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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must be where that guy who thinks only the rich ought to get water and the poor don’t deserve any. STUPID< STUPID
It’s just like mineral rights… you have to own rights to the water before you can collect it…I work for a private water company and we have owned the rights to so much water up here in the Rockies for over 100 years…
it might not be right… but it’s just the way it works…
SEE WHO IS BEHIND THIS $#%&!@*…..GOVERNMENT. YEP. GOVERNMENT IS GOING DOWN…..
Totally Ridiculous!!!!!!
How did they find out about the hole?
Liberals are winning this battle because conservatives are not fighting back.
THIS IS $#%&!@*ING BULL $#%&!@* IF YOU WANT TO CATCH RAIN ON YOUR PROPERTY THAT IS YOU GOD GIVEN RIGHT GET A GOOD LAWYER AND SUE THE $#%&!@* OUT THE ONES THAT BROUGHT UP THE CHARGES IN THE FIRST PLACE !!
Our nation is sinking into insanity.
MY GOD!!! PEOPLE FOR CENTURIES HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RAIN WATER-EVEN SURVIVALISTS. THIS IS DEFINITELY CRAZINESS GONE AMOK!!!!