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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Ivory says:
“I agree it is a dumb law and should be removed. FOCUS on my point…THE LAW IS NOT THE FAULT OF OBAMA OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT IS A STATE LAW. People who live in Oregon should get the law changed. Stop blaming everything on Obama or the federal government. BTW, there are no “30 day” sentences for federal crimes.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/man-gets-30-days-jail-catching-rain-water-property/comment-page-11/#comment-322113
There are plenty of other things to blame on Obama besides rainwater.
Yes, it is about rainwater and Oregon…yet, Obama’s name and administration is blamed extensively here. And my point from the beginning has been…people rather “point fingers and assign blame” to further their political and social agendas, rather than work together to find SOLUTIONS.
Your MISSING my point, I am blaming the state!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The dim wits in the state are the cause and THEY are why I don`t travel there, one point, I CAN and am ABLE to pump my own gas, their law says NO!! One of many reasons I will not go there, or even drive through it!!!!!
And yet we try the same failed proper channels for remedy and just keep bitching. We deserve this!
No ones blaming the black guy just cause his social security number is that old it just show how long the government has been coming up with stupid laws state and fed $#%&!@* the black guy(puppet) and all these senate and house guys term limits new day new people need to be in there $#%&!@* these idiots who have been filling there pockets for 10 20 30 40 years wAy to long repeal all laws back to the founding fathers I can deal with that…
and you say “go to jail” as if he walked right in a store or something, rather than having been dragged out of bed into a rape cage by armored masked gunmen.
Wtf!
it is also irrelevant law bill. A law bill should ensure personal rights of a person. l
boy I better cover my pool and water buckets for animals.
Sevaraj Kesavan says:
“it is also irrelevant law bill. A law bill should ensure personal rights of a person. l”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/man-gets-30-days-jail-catching-rain-water-property/comment-page-11/#comment-322138