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Civil Liberties

mahatmakanejeeves

(62,589 posts) Thu May 9, 2019, 07:55 PM May 2019

City Wants to Seize House Over Tall Grass in Yard [View all]

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While this guy was out of town, settling his mother's estate, the man he hired to cut his lawn died. The city fined him $500 a day for excessively long grass without telling him. Now it wants to settle the bill by taking his house. via @brianmdoherty

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City Wants to Seize House Over Tall Grass in Yard [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 OP

Plenty of robbers and criminals in government. democratisphere May 2019 #1

Sounds like one of those neighborhood associations. Doreen May 2019 #2

City phone number easily googled, I will be calling them tomorrow Tech May 2019 #3

The island I live on is unincorporated, not a city, no city government. CaptainTruth May 2019 #4

I'm pretty sure that when some folks die... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2019 #5

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