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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In the latest abuse of power, a man in Oregon has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay a $1,500 fine for collecting rainwater on his own land. Gary Harrington was convicted of nine misdemeanor crimes for filling his three man-made reservoirs with rainwater and snow runoff. The state of Oregon claims the water that fell from the sky, is owned by them and the Medford Water Commission.
That’s bogus
Sad
Here’s to the “hope and change’ ya’ll voted for!!!! And something tells me, it ain’t over yet. . . .not by a long shot!! Hope everyone who voted him in (twice) likes what they see. . .oh, maybe it hasn’t hit you or your poctet yet! Sorry, I may have jumped the gun! GRRRRR! =
its going to get a lot worse if someone don’t step up and do the right thing.
A typical Obamanation! Disgusting!
What is wrong with that catch and put on plants grass gardens etc. we need rain so bad and have warter restrictions, seems like water conservation.
This is just plain stupid and abuse of power
WTF?!! “We have a sitiation on our hands fellers! They’s a dangers criminal n he’s acollectin them rain drops! We gotta put a stop ta that sheeut ret now fir someone gits hurt!”
Bull$#%&!@*!