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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“There is no such person or thing as God! Don’t you read the internet? and keep up with the court decisions – Oh, I forgot about allah! Now there is a real deity for you.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/man-gets-30-days-jail-catching-rain-water-property/comment-page-13/#comment-322596
Your article is a little slanted. No where does it point out that he has 13,000,000 gallons of water on his property as a result of “rainwater collection”. That volume of water (about 20 Olympic size pools worth) seems pretty simple, but there are a number of factors to consider. If you’re the neighbors down hill from his property, imagine how nervous an unregulated, unapproved series of dams holding back that water would make you. Further more, if the water is left standing it’s an excellent breeding ground for mosquitoes which are a public health issue. Finally, I find it difficult to believe that 13,000,000 gallons are entirely from rain fall and snow melt on his property alone. There are plenty of examples of government over reaching its authority these days, this isn’t one of them.
so stupid!!! 🙁
DAFAQUE?
what? no fine got to be some money here un-American bastards.
How stupid can that be!!
Well thank God we’re using precious jail space for this hardened criminal – God forbid we should jail a murderer or anything……
Are you serious? OMG! I never knew that was against the law. When did that happen and why? Since Obama became President? lol
WTF?
Rediculous and communistic.