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 $1500 for collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his property.
The Oregon Water Resources Department, claims that Harrington has been violating the state’s water use law by diverting water from streams running into the Big Butte River.
But Harrington says he is not diverting the state’s water — merely collecting rainwater and snow melt that falls or flows on his own property.
Source: /cnsnews.com
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This is crazy. It will only get worst.
Mase says:
“There is no telling these people, they’re all just so damn ignorant, that’s the world today.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/man-gets-30-days-jail-catching-rain-water-property/comment-page-11/#comment-322141
Thank you!! But I’m not so sure it’s their ignorance, but more that these people are AMORAL…they choose to do and say the untrue things as a sense of influence and power. Has no relationship with the truth or moral courage…just the desire to further their point of view, at any and all cost. Never admitting they are, or were, mistaken or wrong. Incredibly amoral.
Oregon is the prototype liberal society we’re heading too ..
Paul, obviously you are unaware that this law has nothing to do with a “prototype liberal society”…it is a 1925 law. There was no liberal/progressive party or society in those days…not even in Oregon. Again…just assigning blame to further your political agenda, and truth be damned!!
PEOPLE WAKE UP. THIS IS U,S,A NOT CUBA
I didn’t know Oregon’s government controlled it’s rainwater, nteresting?
This is ridiculous everyone wanting to tell someone else how to live dictate what they eat drink smoke mind your own damn business an this man should sue the hell out of them he took what GOD gives,GOD not some company,law whatever.I call Bull$#%&!@*!
shauna britt
A pathetic government response.
well Oregon is beautiful but the government there is one Ugly mess , sort of like O and his ominions, yep another blue state, it is what we can expect if this country goes blue all the way, sickening thought huh??????????????
I colllect rain water. Come and stop me. ANYONE ?