Court Officials Who Jailed a Veteran for Living Off-Grid Were “Just Doing Their Jobs”

[Jmac00]

^^^This was the 1st thought I had as well.

REMEMBER, .gov has to take care of everything,..... just ask morons like the new class(less) dumb-o-crats!!

I wouldn't let them tie in to my place if I didn't want it, why should he have to pay a "minimum", for something he doesn't want. I'd see them EFers in court. EF that! My property, my EFing rules. As long as I'm not doing anything illegal they could kiss my ass!

This is still America!!

ok, so Mr truitt had to get a couple permits (@$11) and connect to the city sewer and get a variance to live in a trailer within city limits.

Mr Truitt was violating city ordenance by not connecting to the sewer. I have no problem with whatever else he was doing, but sanitation in this situation is a faily big issue

to me it seems Mr Truitt is just being a jerk. He could have easily just got the permits and the variance for whatever it cost him to go to court to "fight" this issue. And it seems the city was willing to work with him to resolve the matter, yet he refused.

It seems to me all he had to do was connect to the city sewer and get a variance, whats the big deal?

 

[@thewheels]

Marine veteran loses court fight, but vows not to move home

From the linked article:

"Jury forewoman Cindy Golub said the panel of 10 women and two men sympathized with Truitt and took several votes to reach a verdict. "We wish him the best," Golub said, "but the law's the law."

Ignorant dumbass jurists.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

ok, so Mr truitt had to get a couple permits (@$11) and connect to the city sewer and get a variance to live in a trailer within city limits.

Mr Truitt was violating city ordenance by not connecting to the sewer. I have no problem with whatever else he was doing, but sanitation in this situation is a faily big issue

to me it seems Mr Truitt is just being a jerk. He could have easily just got the permits and the variance for whatever it cost him to go to court to "fight" this issue. And it seems the city was willing to work with him to resolve the matter, yet he refused.

It seems to me all he had to do was connect to the city sewer and get a variance, whats the big deal?

It's the principle of it all. Why should he have to connect to the sewer? No one around me is connected to a sewer. Hell there is no sewer to be connected to. This is again all about money and control. Governments absolutely abhor the ability of it's citizens being self sufficient. It makes their jobs moot and stops money from flowing in.

 

[Jmac00]

It's the principle of it all. Why should he have to connect to the sewer? No one around me is connected to a sewer. Hell there is no sewer to be connected to. This is again all about money and control. Governments absolutely abhor the ability of it's citizens being self sufficient. It makes their jobs moot and stops money from flowing in.

well, do you KNOW there is no sewer connction? Does he have a leech field? what exactly does he have for sanitation? Does he have a spetic system?

it is a known fact he lives within the city limits, so it's reasonable to assume there is a sewer connction available.

But if he has none of that, whats he doing about sewage? would you want to be this guys neighbor if he was simply dumping sewage on the ground

I completely agree with you when it comes to Living free. I have an off grid cabin in the Adirondacks. I had a complex, and annoying, sewage system that I eliminated last year, and I installed a composting toilet. But even in remote areas of the Adirondacks there is a building code. I can pretty much do whatever I want without a permit, but if you get caught, the fine maybe higher than the permit was in the first place.

I have no problem with this guy gathering his own water, making his own power and growing his own food, I do have a problem with his sewage situation, that all Im saying. Fix the sewer and we are all good

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

well, do you KNOW there is no sewer connction? Does he have a leech field? what exactly does he have for sanitation? Does he have a spetic system?

it is a known fact he lives within the city limits, so it's reasonable to assume there is a sewer connction available.

But if he has none of that, whats he doing about sewage? would you want to be this guys neighbor if he was simply dumping sewage on the ground

I completely agree with you when it comes to Living free. I have an off grid cabin in the Adirondacks. I had a complex, and annoying, sewage system that I eliminated last year, and I installed a composting toilet. But even in remote areas of the Adirondacks there is a building code. I can pretty much do whatever I want without a permit, but if you get caught, the fine maybe higher than the permit was in the first place.

I have no problem with this guy gathering his own water, making his own power and growing his own food, I do have a problem with his sewage situation, that all Im saying. Fix the sewer and we are all good

Do I know if he has a sewer connection or me? For myself, we have no sewer. If you go into town you won't even find a storm drain. As far as this guy I have no clue how he's set up. But this is more about the permitting. We'd have to get information on what he has set up for sewage. They didn't get into that at all in the video. But apparently they have a problem with him collecting his own water as well.

 

[Bob]

Do I know if he has a sewer connection or me? For myself, we have no sewer. If you go into town you won't even find a storm drain. As far as this guy I have no clue how he's set up. But this is more about the permitting. We'd have to get information on what he has set up for sewage. They didn't get into that at all in the video. But apparently they have a problem with him collecting his own water as well.

Do you live within the limits of a city of 150k with building, health, and zoning codes? He does (did?) and he didn't adhere to the codes.
You say you don't have sewer. Do you have septic? According to the letter published by the Mayor of Huntsville, he had neither, and one or the other is required.
Are you using a piece of property for a purpose for which it is not zoned? He was.

And all of these codes he violated predate his residency there. He is not the poster child for fighting government oppression.

 

[Acer-m14]

what if he had this .. FK the city and there $$$ grabbing hands

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

Do you live within the limits of a city of 150k with building, health, and zoning codes? He does (did?) and he didn't adhere to the codes.
You say you don't have sewer. Do you have septic? According to the letter published by the Mayor of Huntsville, he had neither, and one or the other is required.
Are you using a piece of property for a purpose for which it is not zoned? He was.

And all of these codes he violated predate his residency there. He is not the poster child for fighting government oppression.

No I do not live within limits of 150k residents. Yes I have a septic system.

Now. We still don't know what he has as far as sewage is concerned. A sewer network or septic system aren't the only ways to deal with waste. Who cares what the codes were before he moved there? Unjust is unjust. That would be like saying that anyone who moved to NY recently shouldn't be upset with the safe act because it was put in place 6 years ago. I'd like to see the exact location of this trailer to see exactly how much it infringes on other people.

 

[Truebeliever]

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[Truebeliever]

It's the principle of it all. Why should he have to connect to the sewer? No one around me is connected to a sewer. Hell there is no sewer to be connected to. This is again all about money and control. Governments absolutely abhor the ability of it's citizens being self sufficient. It makes their jobs moot and stops money from flowing in.

It is a sanitation health issue. Septic tanks and such require a certain amount of drainage and land before the it won’t contaminate the area including the neighbors well water and such.

There is a reason for it.