Government Insanity: Elderly Couple Forced to Remove Picket Fence

More insanity by local government, forcing an elderly couple to remove their picket fence because it is suddenly out of code height limit. Built in 2000 as a kept-promise to his lovely wife, now the beautiful fence that the husband installed is declared 4" too high! The local government wants the entire fence removed for code violation.

Caught in the crossfire of neighbors embroiled in a feud, the elderly couple has become victim of the feud, even they don't have a dog in the fight. Nuttier yet, officials are not backing down on their demand to remove the fence.

I'm throwing my support to the elderly couple! Join me in this campaign.

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Government's War on Home Gardens

My collection of government oppressive attacks on citizens is growing and growing and growing, pun intended. A Canadian couple was told to demolish the home garden in their front yard. 

Too shady in the back yard to grow vegetables, the couple moved their home garden to the front. An abundance of beautiful, healthy veggies are produced in the sunny environment . Added bonus, the man lost 75 pounds by eating healthier.

Despite asking their town's Environmental Services Inspector for permission, before they installed the garden, and given a verbal affirmative, now the government is forcing the couple to uproot all of the vegetables and install a minimum of 30% grass.
Unbelievable!

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Contractor Protests Frivolous Fine for Environmental Disaster: Dumped Slurpee Lid

Dear Readers: I'm adding this nonsense action to my collection of government bureaucrats acting absurd. It burns me when I hear about bureaucrats, especially regulatory agencies, doing something so stupid, thinking no one will protest. Well, citizens are not so complacent. Rooting for the contractor who has filed a protest. This kind of nonsense makes infrastructure projects even more expensive for the taxpayer.

Gist of the story reported by the OC Watchdog, contractor completes major bridge construction project. The bridge project wins all kinds of awards, contractor utilizes construction strategies to avoid major environmental impacts, all is well until.........the Regional Water Quality Control Board slaps 290 violations and $2.9 million worth of penalties on the contractor, including a $10,000 fine for a single slurpee lid found in the water.

Fight back, contractor! Read the full article here>>