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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Why do your posts show up twice in my feed ? Everything is double posted.
too much really
This is so evil and wrong. I have to call the Congress about this poor man. And my governor, and my State reps… Poor thing. this is abuse.
THE NEW U.S.A.
just the start, going to get much worse, very soon —
fight back
It will be a good day for America when Obama and his Lapdogs are Executed and Buried! They are nothing more than Enemies of the American People and deserve to be Exterminated! Will the next L.H. Oswald please come forward and take care of business! You will be a HERO this time around!
BillWhit says:
“It will be a good day for America when Obama and his Lapdogs are Executed and Buried! They are nothing more than Enemies of the American People and deserve to be Exterminated! Will the next L.H. Oswald please come forward and take care of business! You will be a HERO this time around!”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/man-gets-30-days-jail-catching-rain-water-property/comment-page-4/#comment-321215
Stupid law
What a bunch of B.S. What’s next? Are they going to put us in jail next for breathing air.