies · 825+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | May 5, 2010 | Tony Perry
    A former Marine in San Diego County who refused to pay the bill after authorities had what they called fire-prone weeds cleared could lose his land. He says the plants were fire-resistant native flora.For three decades, former Marine-turned-Rastafarian Joseph Diliberti has lived on his three acres of paradise deep in rural eastern San Diego County: building clay dwellings, playing his flute, reading Thoreau ("I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately") and radiating peace and harmony. But six years ago when the local fire district sent him a bill for $27,552 for cutting down what firefighters characterized...