Tulsa, OK: You are unemployed and living off the plants on your property? THEY MUST ALL GO.

http://reason.com/blog/2012/06/21/tulsa-...val-garden




Austin, TX: Your house has a cold war era fallout bunker? We're going to fill it and your basement with 264 tons of concrete and bill you for it.

http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/09/city-o...-gives-him




Detroit, MI: Plant a vegetable garden in your front yard ... get 93 days of jail.

http://reason.com/blog/2011/07/08/plant-...rden-in-yo

That one about "suitable" plant material is definitely void for vagueness. I'd sue the sh*t out of the town if they tried to fine me.

I read the one about the bunker - there's got to be more to the story than they're telling....there's got to be.

There's no slippery slope guys. Right TOGC and fellow leftists

This is also what the liberals think we need more of.

(06-21-2012 07:57 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  I read the one about the bunker - there's got to be more to the story than they're telling....there's got to be.

No, its Austin, Texas where logic stops at the Travis County Line.

(06-22-2012 07:30 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  

(06-21-2012 07:57 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  I read the one about the bunker - there's got to be more to the story than they're telling....there's got to be.

No, its Austin, Texas where logic stops at the Travis County Line.;

Texas's own Berkeley.

(06-22-2012 07:32 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(06-22-2012 07:30 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  

(06-21-2012 07:57 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  I read the one about the bunker - there's got to be more to the story than they're telling....there's got to be.

No, its Austin, Texas where logic stops at the Travis County Line.;

Texas's own Berkeley.

So it is the smart part of Texas.

(06-22-2012 08:43 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(06-22-2012 07:32 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(06-22-2012 07:30 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  

(06-21-2012 07:57 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  I read the one about the bunker - there's got to be more to the story than they're telling....there's got to be.

No, its Austin, Texas where logic stops at the Travis County Line.;

Texas's own Berkeley.

So it is the smart part of Texas.

They just filled in some guy's basement. Yeah, real smart there, moron.

(06-22-2012 08:44 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(06-22-2012 08:43 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(06-22-2012 07:32 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(06-22-2012 07:30 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  

(06-21-2012 07:57 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  I read the one about the bunker - there's got to be more to the story than they're telling....there's got to be.

No, its Austin, Texas where logic stops at the Travis County Line.;

Texas's own Berkeley.

So it is the smart part of Texas.

They just filled in some guy's basement. Yeah, real smart there, moron.

Duck and cover works just as well as a fallout shelter so they didn't think it was needed-especially since the commies-er Russia iis our(and definately Obama's) friend now.

It looks as if she followed the city statute in regard to her garden. I hope she gets restitution for this crime...but...I doubt seriously she will. Next time... limit the plants to the back yard. One of her neighbors used the violence of the state to do something they were too cowardly to do themselves. My guess it was the one directly across the street with the manicured lawn.

The HOA's stock and trade is to make neighbors complain about their neighbors. It provides cover for enforcement of their shady and vague rules. Their real goal is to generate revenue, not protect property values.

(06-22-2012 09:20 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  The HOA's stock and trade is to make neighbors complain about their neighbors. It provides cover for enforcement of their shady and vague rules. Their real goal is to generate revenue, not protect property values.

Was this a HOA situation? I thought this was a city statute situation.

Personally...I totally approve of HOA's. It is a freely entered covenant with your neighbors when you buy the property. One should honor their contracts and I have not sympathy for those that break them. I agree though.. that often the HOA's get crazy with some of the things "added" to the covenants later by control freak neighbors who get power on HOA board. That is why one should always be careful when entering into a HOA situation. It is good to ask long term residents about the HOA and its history of "enforcement". Some of these things are so restrictive that it is insane.

(06-22-2012 09:36 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(06-22-2012 09:20 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  The HOA's stock and trade is to make neighbors complain about their neighbors. It provides cover for enforcement of their shady and vague rules. Their real goal is to generate revenue, not protect property values.

Was this a HOA situation? I thought this was a city statute situation.

Personally...I totally approve of HOA's. It is a freely entered covenant with your neighbors when you buy the property. One should honor their contracts and I have not sympathy for those that break them. I agree though.. that often the HOA's get crazy with some of the things "added" to the covenants later by control freak neighbors who get power on HOA board. That is why one should always be careful when entering into a HOA situation. It is good to ask long term residents about the HOA and its history of "enforcement". Some of these things are so restrictive that it is insane.

Yes, you are correct, it is not an HOA situation.