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 $1500 for collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his property.
The Oregon Water Resources Department, claims that Harrington has been violating the state’s water use law by diverting water from streams running into the Big Butte River.
But Harrington says he is not diverting the state’s water — merely collecting rainwater and snow melt that falls or flows on his own property.
Source: /cnsnews.com
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Why, what law?
This is a travesty
THIS IS TOTAL BULL$#%&!@*
wtf America ? Have we really come to the place in time where people are placed in jail for trying to survive ? God have mercy on us all
america better wake up .this is bull $#%&!@* .
liberal communist
What this article doesn’t tell you, is that we are not talking about a few rain barrels:
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1784378/
Obama’s EPA,, screwing everyone they can,, you will be next,, to be taxed for the square footage of all covered ground on your property,, that blocks rainwater from entering the ground,,, I am sure it’s coming,, I think they are doing this in Maryland in some counties now…. a Tax revenue generator they call it,, THEFT is what I call it.
Maybe a large earthquake on both coasts will rid the country of most of the liberal socialists. Float them off shore.
CRAZY