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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Simply… SUCKS!
RIDICULOUS
alaskanbdj3 says:
“How do you figure it has anything to do w/the Dem. or the Pres.?? or are you just trying to start B.S.!?”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/man-gets-30-days-jail-catching-rain-water-property/comment-page-18/#comment-411400
alaskanbdj3 says:
“Which Bastard are you blaming for this? The State Government? or just who??”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/man-gets-30-days-jail-catching-rain-water-property/comment-page-18/#comment-411406
This is absurd!
Dumb, stupid, ridiculous, legal stupidity…..
That guy is a joke! Who ever so eager to hand over their God given rights is a disgrace to Americans. Anything that contradicts the constitution is null and void. Any cop that enforces such unlawful legislation is a criminal. I don’t get along very well with criminals!
I would have never surrender for exercising rights
And I was born and raised in that GOD forsaken state. There is nothing wrong with the state but the people that govern it, the voters have to get their heads out of their collective asses and put people in office that have some common sense.
Typical of that state … Evil is good, good is evil. In CA nightclubs and dinner restaurants, there was a certain type of “Oregonian” who would come in and you could just bank on some kind of major upset during the evening …