http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1659296&nid=695

Given demographics, most people in DC love big gov't. Good lesson here, if they'd learn from it.

(04-29-2009 02:21 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1659296&nid=695

Given demographics, most people in DC love big gov't. Good lesson here, if they'd learn from it.

Maybe someone can make the system work for them. Since the front of the property isn't "owned" by them, file suit against DC for the overages charged on the property tax (assuming the assessed value of the property is based on the entire lot including the land they do not "own"). Bet they change that law in a hurry then.

Laws like this exist in other cities where if the car blocks the sidewalk you might get a ticket, but they're rarely enforced. My question is, how does private property become a public space?

Shockingly enough, it looks like the city might not be charging residents tax on the disputed areas. Apparently this goes all the way back to the original plans for DC. Damn frenchies. It most likely doesn't apply in the more modern areas.

Quote:Also, what is and what isn't your property is clearly laid out in the plat of your land. These are required at settlement ... and can also be found on line at dc.gov. And every year when you get your tax bill, it is based on the square footage of the land that is yours ... You are not taxed for this land adjacent to yours which the law allows you to do certain listed things which ... among which parking a car is not listed.

I don't think L'Enfant said anything about defining public property as beginning at the outer wall of a building. He just planned for very large roads & avenues, and the government didn't see the need to define roads as extending up to the edge of the public space - so people built up to the edge of their property lines, and left their household animals & gardens in a fenced-in portion of public space.

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=2171

It's amazing how many of the commentators on the blog are actually in favor of strict enforcement of the law.

I would be prepared to go to jail before I paid those tickets. You do NOT own your property. You only are allowed to live there by your masters as long as you pay your tribute to them. If this does not anger the hell out of you....you are have totally been indoctrinated by the state.

(04-29-2009 09:28 PM)jh Wrote:  It's amazing how many of the commentators on the blog are actually in favor of strict enforcement of the law.

It's the mentality of living in DC. Be a lemming.

(04-29-2009 09:07 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Laws like this exist in other cities where if the car blocks the sidewalk you might get a ticket, but they're rarely enforced.

THis wasn't about blocking the sidewalk. It was about pulling your car up past the front of your home.

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Quote:It seems Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has also been breaking the law in the eyes of the D.C. Department of Public Works.

This is the ONLY Reason this stupid thing is getting any attention and the ONLY Reason the Law Will get changed like Yesterday.

If this were a neighborhood of "POOR People" or under represented types, no one would be doing squat but still handing out tickets.

If you want a law changed, just some how make it happen to a State or Federal Legislator and BAMMO !!!! Law Changed !!!!!

The land of the free (if you can purchase your Freedom) and the home of the once brave United States Citizen (if you stand up against this ridicules kind of tyranny).

But this is George Bush's FAULT ......

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