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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Rain is owned by no one
Insanity………
Who turned him in that’s just not right
Fire the judge & tear down the jail! How long Oh Lord will you allow such stupidity to exist in the land of the used to be FREE?
The Obama brown shirts at work.
Ignorance at its worst.
crazy
Hogwash!
More brown shirts coming. It will mean plenty of jobs for the illegals when he grants citizenship to them. His purpose is to destroy America but the sheep are not catching on to life very fast.
It’s true. Btw Maryland has a rain tax! Look it up, they tax you on rain based on size of your property!