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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Fu-k oregon
Only from the other state below it. Morons in Oregon. Like Ca. dumb as they come.
nonsense , thr rain comes from god it has nothing to do with long nosed politicians !
Colorado has the same law. Pure stupidity!
They would fird out real quick I’d knock a knott on their heads for trespassing
Obama wanted that water to run down to mexico so that his future liberal voters could p**s in it !!!
Once again an inaccurate report….
He diverted 13 million gallons…
Thats not a misprint. … 13,000,000 gallons…
It would have been fine if he had done enuff for personal use…..
Truth and Action NEVER prints the full story..
Is this perhaps because of pollution?
Yes it covers every state, county and city. It is due to Obama’s Executive order that has every government agency and body in the nation making preparation to declare an emergency to be ready.
Being as democratic of a state as we are they jumped right on the Obama bandwagon and this is what is happening now.
Read his order with your own eyes as Obama has declared everything his if he wants.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=100050
We are in a fight for our very lives.