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| As you can see, Julie Bass' home in Oak Park, Michigan isn't exactly an eyesore. But it is healthy and nutritious. |
LOOK thengarden is on her her front lawn looks ok to me neat clean so what if she wanted to plant in her own front yard that is her business. Going to jail over this WOW what a waste. I s that all the police have time to do. Worry about crime not about a mother that has a veg garden in her front yard, So glad my city does not worry about stubid things like this the ploice have better thing to do.i
I had some friends in Park City, Kansas who had a couple of run-ins with an overzealous "compliance officer." Eventually the officer lost his job, but only when he was arrested because he the BTK serial killer.
Wow, got some tight neighbors up there in MI. Come to Texas, you can put an oil well in the backyard and garden in the front
This is one of the stupidest charge I've ever seen. Would they rather she go out and rob a bank or steal to feed herself? And look how neat it is! Green friendly, neighborly and clean...who wouldn't want a neighbor like that?
Not only should she be able to grow her veggies, but she should take over as City Planner.
In case anyone would like to fax or email the moron making these ridiculous charges, his name is Kevin Rulkowski, City Planning Dept., City of Oak Park, phone 248-691-7450, email krulkowski@ci.oak-park.mi.us , fax is 248-691-7165. I highly recommend dropping him or his city manager/council a note about what a ridiculous waste of city resources and tax money this is! It is NONE of the city’s business what she wants to grow in her yard! We need to fight back on the politicians invasion of our homes and private lives…
Here's an idea. Don't live in a city if you want to be a farmer. Grow veggies in the backyard so bums don't piss on them.
This is nuts This is julie own front yard as long as it is neat clean, I see no reason not to have a veg gardin the front yard Nuts to put her nuts to put her in jail for somthing so lame.
This is nuts This is julie own front yard as long as it is neat clean, I see no reason not to have a veg gardin the front yard Nuts to put her nuts to put her in jail for somthing so lame.
P.S. Also Julie, it's people like you that are bringing down the USA as the most obese nation in the world, vegetables are not fattening and your kids probably won't contract diabetes! Get with the times lady!!!
Julie, forget that garden and hike down to the welfare office and get food stamps and an EBT card, section 8 housing, medical, the whole nine yards! That garden is taking your kid's time away from violent online games, plus you are encouraging them to learn and have actual conversations, also, if they are working in your garden, they won't be smoking pot, becoming gang members, doing meth or having unprotected sex! Good God woman, you are acting like, oh, what is the word...oh yeah, a PARENT! Now, down a fifth of vodka, take some meth, bulldoze that garden, and have the kids tested so if they have a 'learning disability' you can get even more government money so you can hang out and let the kids raise themselves! I mean, just where do you think you are, AMERICA?!?
*prints off article for next time hubby tries to 'suggest' we grow our own vegetables and not shop so much*
What the hell? So this lady is going to court for some vegetables? I Hope the judge takes one look at the case and gives the city planner some time for being a tight ass.
Did some american women beat your freckled ass or laugh at your itty bitty wang?
sheesh..I remember reading that during war time in the past. growing one's own food was highly thought of. they were called Victory Gardens.
Yes but they didn't look like this. This is an ugly demonstration. So much for being poor. She paid a contractor to build her garden, not some sweat equity after a trip to the DIY store. It isn't going to garner much for her because it is a dumb garden plan. She's just pissed because someone tried to tell her what to do.
yeah we get it crabby, you hate the garden. get over it. are the the city guy in disguise? i dont find it ugly and all...and i grow vegetables ALL over both my yards...so i do know a thing or two about gardening. furthermore..any money you can save on expensive veggies and the carbon footprint reduction should be highly applauded.
just a guess, but there is a tree in the backyard(or an adjoining neighbor's yard) and its quite possible that depending on the way her house faces, it shades that area too heavily to get good crops(we don't even know how big it is). The front yard on the other hand has great light-perfect for sun ripening things like tomatoes-and for all we know may be the only space that was feasible. the bottom line is, if I own my own home-I take care of it and its not an eyesore(which looks like is the case here-nicely maintained raised planters-simple but not ugly) that I can do whatever I want. How many people have derelict oil dripping cars in the driveway for YEARS, trash in the front yards and untended yards and trees they leave for others to deal with the mess and they're going after her for THIS in the middle of a recession, for planting a garden in her front yard? priorities? Hello? Are things really that good in Michigan that they have enough free time and resources to bother?
Tomorrow, I will be emailing various Oak Park and Michigan officials. I am a published professional creative writer and editor, and I have a mean streak a light year wide. They WILL learn how wrong this is, if the have the juevos to finish what I write.
Where I believe legal action over the garden is sheer lunacy. What I really don't understand is why she had to put the garden in her front yard? Unless she doesn't have a backyard (highly unlikely) or also has a garden in her backyard, it is a bit silly to have the garden in her front yard. She's asking for crops to either be stolen or find them smashed against her house.
Thanks for covering this Pete. Stories like this leave me to shake my head in wonder at all the small minded people with screwed up priorities who cannot see the forest for the trees.
What a tight-ass! It's not as if a vegetable garden is unsightly, or anything. If anything, vegetables are often pretty. In fact, there was once a time in which tomatoes were incorrectly thought to be poisonous, but people grew them as ornamental plants. And should I also mention decorative corn and squashes?
Frankly, I do find it to be ugly. Anyone knowing much about gardening also knows she has a worthless pan that isn't going to yield her much. So much for the "i'm trying to grow food" argument. So all this fuss for a few salads...
Playing the devil's advocate here, this is just another story of someone who thinks they shouldn't have to follow the rules, doing whatever the hell they want to, then playing the victim when they get called on it. Someone had to say it, ya'all. Also, most govt. agencies are enforcing little-known regs BECAUSE of the depression (yeah I said it) due to the shortage of funds. They're trying to raise money.
All that being said, stupid f**king law. Change that b**ch.
If no one has the guts (yes, guts) to challenge a law, how would it ever get changed? Posting a comment won't do it.
i hope her community stands up for her, to the point of massing and physically *through peaceful protest* prevents her incarceration. this shit has got to be stopped. common sense needs to be more common again.
leave her alone...fuck dont they have real crime to worry about...if anything ppl should follow her lead....instead of goin on welfare she is self efficient???? hat wrong with that????(in the background ...some1 gets raped again) wth find some real crime and leave ppl alone
I agree with a good majority of the comments. Just to add though, I refuse to believe that EVERYONE is letting it get this far!!! Not only are the police getting involved, but the state government too? I can't imagine they have nothing better to do...
I noticed that you used the term "ass" or the Czech version "azzes" over thirty-five times in your recent posts and was wondering if you enjoy a complimentary proctology exam I am offerring this week. If you let me know what kind of narcotics and alcohol you prefer, I can have my team sent over and they can start the procedure in the van.
gavin you must be a kiss azz tard, the woman is doing nothing wrong growing a fkn garden for shyts sake !!! what are you a government by the rules kiss azz, i mean really !!!! who in their right mind would pay any attention to a government that takes everything from us and gives us nothing at all, they love seeing and making citizens poor ya retard, i wish the fleas from a thousand camels infest you and your familie's azzes !!!
ok that is dumb she has a garden on her ownyard front so what if it was neat clean. to put her in jail over somthing so dang dumb wrong.
This guy needs a e coli infected vegetable shoved up his cornhole and down his throat.
I live in Michigan. It just keeps getting worse and worse for those of us who aren't wealthy. I hope she wins this one, but I think it is all about who you know in this whole state. At least it seems like it.
In a hungry community, i'd be afraid passers might eat up the veggies before she could get them. Hope she gets a chance to sue the rotten bastards.
Not much of a garden.....that would be a snack for my grazing ass.....she better Ted Nugent it and supplement he food with game. She could hang her deer carcasses under her porch and butcher them out right there.
I think you're right. I applaud her efforts but we grow different kinds of vegetables every year and you don't get much. If she has kids, though, they may go a long way since we all know kids are allergic to vegetables. I like the idea of hanging carcasses out for the city officials. I bet there is no ordinance against that. A friend once told us to have a hired bartender standing on our deck at all times, even if we're not drinking, just to piss off the neighbors.
Kevin Rulkowski -Director/City Planner - office: 248.691.7450
I encourage you to call and tell him what a dick he is. I did.
http://www.oakpark-mi.com/city...
In addition, I would bet there are many uninhabited buildings or slum lord apts. right in her area (there is at least some everwhere) that are in violation of county code, but those places never get addressed b/c the owners are rich influential business people and/or they live far away and it's not worth tracking them down. If she could contact her local Fair Housing Authority and bring up the fact that those people are not in the slammer, she could have a great discrimination suit against the county.
