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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Maybe he should test the water he was catching
he doesn’t deserve to go to jail
And most of these agendas of fighting education ,religious freedom,gun control,NSA. Border callapse, fast and furous,freeing Muslims leaders,investigating corresponders, ,IRS, started WHEN?
In the people’s republic of Maryland we get tax on rain or snow that falls on our property, called the rain tax.
Good for him! (Not the jail part) nature can NOT be illegal as it was here before legislation and therefor holds a higher authority that man!
Insanity, thy name is Obama Administration!
Government out of control..
I’m afraid it would not have been that easy for me as they would have had a violent time of arresting me!!!!
It’s time overthrow the government. The Declaration of Independence says so,
This is so way wrong