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My Sister Forced Us Apart, Took Home Because We Weren't Married

aaronclark1989 — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:31:44 +0000

A Texas man says he and his partner were together for 34 years but his partner’s sister has now forced them apart, taken their home, and his partner’s finances — and done it legally because they weren’t married. For the last six years his partner, Jim, who is older, suffered from Alzheimer’s. Jim’s estranged sister, Lon Watts writes on Facebook, was able to take their home and Jim’s finances through the courts by filing for guardianship — despite Lon having power of attorney.

Homeowner Fined $26,250 for Cutting 6 Trees on his Property

snowdog2012 — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:28:44 +0000

For cutting down six trees on his newly bought property in Woodside without a permit, Rajiv Gujral will have to pay a $26,250 fine.

But it could have been worse.

Woodside officials asked the town council to fine him twice that amount -- $52,500.

Michigan man fights the state to keep family farm open

stephen — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:12:44 +0000

A Michigan farmer describes the Michigan state Atty. Gen.'s latest attack against his family. The state wants to define the pigs he raises as "invasive species" and prohibit him from doing business. This is the latest from the busy bodies who seek nothing but control and to further limit the freedom of family farms.

MN town requires warrantless searches of rental properties

phonon — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:28:09 +0000

The city of Red Wing, Minn. is enforcing a rental property inspection law that requires landlords and tenants to open their doors and submit to inspections of their private property in order for the landlord to receive a license to rent the property. Red Wing’s rental inspection program has been in place for five years. During that time, inspectors have searched the rental homes of hundreds of residents, going into their closets, looking under their beds, and inspecting their bathroom cabinets.

SANDY HOOK FATHER OWNS CONGRESS

nick10521 — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:41:52 +0000

This is an emotional defense of your right to protect yourself in the way you see fit.

Bureaucrat mailbox patrol

theamazingfed — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:51:34 +0000

Government bureaucrats ordered private citizens to remove there mailboxes, and when they did not comply, a front end loader is brought in to take out the mailboxes, all at the counties expense.

Unlocking Cell Phones Illegal

abd1959 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:46:44 +0000

Unlocking cell phones will be illegal on January 26,2013 because of a determination by the Librarian of Congress under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Pot Dispensaries YES!, FED Confiscation YES!

zhaliberty — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:29:02 +0000

Judge: Landlords must allow pot dispensaries, and FEDs can then confiscate property. Is this a backdoor way to get eminent domain? Is this "legal"? County courts offer various results, City of Oakland to go against FEDs saying to close it "would create a public safety problem by encouraging a black market for marijuana." Confusion abounds.

Woman refuses to open door for cops, charged with obstruction

phonon — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:25:27 +0000

A woman who refused to open a door for lawmen who were looking for her boyfriend was charged with obstruction without violence.

Man sues New York DMV for unreasonable search & seizure

bionicpelvis — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:51:32 +0000

A New York man takes the Department of Motor Vehicles, the DMV commissioner and two investigators to task for behaving as if they are above the law.

Man Fined $500 from "Frail Window Glass"

snowdog2012 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:43:50 +0000

"I was just chasing a parrot" said 29 year old salesman who was trying to catch an escaped parakeet flapping around inside his office. Leaning on "frail glass" he ended up plummeting towards the road below and onto a rental car when the window smashed.

I was not at fault. It was an accident. The glass in the window was made from poor material.

The Battlefront in the Front Yard

Jking8767 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:55:52 +0000

Gardeners aren’t generally known for their civil disobedience, yet in the last couple of years several have run afoul of local officials for tending vegetables in their front yards. In Ferguson, Mo., a stay-at-home father was ordered to dig up his 55 varieties of edible plants. In Tulsa, Okla., a gardener who didn’t want to remove her veggies and medicinal herbs saw them largely cleared by the city.

Ninth Circuit Gives the A-OK For Warrantless Home Video Surveillance

phonon — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:17:44 +0000

Can law enforcement enter your house and use a secret video camera to record the intimate details inside? On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unfortunately answered that question with "yes."

A New Hampshire woman has called the cops on the Salvation Army.

johnson — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:15:19 +0000

Her complaint? Loud bell-ringing. "My customers complain about it," she tells ABC News. "They ask me how I possibly can stand it." In fact, she cannot. She has to wear ear plugs in the store to keep her sanity, but even those can't keep out the noise of the four people outside, standing alongside one of the Army's signature red pots, lustily clanging away.

Code Enforcement Crackdown of CrossFitters on Their Own Property

csmith71 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:43:50 +0000

A man was cited by city code enforcement for doing CrossFit in his driveway with his wife. He ended up with 2 fines at $250 each, plus $1,000 in attorney fees.

Restoring the right to defend your home in the UK.

alisium — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:51:10 +0000

Frightened householders who over-react when confronted by burglars will get more protection under government plans, the new Justice Secretary will say on Tuesday.

Chris Grayling plans to change the law to ensure even householders who react in a way that may seem disproportionate in the cold light of day will be protected from prosecution.

It comes after Britain's most senior judge reinforced the notion that a person's home is their castle, saying furious householders have the right to get rid of burglars in their homes and are not expected to remain calm when confronted by intruders.

Clover Korean War vet gets 30 days in jail for junk on property

Sammy316 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:07:46 +0000

Johnny Ramsey, the 79-year-old Korean War veteran who collected and sold junk to pay for medications for his ailing wife, said just minutes before court Thursday evening: “If I have to go to jail, I guess I am ready.” An hour later, Ramsey left a Clover courtroom in shackles – sentenced to 30 days in the York County jail for not cleaning up his yard eight months after a judge ordered him to get rid of the junk.

"Biggest outdoor marijuana bust" turns out to be daisies

phonon — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:29:18 +0000

Police still won’t admit the plants they seized in what was supposedly the biggest outdoor marijuana bust in Lethbridge history are plain old flowers — daisies, to be precise. All police will concede at this point is the 1,624 plants torn from a suburban Lethbridge garden on July 30 isn’t marijuana, as first claimed after a phalanx of police marched in and starting plucking. “This is a significant bust, given the size of this operation,” is how a senior officer put it at the time, while proudly displaying garbage bags full of the dastardly daises.