Mar 21, 2012
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A Minnesota man was arrested and jailed after city leaders determined he had not finished installing siding on his house.
Mitch Faber, of Burnsville, MN, was charged with “having an unfinished exterior,” according to court documents obtained by Fox News. He was ultimately sentenced to 30 days in jail but was given the opportunity to serve his sentence at home by wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet.
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Faber, who pled guilty to the code violation, said he was unable to finish the siding job because of the economy.
“It’s basically a stretch of bad luck that things haven’t been finished,” he said in court documents. “It was a remodel job where there’s a new roof, new windows, new doors, new everything; but with the economy being what it is, it’s just been very difficult; and being unemployed the last three summers, it’s been tough generating revenue; so it’s a matter of trying to get it done as quickly as possible.”
But Burnsville city leaders weren’t interested in excuses. They argued that Faber was in violation of a city code – and they wanted him to pay – by serving jail time and by paying a $1,000 fine. The judge ruled against them on the fine.
The trouble started in 2007 when Faber was initially cited, said Marty Doll, the city’s communications coordinator.
In a written statement to Fox News, Doll said this case was “very unusual in that the situation was not remedied after repeated requests.”
“The City is aware of the concerns regarding this situation, and agrees that it is extremely unfortunate that it escalated to the point that it did,” Doll wrote.
Indeed, court documents indicate that Faber was given ample time to put the siding on his house. H e was sent warning letters in 2009 and in 2010. Finally, Faber was given a deadline in 2011 – either complete the work on his house or report to jail.
“We were in the process of finishing,” Faber told television station KSTP. “This wasn’t something that we were trying to avoid.”
According to Doll, on June 1, 2011, Burnsville City inspectors arrived at Faber’s house and determined the work was still not finished.
“The homeowner also failed to appear in Court to turn himself in as was ordered by the judge,” Doll wrote. “Because of his failure to appear in Court on June 1, the City understands that the judge in the case subsequently issued a bench warrant.”
Faber said he had no idea that a bench warrant had been issued until he was stopped on a traffic violation on his way to work. He told KSTP that he was arrested and thrown in jail for two days without bail – all because he didn’t have siding on his house.
“I’m walking around in a green and white jump suit,” he told KSTP. “I had to shower in front of a sheriff. I was shackled, my wrists were handcuffed to my waist – for siding.”
Faber was released from jail two days later after a judge decided to let him finish the remainder of the sentence at home with an electronic bracelet. He eventually finished the siding project on his house.
The city is defending its aggressive position – noting they had received complaints.
“Code enforcement is an important part of making sure all neighbors can take pride in their neighborhoods,” Doll wrote. “The City agrees it unfortunate that this situation was not able to be resolved in typical fashion.”
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Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves.
this government is not the government they set up. its time the merican people threw off this gov. and restore it to the orginal design
You know the Founders never, ever thought that the USA would last this long right? The founding of America was known as the great experiment – I think Jefferson said that but not 100% sure. But they never thought it would last very long. So IF they were to show up here today 1. they would be astounded we exist and amazed at the technology and 2. then they'd probably smack our current leaders in the face.
A lot of colonial houses got burned down and destroyed gaining our freedoms. Now they are taking our freedoms back away from us! Stop peeking over my fence until you clean out your own backyards!
And reaching for their Muskets, Powder and Balls. Heh Heh.
Mike Fuston Just don't let 'em disarm you first. Which is what Holder and his boss are working hard to do.
Mike Fuston Well I think its time to fire the entire Democrat party for their bullshit this November. The damage is done and its too late for them to fix anything now. By the looks of things the conservatives are going to have a huge gain in the Senate this year as well as the White House. Its open to conservatives this time. Wipe all the dumbocrats out and put them in jail.
Matthew Stump How much do you want to make a bet that pretty soon government workers from the EPA and other bullshit organizations are going to get run out of town or SHOT!? Government workers beware, your game of oppression is over.
So guys, now you know if you are remodeling your house, and you run out of resources, the rulers of the universe can throw you in jail. It must be nice to sit in the halls of power and jail a citizen for not finishing a remodel job. Notice to politicians, you can come get me any time, you can have me when I run out of ammo.. probably in about 3 years of constant firing…
These damned politicians are out of control, we have to UNELECT all incumbents and make them go out in the real world and get a job. What a waste of oxygen they are!!
Mr. Faber should be able to finish that siding in no time flat in jail and not able to work! LOL
Vicki Richmond lol that would be a neat trick wouldnt it..lol
Don't start something you cannot finish. I don't blame the lawmakers for sticking to their guns on this. This guy should have had better financial planning and prepared for the cost of the job ahead of time, rather than expecting his income to complete the job for him. Only an idiot makes financial decisions based on their income remaining as it is. You save up the money or you don't begin the job.
Don't start something you cannot finish. I don't blame the lawmakers for sticking to their guns on this. This guy should have had better financial planning and prepared for the cost of the job ahead of time, rather than expecting his income to complete the job for him. Only an idiot makes financial decisions based on their income remaining as it is. You save up the money or you don't begin the job.
Justin, you would put the Financial Institutions out of business thinking this way! LOL
Just remember to paint that siding commie red or you will get another 30 days
Justin Russo, I'd really like to know how you got around that with your first place of residence as a working adult. All the rentals I've ever had wanted a term lease. I certaintly didn't leave college with enough savings to buy even a starter house.
Same here. Problem is that we'll be fighting alone since the government has admittedly been on a rampage to turn us all against each other. They use Echelon to monitor our conversations and take us out one at a time before we can stand up together as citizens of a once proud nation and take it back from the Liberal control freaks.
Kinda seems like time for a revolt. Don't it. What next a permit for a Lemonade Stand?
You don't think 3 years of patience is enough.
This guy sounds like a one man slum.
It had to be hurting everyone's property value in the neighborhood.
Justin Russo, So think that you can predict the economy and your emploment status, What you do if you had the money saved to do the project and lost your job, put siding on your house or feed your family? All of the "ELECTED" officals need to go, they seem to forget who they work for. Just like our congress and President
Burnsville is a staunch Republican area. Remember this, codes are codes. The same people that are outraged by this, would support a code to mow your lawn. What if the guy wanted to build a shed and rent it out as an apartment without a permit?? Codes are enforceable, and this jerk needs to side his house or sell it if he can't afford it.
well I don't know of anybody that starts a mager remodleing job like this without knowing they have the funds to finish the job. The exterme weather that minisota has. not very smart.
it is possible to lose your job and run out of funds, regardless of the reason, does the government have the right do jail you for it? What if your car breaks down and you cannot afford to repair it and decide to park it for a while. Should you go to jail because of it? Should the politicians go to jail for flagrant abuse of powers they do not even have?
Ray Valdes in the city limets of any town usa there r codes to follow. To help keep the neighbor hood clean, neet what ever. This started 07 the economy trashed in 08. So it was'nt like they just showed up and arrested him.
Johnny Seely I agree with you, but a small fine would have been ok, just that the thought of someone losing their freedom over something like this is scary, what can be next? Any time a politician has a hair across his ass towards someone they can abuse their power and make a citizen's life miserable. That $1,000 fine they wanted to impose on him would have gone a long way to finish the work. Thankfully a judge shot that down. We do not know the man's situation, so I will not judge the reason. It may or may not be legitimate, but jail is for criminals, not for someone who neglects his home
Ray Valdes I agree with jail is for criminals and u're right their should of been a non jail time answer
Johnny Seely; Its easy for you to say. You dont know what anothers persons situation is.
Johnny Seely You sound like a perfect candidate as an HOA board member…
No human compassion in our justice system! Waste of taxpayer's money!! We have the same problems in our county. A man provided shelter for the homeless. The county said he was not in compliance with codes. Instead of helping the man (lot's of homeless people here) they fought him for years and finally shut him down. Now we have homeless parking on streets and sleeping everywhere! The city deserves what the end result is!!
WOW, that shows the ignorance of a person who is not working in the mainstream of America.
Of course, looking at your skills with the English language I am guessing that you are not so wealthy that you have funds to undertake a majer (sic) remodleing (sic) job and are more likely on the side where you have never been involved because you have never owned a home.
The fact is that people don't always finance everything. Most go along as they are able to afford to and spend the money as they have it. Some finance and make payments, but then he would have lost his house.
In this case it appears that the gentleman chose to feed his children over completing the house and the City, as painfully unaware of reality as you seem to be should be ashamed!
WOW, that shows the ignorance of a person who is not working in the mainstream of America.
Of course, looking at your skills with the English language I am guessing that you are not so wealthy that you have funds to undertake a majer (sic) remodleing (sic) job and are more likely on the side where you have never been involved because you have never owned a home.
The fact is that people don't always finance everything. Most go along as they are able to afford to and spend the money as they have it. Some finance and make payments, but then he would have lost his house.
In this case it appears that the gentleman chose to feed his children over completing the house and the City, as painfully unaware of reality as you seem to be should be ashamed!
Ray Valdes,
Hey idiot, you have the money saved up and you don't EVER plan on your income remaining the same. Always plan for the worst. This guy didn't and the government was forced to impose a penalty for the violation.
A person that gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.
Gary De Pury wih winters as harsh as they have it's not wise to leave the sideing off
Johnny Seely,
Eat or siding? Gasoline to get to work or siding? Health insurance or siding?
In case you are not aware, the cost of living has skyrocketed in the past three years and to top that off , he lost his job!
I think the town counsel greatly overstepped the law in this case. Of course the gentleman didn't show up for court forcing the judges hands, but this is outlandish.
Johnny Seely,
Eat or siding? Gasoline to get to work or siding? Health insurance or siding?
In case you are not aware, the cost of living has skyrocketed in the past three years and to top that off , he lost his job!
I think the town counsel greatly overstepped the law in this case. Of course the gentleman didn't show up for court forcing the judges hands, but this is outlandish.
Justin Russo
The government was not FORCED to do anything! There is no OVER GOVERNMENT forceing them to act, they chose to act. Were they attempting to enforce local statutes….? Sure! But have some compassion! They certainly are not helping the city situation now as I am certain they will face overwhelming costs from this arrogant and ignorant move.
Justin Russo
I do not believe calling me an idiot over a disagreement shows anything but ignorance on your part. If you do not agree with the statements this is fine but resorting to name calling is the typical Liberal answer. I figured we would have had a more intelligent debate. I apologize for being wrong.
major not mager…extreme not exterme…Minnesota not minisota and uppercase letters on the first word of a sentence…Geez where did you go to school?
major not mager…extreme not exterme…Minnesota not minisota and uppercase letters on the first word of a sentence…Geez where did you go to school?
Anyone with a job starting a remodel project usually has the funds to finish it–however4, once you lose your job you need to prioitize what you do with available funds–i.e. food insurance, mortgage–siding should come last . . .
Anyone with a job starting a remodel project usually has the funds to finish it–however4, once you lose your job you need to prioitize what you do with available funds–i.e. food insurance, mortgage–siding should come last . . .
Your first four words were correct anyway. You ahve no way of knowing if he had the funds when he started or not, you obviously have no knowledge experience to understand why you would not buy all the materials up front on a project like this, and you have no idea if either party is telling the truth. Yet you act like you know what the deal is….wow.
Your first four words were correct anyway. You ahve no way of knowing if he had the funds when he started or not, you obviously have no knowledge experience to understand why you would not buy all the materials up front on a project like this, and you have no idea if either party is telling the truth. Yet you act like you know what the deal is….wow.
Ray Valdes you will never appeal to people like Russo, but do not give up, people like him are exactly what is wrong with this planet, and they are so weak in character they can only blame and jump on band wagons to validate their own existence. Thanks for taking the high road for those of us (not unlike myself) that sometimes let lack of temperament in the way of our thoughts.
Really how is it that you are so short sighted and ignorant?
Ray: This was not just a siding project; it was a massive 10 +-year project involving a large addition, all new plumbing/electrical/heating systems (which were not up to code), new roof/soffits/gutters, top-of-the-line Andersen windows/doors/sliders, two new bathrooms, not to mention tons of landscaping including boulder retaining walls, gardens, and 10 full-grown evergreens. Not being able to finish the siding was like running 26 miles of a marathon and not being able to finish the last few hundred yards because of a blown Achilles' heel. Our "heel" just happened to be catastrophic financial events. The home was purchased for $126,000 and, even in this down market, is for sale for $360,000
I have heard of idiotic things to be jailed over but this takes the cake. talk about power going to thier heads.
Its like them placing their hand on a bat instead of a Bible when being sworn in. It's one thing living in a big city where no one knows each other, but when I was raised out in the Country Side…. People Helped Each other. Ever heard of a Barn Raising
Its like them placing their hand on a bat instead of a Bible when being sworn in. It's one thing living in a big city where no one knows each other, but when I was raised out in the Country Side…. People Helped Each other. Ever heard of a Barn Raising
Matthew Jacobs: This country seems to be losing those values. This place that I and so many others have fought for is becoming a corporate corrupt country. It seems that it is every man for themselves.
Tom Golden
Yes, this country is losing the values of hard work, discipline and not making excuses by not completing a major remodeling job because you didn't have the funds in your account and you relied on your job to continue to provide the funds for the job. This is why there are so many people in foreclosure in this country. People used their home as a piggy bank in the early 2000's and were being foreclosed on in the late 2000's when their equity went negative, they lost their jobs, and they couldn't sell their home to cover their upside down mortgage, but then they don't take accountability for their own actions and they blame the bank and Uncle Sam for their stupidity.
Yes, I'll say our values have changed.
Justin Russo I really think you are a wacko. I would like to be around if someone decides you don't have a job anymore.
Ron Kimball
I don't think of him so much as a wacko but as being a rugged individualist.
Want to hear another idiotic reason to jail someone? A former navy buddy of mine was arested at the VA hospital, while under going rehab, from injuries, he lost a arm and part of one leg. The reason not paying child support while he was in in rehab , He's unable to work, hasn't got his pay for being discharged yet, and hasn't gotten disability yet. But the state says that's no excuse. but they let child molesters and rapist go free.
I read things like this and can't understand what we are fighting for. How do you go and lose major body parts while serving your country and then get treated like that. Its a disgrace.
It's a matter of principle. If the government never imposes penalties for violations, then people will continue to make foolish decisions to begin projects such as the above, without the funds in place to pay for them.
It's a matter of principle. If the government never imposes penalties for violations, then people will continue to make foolish decisions to begin projects such as the above, without the funds in place to pay for them.
Justin Russo It is not gov't job to police such things, nor should they. It is the right of every American to make bad decisions, no decisions or a ton of decisions without big brother watching.
Justin Russo Shaking my head. Cannot believe you really believe what you just wrote.
Justin Russo Principle? really? You don't throw a guy in jail for no siding. You take him to court and file a lien on his home or even foreclose on it. Being an HOA President I know I can't throw people in jail for little things like this. Code enforcement can't do it either. Even a judge can't here in Florida. It's not criminal. It falls under civil torts. Note to self not to go to Minnesota. Worried what else they might throw me in jail for…that shouldn't be called criminal. If it put his family's welfare at risk then throw him in jail for that since it could endanger his family, but for civil complaints here in my state they don't do stupid crap like this.
Ed Nason,
Really, at the expense of the tax payers?
Justin Russo, foolish decisions? are you crazy? the guy was fixing up his house and ran out of money. seems to me the city should just let him be and give him the time to fix it. improving ones property is NEVER bad decision. the bad decision was made when the judge sent him to jail
what's it any damn concern of the government about what your house looks like. did you read the story he lost his job in the middle of remodeling and did have money to finish at the time. so no its a crime to not finish a remodel project. but its ok to rape a child those people are declared insane and given a check, medical care, a free apartment.
Justin Russo , swinkums, when he began the project, he had the funds, you BO-Ho moron. More to the point, I assume you think the government should control everyone else's life, but not yours, because you're "special", right?
Justin Russo So you have never made a bad decision in your life or lost a job and ran out of funds unexpectedly? You need to lose the self-righteous attitude.
Justin Russo You must be an idiot!!!! the guy is in rehab for losing his an arm and part of a leg. Rehab for this is learning how to walk again and to live without an arm. He wasn't in rehab fpr dependency. Instead of a matter of principle why not a MATTER OF COMMON SENSE. If you are replying to the siding article you should have replied to that not John Magill comment. For a senoir software engineer you are not very smart and have no compassion. These courts have to start looking at the big picture and all the points of a case. Hey Justin go back to the witches of waverly place.
Justin Russo youre an idiot!
Tom Golden – it's more then a DISGRACE. It's unconscionable and disgusting. The bureaucrats and tin horn police are out of control, and it's time to show them how the cow eats the cabbage with lead and brass from a Browning.
Justin Russo wow you really are an idiot aren't you? People like you should not procreate. You seriously need a wake up call.
Well, I'm sorry to read about his problem. But, Justin is right if you don't have the funds for a project you need to find them to finish this.
I do not know what you have living in your area, but myself and many others do not want unfinished properties next to us. I take great pride in my home and the devaluing effect is there because of these unfinished homes.
Justin Russo YOU ARE A DORK!
Justin Russo YOU ARE A DORK!
Justin Russo : Foolish? How about an honest mistake?
Stephen McAvoy While I could agree with you on depreciation of homes and how things may look, you are missing the point…civil liberties and freedoms. Your selfishness for how things look and not knowing the full extent of this man's problems is part of what is leading to the downfall of society. Did he get in a car accident, did a child become really ill, did such an emergency come up that you couldn't possibly have planned for it? Oh wait, that's right, you guys who are FOR jailing this man have EVERYTHING in your lives in order. (Sarcasm) Believe me, if the shoe were on the other foot you wouldn't be singing this tune, any of you who are for jailing this man. What happens when they jail you for having an old gun that was passed down for generations or any other reason you feel the government should not come into your personal life? Blind sheep led to the slaughter are what you are, and no I am not a liberal, I am a Conservative with common sense and just retired out of the Marines.
And on the subject of this Naval Sailor, are you kidding me? There was no reason to go after him while dealing with his situation. It's clearly the "It's not my problem, just worried about my job and screw the decent thing to do or have understanding for anyone." In the VA Hospital?!!! Seriously?
Tom Golden Been like that since the Vietnam CONFLICT
Justin Russo Oh you're such a FKG Bureacractic Troll. It's to much to ask our Gov to make a decision on an individual situation.
Justin Russo It was at the expense of the tax payers because some liberal judge and city seat decided to make it so. That's the problem. Man, you really need to get your facts together, learn something, and maybe go back to school. For someone who supposedly is involved in software engineering you aren't very smart. Oh wait, you are the guy still throwing out old floppy discs and I am not talking the 3.5s. Yes, a little personal, but here's the deal, it's people like you that speak without thinking and end up ruining people's lives…without thinking.
Stephen McAvoy Not sure where you live, but some many places around here sit vacant. The properties are over grown and houses being foreclosed. Not sure but maybe you can help me figure out who I should have arrested for this. Come on, Justin is uneducated in the situation we have going on right now. The liberals want to give free stuff to those who can't afford their house but when someone runs out of money to fix the problem where are the liberals to protect this guy?
if you ever leave the country vacation or otherwise and owe child support or alimony, it is an immigration flag at customs. you will be denied reentry to the US until you have paid the amount due. during this time you obviously cannot work or receive income… and are stuck in limbo at whatever port you are in.
Evy Rosebrook They have some twisted DNA in the Human Gene Pool as you can see.
Justin Russo How is someone not siding their house costing tax payers? Really Juston, can you grasp at any more straws while you are at it? What people do with THEIR OWN PROPERTY should be THEIR DECISION.
Stephen McAvoy here is a fact – YOU CAN'T PICK YOUR NEIGHBORS! If you are worried about what your neighbors are doing, then buy a house in a Homeowners association. Otherwise, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. People who think they have a right to tell others what to do with THEIR PROPERTY are A-Holes!
Justin Russo
Come on this happened in some small town in Mina so cold. The mayor needs to learn how to pull the communitee together and not use the lazy way out by using a armed sheriff to knock on the man door to arrest him.
Justin Russo And this affects the universe how? But its ok to teach kindergarden students about gays and lesbians.
Justin Russo wELL, GEEWHIZ….EVERYTHING SHOULD ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED SHOULDN'T IT?
i THINK THE CITY LEADERS SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THE GUY A BREAK. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, HE DIDN'T NOT FINISH IT ON PURPOSE. tHE WHOLE THING IS JUST RIDICULOUS IMHO.
eVEN THE JUDGE RULED AGAINST THE CITY FOR THE 1000 DOLLAR FINE. WHY PAY THE CITY THAT MONEY…WHEN HE NEEDED THE MONEY TO FINISH HIS HOUSE? tHAT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN PADDING SMEONE ELSE'S POCKET PROBABLY.
Justin Russo by your logic my husband and i would be in jail for the same thing. we started remodeling or home when both of us were working at great jobs. then i was diagnosed with cancer and a fungal infection that nearly took my life. for 4 years our remodel was put on hold because of it. now does being thrown in jail for that sound like the right thing?
Justin Russo I have been staring at the back of a neighbor's house with unfinished siding for at least ten years (true story). It never occured to me that I could or should have him jailed for that. Just like he shouldn't be able to have me jailed if he doesn't like the color I paint my garage.
Stop using common sense !! It's not allowed anymore.
Justin Russo : why don't they go after people that let their houses go into disrepair….?
Justin Russo Time to take a long hard look at government
Not difficult to understand why governments would like to disarm the citizenry.
Justin Russo are you fucking kidding me? I can't wait for hard times to hit you and when no one gives a shit and the gub't comes a knockin, don't you dare whine. Moron.
what gives anyone the right to force their ideals on to you? its their property, so let them keep it as they see fit. half sided? who cares. not everyone can afford to have the nicest house so why do you advocate this is enforced by government fist?
what gives anyone the right to force their ideals on to you? its their property, so let them keep it as they see fit. half sided? who cares. not everyone can afford to have the nicest house so why do you advocate this is enforced by government fist?
whatever happened to a community gathering together and helping out a neighbor? Let's just call the city and complain like whiney babies instead.
gov't is getting too arrogant and powerful. They did give the man a lot of time, but jail? I wonder how this has affected this man's job. Did he lose it because of being unavailable for work (while in jail and on home arrest). Really, though, it would have been nice if some community group, friends, church whatever would have helped. Perhaps more attention should have been paid to finding a solution to the situation by all parties involved.
It's a tough call, because after 4 years of telling him to get it done, this did finally incite some action. Personally I doubt he would have gone to jail if he had showed up for his court date. That's why he got a warrant.
It's a tough call, because after 4 years of telling him to get it done, this did finally incite some action. Personally I doubt he would have gone to jail if he had showed up for his court date. That's why he got a warrant.
its was a case of the government of showing people they are the boss. he should sue the city for false arrest and emotional distess if i was on that jury i'd award him a load of money.
Send you back to jail
Mike Fuston Me too! I would have had no problem awarding him city hall…
Paul Haugen , was that directed my way? I haven't been there. Not sure why you'd think I had been. Explain if you would like to. Have a blessed day. ( :
He wasn't jailed specifically for not finishing the siding. He was jailed for not showing up in court. They send you notices for these kinds of things. Ignore judges at your peril.
Yes he was…he was ordered to appear to turn himself in to go to jail…read the article a little more closely…"Faber was given a deadline in 2011 – either complete the work on his house or report to jail." The bench warrant was issued in addition to the punishment already ordered….
Yes he was…he was ordered to appear to turn himself in to go to jail…read the article a little more closely…"Faber was given a deadline in 2011 – either complete the work on his house or report to jail." The bench warrant was issued in addition to the punishment already ordered….
Jim: In December 2010, he was ordered to complete the siding (and seed the lawn) by June 1, or turn himself into jail. We completed the work (with the exception of a small ribbon of stone finishing work between the stucco and the stone) on May 21. We thought we had fully complied. Mitch was never notified that Burnsville still did not consider the work in compliance, nor was he informed there was a warrant for his arrest.
This is a bunch of Crap! The city officials must have been bullied in school and are now getting revenge by acting like bullies themselves. They should be very ashamed. The guy was in process of re-modelling his house for the betterment of his neighborhood. He tried to comply and because the work was only 98% complete they arrest him. This is an outrage. I hope Karma takes care of all the city officials involved. And you know what Burnsville "Screw your stupid law". Freakin A-Holes.
The Suprmem Court ruled today that the EPA can be sued by citizens who feel they have been wronged. So too has this guy who didn't finish his home imporvment project…the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Too many rules and regulations make criminals of us all… I sense we're near a tipping point. People have grown weary of government intrusivness in our personal lives…
OUTSTANDING! Do you have the case?
Gary De Pury Here is the case http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/21/supreme-court-sides-with-idaho-property-owners-over-epa/
almost everythng is a crime. I'm surprise passing gas isn't a crime.
There have been a couple of cases where school children have been suspended from school, banned from school buses for passing gas, Mike. Better take that Beano!!!
I'm certain the EPA would have something to say about it
The EPA has begun to try to regulate and charge a fee to farmers for the gas that thier cattle pass. (Claiming that cow flatulence is harmfull to air quality and contributes to "global climate change".) The intrusion of the government into our lives is reaching critical mass. Somebody light a match…..just not too close to a flatulent cow.
Or a bus full of school children!
Mike Fuston there was a man arrested for passing gas in a "threatening manor" in the presence of a cop.
Mike Fuston there was a man arrested for passing gas in a "threatening manor" in the presence of a cop.
Yet we can't even stand together to get rid of HOAs that regulate us down to the length of our grass. :s
Mike Fuston But it is, Mike. In a crowded theater.
SHHHHHHHHH! Don't give em any ideas …….
SHHHHHHHHH! Don't give em any ideas …….
Kenneth Andrews What is really telling is that they got some stupid Judge to take that case. I would have thrown the prosecutor and Cop out of my courtroom.
Well what do you expect, its Minnesota. They vote for fucking idiots like Franken "who cheated" and fake flake Klobochar. Weirdos. Its worse than California in Minnesota. Glad I live in Williston ND.
Mike Fuston get surprised it is a crime in some places. I just read a story last week about a guy who was arrested for farting on a police officer
Mike Fuston Funny you would say that because a man actually was arrested not to long ago for farting by a policeman. Google "man arrested for farting." The charges were dropped. Tax payer dollars hard at work.
So I can pour toxic waste on my yard? yea!!!! moron
RON PAUL 2012
Amanda Alis Volat Propriis -Ron Paul is not in favor of public fire departments, food safety, or environmental rules. He also favors allowing businesses the right to serve only whites, and does not believe we need any protection against discrimination. Ron Paul is honest, bu backwards in a very bad way.
Mike Fuston It prolly is if you do it in a public building, I'd say LOL, but it just makes me sad…
Mike Fuston Methane polution. Requires protective breathing equipment. Also as greenhouse gas must measure production and obtain appropriate filter for any biological contaminants. Gas must be contained, stored and disposed of properly and used as alternative fuel.
I can't believe that these assclown politicians have nothing better to do with their time. Seriously, they do realize that the economy is in the dump and the million other problems hard working Americans are having. Maybe they should pull their heads out of their asses and concentrate on other problems like local unemployment and crime. Maybe it is easier to screw over an honest citizen to raise arrest stats so they can get more funding so they can give themselves raises.
Once again, if this guy had planned properly, and not relied on his income to remain the same, he wouldn't have been in this situation. Yes, he deserves this treatment for the simple fact that he needs to learn to stop making excuses. Typical liberal flap.
Once again, if this guy had planned properly, and not relied on his income to remain the same, he wouldn't have been in this situation. Yes, he deserves this treatment for the simple fact that he needs to learn to stop making excuses. Typical liberal flap.
Justin Russo You are the problem! You are a fine Liberal, go sit with OBam!
Justin Russo Wait till they come for you. This was this mans PRIVATE property. I realize you young liberals view private property as theft, like most communist do, but it was his property to do with what he liked. I bet there are derelict houses all over that city and their owners aren't in jail.
Justin Russo You're an idiot Justin. Sounds like you need an ass whippin.
Justin Russo You're an idiot Justin. Sounds like you need an ass whippin.
Gerald Cherry,
I'm a conservative. The government did their job in stopping this liberal idiot.
Samuel Sprayberry ,
I'm a 40 year old conservative, so up your's pal.
Justin, You are a confused conservative. If the city wanted siding so bad they should have put it up themselves. With all the money that was wasted on this they probably could have sided his house 5 times.
Justin Russo – So he wasnt supposed to plan on his income being the same? what was he supposed to do? Plan on his income being zero? then of course he would never do the project and stop paying the mortgage and go into foreclosure. I bet that house would look nice being vacant with no upkeep. then who would the city fine? so Justin have you ever been out of work? have your home plummet in value and either let it go for nothing or try and stay in it and do the best you can. this guy is doing just that doing the best he can. and call me a liberal and youll find your precious keyboard has a new home.
1. Someone voted for these morons so they must be representing someone . . . 2. There shouldn't BE a law that cares if your siding project is done (not with the amount of falling down foreclosures in the country) 3. I hope Justin loses his job so he can see for himself what a complete jerk he is on this situation
1. Someone voted for these morons so they must be representing someone . . . 2. There shouldn't BE a law that cares if your siding project is done (not with the amount of falling down foreclosures in the country) 3. I hope Justin loses his job so he can see for himself what a complete jerk he is on this situation
Justin Russo You must have me mistaken for a tree huggin hippy. I'm no liberal, I just think that a-hole politicians should be more concerned with doing, I DON"T KNOW, more important things like taking care of unemployment or finding ways to prevent small businesses from going or protecting our children or finding ways to take a pay cut. The list goes on and on. If you think that manpower and money to house and process a guy because he is missing siding, during a time when law enforcement struggles to stay afloat, then you are entitled to your opinion, it doesn't mean I need to agree.
Justin Russo You must have me mistaken for a tree huggin hippy. I'm no liberal, I just think that a-hole politicians should be more concerned with doing, I DON"T KNOW, more important things like taking care of unemployment or finding ways to prevent small businesses from going or protecting our children or finding ways to take a pay cut. The list goes on and on. If you think that manpower and money to house and process a guy because he is missing siding, during a time when law enforcement struggles to stay afloat, then you are entitled to your opinion, it doesn't mean I need to agree.
Justin Russo I'm confused. I don't see a liberal slant to the story. How or what was the man who was doing the remodeling supposed to plan? I re-did my bathroom over 2 months because I couldn't pay for it all at once. Plenty of people do it that way. Is there another way of doing it outside of taking out a loan in a down economy and tightened credit scrutiny?
Justin Russo No one deserves to be jailed for what this man was jailed for. If you can't see that you truly do not understand what freedom is and one day you will be behind bars for something similar and wonder what happened. Of course you could do us all a favor and send the money to this man so he can finish his home or move to another country.
Justin Russo
Well , …Your a idiot. Have a nice day
Justin Russo – Are you serious? Have you ever lost a job due to being laid off, no work in your chosen field, or because the government has our economy so screwed up with debt no one is hiring. You must be young with no idea what other people have to contend with. Be careful what you say, the wheel may come around and you will find yourself in a similar circumstance standing before a narcissistic judge on the government payroll pontificating how you should handle your finances better as he throws you in debtors prison. Judges are nothing more than hyped up lawyers who think they are better than the rest of us. I see it everyday in court. If they couldn't impose fines or fill the jails with non-criminal types there would be no need for them causing them to have to get real jobs in the private sector that wouldn't put up with their holy than thou attitude.
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Justin Russo …. You are an idiot. It's losers like yourself who sit on these city and town boards. Probably born with a silver spoon in your mouth and don't realize what a hard days work really is or having to make ends meet. Please don't breed. People like you are the ones destroying our country.
Justin Russo I do not know what school of thought you come from Justin, if any. I am not saying this to be mean or rude, but you are completely ignorant of the roll of Government if you actually believe what you are saying – you might want to hit the books. But further, just from a human interest standpoint, I really must ask you why it is you think you know what that man needs to learn? How on earth could you possibly know his situation? The problem really IS people like you that actually believe they are all seeing and all knowing and feel entitled to make decisions for other people. You are delusional. Trust me. You are not qualified. So here is something you should do. Keep your nose out of other people's business. If you don't, someday somebody is going to decide that is a punishable offense and arrest you and put you in chains. And although I would on principal be opposed to it, quite frankly I would rather enjoy the spectacle of it.
Justin Russo- not everyone is an anal retentive engineer with detailed plans on every aspect of their lives. I have also started home projects and have had to stop for months or years at a time because of other responsibilities, lak of time, lack of space- fortunantly, I have never had to stop due to lack of funds, but that puts me in the minority in this country, at this time. Jailing someone for a code violation that is purely cosmetic, when the reason is that the governmrnt didn't bail him out along with the banks and car companies, is "cruel and unusual" punishment. I am sure that the money spent by the local government on this case would have been enough to finish the siding. What's next? Do we re-institute debtors prison and indentured servitude? Do we start making bad luck and poverty a crime? Do we continue to spend billions on half-assed social programs for people who never contributed anything to this society, and other pork, but not on getting our country's s–t together? This event was SHAMEFUL- the names of all the city politicians, inspectors, sheriffs and judges that put this man in prison should be widely publicized as the poster children for the abusive, short-sighted, rigid idiots that form our governments (local, state, and federal) today.
Thats why we have to fire all the Democrats in November.
Gerald Cherry You know if anybody is a libtard in this country they should be tried for treason or executed a terrible painful death. Fuckin gays, homos, occupy, peta, epa and liberals.
Justin Russo you are NO conservative you Ahole! A conservative is AGAINST GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, certainly regulations against PRIVATE PROPERTY! So run along, mommy is calling you ya up from the basement you dumbazz LIBERAL!
Pbrse Ryan Democrats??? whoa there. I'm a conservative, but even I know that for quite some time this kind of crap is being supported equally by republicans and democrats. they are the same In fact, our so called conservative senator Grassley in Iowa voted for the NDAA with the indefinite detention provision while our extremely liberal Democrat Senator Harkin voted it down. Lindsay Graham, John McCain both republicans stripping our constitution under the guise of "keeping us sake". We need to get over this big lie that there is a difference between democrats and republicans. Truth is they are bought and paid for by the same corrupt banks and corporations. No difference. Republicrats have always had the power. We need to wake up to that.
Justin Russo
With your logic nobody should ever buy a new car with financing. Or buy a house for that matter, unless bought with cash. You're an idiot, please keep your stupid comments in your head.
Justin Russo– Well snookums, you had better start storing supplies, this will not be countenanced, always.
Justin Russo you can't always plan ahead. unexpected things happen all the time. Try not to be such a senseless dweeb.
Justin Russo: A senior software engineer should not stand in judgement of a mostly unemployed commoner. WWJD
Jerry Col EXACTLY! The gov't is FULL of Mr. Russo's and that is the tip of the ice berg…the problem is you have to be rich to run for office so all these rich bastards are making the laws that govern us poor people trying to feed our babies and going into MOUNTAINOUS debt to get through college so we can give our kids a shot at not having to worry about how the electric bill is going to get paid. m/
We bail out GM, Tarp Wall Street and banks, and give the idiots who caused the crises, who are already well healed, huge bonuses. Yet, for the most part, law abiding citizens are fined, tasered, their properties are liened, or they are jailed for flying American Flags, disobeying small time beurocrates who act with totalitarian overkill and zeal, for planting flowers in their yards, and are subjected to other atrocities that are usually the domain of dictatorial countries. Between ridiculous HOAs, self-serving boards of community associations, out of whack local ordinances, and state and Federal regulations that are overbearing and killing our economy is this really the United States of America? Regulations for public safety is necessary. For esthetics and to placate those who get into positions of power or are leaned on by those who they helped get into those positions is beyond the pale. Judges who throw citizens in jail because they cannot afford to complete a project due to being out of work, or having diminished economic capacity, is nothing more than instituting debtors prisons. These judges should be removed from the bench, forced to serve some of their own idiotic sentences they hand out, and be disbarred. Remember the Bastille? Remember our own American Revolution against tyranny? I'm afraid all our history of trying to create a nation of fairness, despite periods of not always being fair but correcting those shortcomings, is just that, a memory. Regulations for regulations sake is out of control. Our beurocrates and courts are out of control while Americans sleeps as long as it does not affect them individually. Wake up America, one day it will be you who goes to jail over a "civil" disagreement with the powers you put into office. If you do not overtly protect your freedoms you do not deserve them.
We bail out GM, Tarp Wall Street and banks, and give the idiots who caused the crises, who are already well healed, huge bonuses. Yet, for the most part, law abiding citizens are fined, tasered, their properties are liened, or they are jailed for flying American Flags, disobeying small time beurocrates who act with totalitarian overkill and zeal, for planting flowers in their yards, and are subjected to other atrocities that are usually the domain of dictatorial countries. Between ridiculous HOAs, self-serving boards of community associations, out of whack local ordinances, and state and Federal regulations that are overbearing and killing our economy is this really the United States of America? Regulations for public safety is necessary. For esthetics and to placate those who get into positions of power or are leaned on by those who they helped get into those positions is beyond the pale. Judges who throw citizens in jail because they cannot afford to complete a project due to being out of work, or having diminished economic capacity, is nothing more than instituting debtors prisons. These judges should be removed from the bench, forced to serve some of their own idiotic sentences they hand out, and be disbarred. Remember the Bastille? Remember our own American Revolution against tyranny? I'm afraid all our history of trying to create a nation of fairness, despite periods of not always being fair but correcting those shortcomings, is just that, a memory. Regulations for regulations sake is out of control. Our beurocrates and courts are out of control while Americans sleeps as long as it does not affect them individually. Wake up America, one day it will be you who goes to jail over a "civil" disagreement with the powers you put into office. If you do not overtly protect your freedoms you do not deserve them.
I thought debtors prison was something of the past.
Yea, I thought so too. Apparently the kooks on AM radio are right: we are being turned into a bunch of slaves.
Yea, I thought so too. Apparently the kooks on AM radio are right: we are being turned into a bunch of slaves.
History repeats itself. Just wait till you see the stocks on High Street
Samuel Sprayberry Then maybe they aren't kooks after all?
Just sayin'.
What's next? Flowers in front yard not up to code?
Rich Dugger -they are liars on the first order.If you don't question Beck and Limbaugh and Hannity and Bortz, then you are their willing minions. They spew lies and hatred to serve the rich masters that control our country. Fools that believe government does the controlling are sheeple for the bankers, and billionaires. Open your eyes and don't be punked.
Rich Dugger -they are liars on the first order.If you don't question Beck and Limbaugh and Hannity and Bortz, then you are their willing minions. They spew lies and hatred to serve the rich masters that control our country. Fools that believe government does the controlling are sheeple for the bankers, and billionaires. Open your eyes and don't be punked.
Gov't should fear its people not the other way around. How far off course our country has gone, and I fear, never to return.
government I have just one thing to say go "fu*k you`re selves".
maybe its time for the people of this town to throw the officals out of office. its time for a recall when they put people in jail for not having the money to remodel their house.
Here are the names of the Burnsville, MN city council members: Bill Coughlin 13204 Longview Dr.
Burnsville, MN 5533 (952) 431-6745, Dan Kealey 1617 Highpoint Curve Burnsville, MN 55337, Elizabeth Kautz 12501 Nicollet Ave, Unit 406 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 894-3230, Dan Gustafson 1305 Lacota Ln.
Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 707-0926, and Mary Sherry 1504 Chateaulin Ln Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 432-1265.
Feel free to contact them and let them know that what they are doing is wrong and that their reign will come to an end…we got rid of tyranny once in this country and we WILL do it again.
You are a sick individual for publishing personal info. If you do not live in Burnsville, these are not your elected officials. What if people living in Burnsville support this action? Maybe this guy is lazy person that only acts when forced to? My guess is that he is a tax cheat, owes child support, and is behind on his bills. He is probably the guy with the sign on the road asking for hand outs. This is up to the people of Burnsville…………
You are a sick individual for publishing personal info. If you do not live in Burnsville, these are not your elected officials. What if people living in Burnsville support this action? Maybe this guy is lazy person that only acts when forced to? My guess is that he is a tax cheat, owes child support, and is behind on his bills. He is probably the guy with the sign on the road asking for hand outs. This is up to the people of Burnsville…………
Paul Haugen If you are a public official, your information should be public so your constituents can contact you. If you don't like it, don't run for office. But I wouldn't expect common sense of someone who so eloquently passes ignorant judgment.
Here are the names of the Burnsville, MN city council members: Bill Coughlin 13204 Longview Dr.
Burnsville, MN 5533 (952) 431-6745, Dan Kealey 1617 Highpoint Curve Burnsville, MN 55337, Elizabeth Kautz 12501 Nicollet Ave, Unit 406 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 894-3230, Dan Gustafson 1305 Lacota Ln.
Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 707-0926, and Mary Sherry 1504 Chateaulin Ln Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 432-1265.
Feel free to contact them and let them know that what they are doing is wrong and that their reign will come to an end…we got rid of tyranny once in this country and we WILL do it again.
If the man lost his job, how can he pay for it? Went to jail over siding? I would put a for sale sign up and leave that city and never return. So glad I don't live where they have stupid rules like that. Its my house, if I want to live in a dump or raise hogs in my back yard I can. I don't but its my choice, not somebody's down the street or in a town hall somewhere.
If the man lost his job, how can he pay for it? Went to jail over siding? I would put a for sale sign up and leave that city and never return. So glad I don't live where they have stupid rules like that. Its my house, if I want to live in a dump or raise hogs in my back yard I can. I don't but its my choice, not somebody's down the street or in a town hall somewhere.
Should never have to give up your home because of the government. Should find folks like yourself that believe in the cause and fight with everything you have.
Sounds like this guy was taking an awful long time to get his project finished. He started in 2007. I'm suprised he hadn't already recieved a fine.. Sounds like he would have held out on getting it done if he had recieved a fine. It's ridiculous that he started a project before he had the money to finish it. He obviously thought he would have the money to do the job as he went along and never thought there would be a recession. That's not the way you do a project like this. Yes it was extreme to arrest him but if he had been fined he would still be dragging his feet. Rocking a house is expensive, maybe he should consider doing something different so he can just get it done. Maybe he should have considered doing something different in the first place.
@Brandy – Can you foresee every single possible action? If you can see into the future, I would start playing the lottery, stock market, etc. Sometimes things come up that are not expected. No one can foresee for example getting fired, a family emergency, things like that.
Yes people should plan but you can't plan out every possible scenario unless you are someone who can see the future.
Kelly Calder That's kind of my point. You can't see the future. You don't start a siding project thinking you'll buy a few rocks at a time and put them up on the side of your house. Either start out with a siding you can afford when you start or wait till you've saved up the money to side your house with rock before starting. This isn't one of those projects that you can do a little at a time. This has gone on five years. This isn't just about the economy.
Brandy Murdock Melton How do you know what he had planned out? Maybe he had all the details planned out and had a timeline and then whoops got fired at work or had an emergency and it had to get put on hold. So he's supposed to expect bad things to happen and know exactly when or where and how much money? You can plan out projects but doesn't mean they'll always go that way. Do you foresee yourself losing your job when you start a project? Just saying.
Kelly Calder It's obvious he didn't plan it out well. He never says he lost his job. He says he was prepared to pay fines. Doesn't sound like a desperate person to me. It's been five years. People need to stop making excuses for their poor choices. He really never gives any details of why he didn't finish the job. If he had purchased all his material at one time to complete the project it would be done. I've seen houses sided with brick before it takes a few days or a week not years. He was waiting to go through all the fines and delays before he faced getting arrested and the city didn't give him that.
Brandy Murdock Melton Did you read the article? “It’s basically a stretch of bad luck that things haven’t been finished,” he said in court documents. “It was a remodel job where there’s a new roof, new windows, new doors, new everything; but with the economy being what it is, it’s just been very difficult; and being unemployed the last three summers, it’s been tough generating revenue; so it’s a matter of trying to get it done as quickly as possible.”
He's been unemployed and the judge ruled against the fine. There doesn't seem to have been multiple fines – just one that was waived. He even said he was in the middle of finishing.
I can only go off what is in the article which might not be the whole story. But it doesn't seem like he wasn't trying to finish it. I guess he should've hired the people you know to finish it.
If it took the rest of his life he shouldn't have been jailed… Now if you kill some one then you don't need to be worried about jail or bail just ask OJ our government is FUBAR!!!
now this is ridiculous. talk about people on a power trip. he was sent to jail because they did not get their way and they abused their power as town officials. As long as he didn't have rats or garbage in his front yard…i wonder if the people who lodged the complaints were friends or relatives of the officials. Shit like this pisses me off. THIS is what's wrong with America. you've got people who are assholes in power. People need to protest about something on their houses and just keep on complaining. I know that it's immature and counterproductive but sometimes jerks like these people don't understand any better.
More govt control,,, its growing everyday.
Something you all may not be aware of, but I found out about it in my Governmental Accounting class in college. If the county or city does not have the funds to pay it's debt, the county or city can take your property without due process and sell it to pay the debt. Essentially, if the government doesn't have enough to pay it's bills, it can sell your house to pay the bill. And you get nothing in return.
Why are we sitting here posting. We should all be out protesting what that city did to that man. If we don't try and stop this nonsense, they will come for us next.
It's good those city officials aren't enforcing codes in Germany. Half of the country would be in jail for an unfinished house…what BS!
It seems that debtor prisons DO EXIST in the USA….
As long as we say that its ok for the government to lock people up for using/growing drugs in the privacy of their own homes, then nothing surprises me. People act shocked when a homeowner is sent to jail over siding, but don't bat an eye when someone producing opiates gets locked up for 20 years? We live in a fucked up republic.
How arrogant. The citizens of this county should vote these insensetive jerks out of office so they can see how difficult it is to be unemployed.
How arrogant. The citizens of this county should vote these insensetive jerks out of office so they can see how difficult it is to be unemployed.
first, they said that he was out of work since 2007. Then, they said that he was arrested while on his way to WORK. WASSUP?
Second, that is one large house! YIKES! Mortgage payments alone, plus taxes, must be monstrous.
first, they said that he was out of work since 2007. Then, they said that he was arrested while on his way to WORK. WASSUP?
Second, that is one large house! YIKES! Mortgage payments alone, plus taxes, must be monstrous.
so, basically, this guy got thrown in jail because he was unemployed. government has gone mad and if things keep going this way, I see only trouble ahead.
Our gov't is so worseless and they are a bunch of losers. It's sad that they waste their money on arresting someone for not finishing a remodeling job when half of our leaders local and federal are probably guilty of something much more serious than this.
"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."
"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force."
Ayn Rand
Well, this IS the state that elected Jesse Ventura as Governor, so….yeah.
Well I'm not sure your comment makes sense because anyone that knows Governor Ventura knows he would be outraged over the governments actions described above.
Michael W Sloat Ventura is a raving loon.
David Tilley I would rather have a "raving loon" who wants to cut down the size of rampant government than these "sane" city leaders!
Fred Underwood If you want to have somebody who things 9/11 was an inside job as governor, you go right ahead. I'll pass. Jesse Venture is a nutjob. I think he must've taken a few too many blows to the head.
WTF. People comment that he shouildn't of started the project unless he had the money to finish it. Now think, if that's possible, have you ever bought a new car? Did you pay cash? No? How did you know that you wouldn't become unemployed and not be able to pay off the car. Maybe you should just be thrown in jail.
I built a new house. I paid for it as I built it with money from my fulltime job. It took me five years. I had NO monthly payments. My property was worth 25,000 when I started, after I finished I sold it for 150,000. Maybe I should of been thrown in jail cause it took me so long. Then the State could of sold my property and kept the money to pay for my stay in jail.
You have got to be F'n kidding me… What is wrong with our society today. With everything going on in the world, this is what these "retarded" city leaders have to worry about? They must be living in frickin' mayberry. Do me a favor….go kill yourselves. The rest of the gene-pool doesn't need you.
Probably time to remove and replace our government.
there is the hope and change the left was talking about.
I see this as more of an indication of our society breaking down than the government harassing the downtrodden. People do not care about thier fellow man more than they care about thier property values. Who were the ones who repeatedly called the city and complained about the guy's house being an eyesore but his neighbors. Instead of finding out why his siding wasn't finished and coming together to maybe find a solution that benifits everyone they instead sat in thier fully sided houses and complained about it. They brought in the government. Let me put this in a way hopefully you can understand. Lets say that they are children on a playground. One of the kids is slightly annoying all the other kids. Instead of just one of those kids trying to find out why hes doing this and maybe help him not be so annoying they call in the local bully. The bully shows up and everyone stands around watching the bully beat this kid up. Everyone hates the bully but the problem is solved and no one had to do anything. Unfortunately now the bully has even more power and now runs the playground. Now the kids sit around complaining about the bully. They blame the bully for all thier problems and refuse to recognize they are the reason the bully now runs the playground. GET IT?
Sometimes one has to step back and look at the whole picture to get its meaning.
Painting, Photograph, Artist Rendition…it's in the eye of the beholder. My house was falling apart and I, sad to say, had bitchy neighbors. I simply concentrated on those who were willing to help me instead of complaining with a suggestion or SOULution…thank you very much.
I am yet again amazed at the amount of people who still don't get it and sadly never will. One lone woman cannot win against an "army" of ignorance nor those who draw thier power from it.
what's next if you start to upgrade your computer and run out of money to finish it youll go to jail for that. This sounds stupid but no more than going to jail cause you didn't finish a remodeling project.
what's next if you start to upgrade your computer and run out of money to finish it youll go to jail for that. This sounds stupid but no more than going to jail cause you didn't finish a remodeling project.
Good ol' Liberal, Democrat voting Minnesota.
Good ol' Liberal, Democrat voting Minnesota.
I'm confused…so this city in Minnesota has a code that if you don't finish upgrades on your house you go to jail? I mean how easy do they think it is to side a house – especially if you don't have money? Man I'm glad the town I lived in didn't have that or my dad would've been in jail. We started painting the house like almost 20 years ago and it's still not finished – due to the same issues as this man. Financial. Dad working two jobs. No time.
This sounds pretty ridiculous to send someone to jail for and not work out some sort of timeline considering the guy just didn't have the money to finish it. Crap happens that people don't account for. I would hope he had originally had a plan but we can't foresee everything…this is weird.
This is absolute madness! I'm a secular progressive and the complete opposite of Todd Starnes in almost every way. But here I am in complete agreement!
I wonder if the city leaders are contemplating debtors prisons yet?
Remind me, if I ever forget, to NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER visit MN and especially NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER step one foot in BURNSVILLE, MN or DAKOTA COUNTY. The Gestopo and the lunatics are all living in that area and have ceded from the USA. Time to load up the Remingtons and Brownings, pack up the SUVs and head to Burnsville to clean out the looney pens.
He spent 2 days in jail and had to shower in front of the sherrif because he failed to appear as ordered. They issued a bench warrant (always a no-bail situation) to compel him to appear as ordered. Not because of siding. He was just dodging the issue like he had for the last 3 years. Seriously… 3 years?