An Oregon man, Gary Harrington, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for of collecting rainwater – he surrendered Wednesday morning to begin serving his sentence.
This is how far gone our country is to a totalitarian state: a man can’t dig a big hole on his property and let rain fill it without going to jail.
Gary Harrington, the Oregon man convicted of collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his rural property surrendered Wednesday morning to begin serving his 30-day, jail sentence in Medford, Ore.
“I’m sacrificing my liberty so we can stand up as a country and stand for our liberty,” Harrington told a small crowd of people gathered outside of the Jackson County (Ore.) Jail.
Several people held signs that showed support for Harrington as he was taken inside the jail.
Harrington was found guilty two weeks ago of breaking a 1925 law for having, what state water managers called “three illegal reservoirs” on his property. He was convicted of nine misdemeanors, sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined over $1500 for collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his property.
The Oregon Water Resources Department, claims that Harrington has been violating the state’s water use law by diverting water from streams running into the Big Butte River.
But Harrington says he is not diverting the state’s water — merely collecting rainwater and snow melt that falls or flows on his own property.
Source: /cnsnews.com
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If this is true…it is just plain retarded.
The state thinks it owns the rain now.
Pure BULL$#%&!@*!!
Strange days indeed
What the….
The people of this country need to take it back the EPA is no more than a money making bunch of criminals the are a part of the Obama crime family it needs dismantled and shut down it is criminal
I COULD BE WRONG BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS BREAKING THE LAW AND SUCKERING YOU INTO BELIVEING HES THE VICTIM
I’d like to see the sob try and put me in jail for that . I’d sue them for everything their grandkids would ever hope to get
That is 100% horse$#%&!@*..
What the hell