Woman Sentenced to 6 Hours in Jail for Overgrown Yard
I was feeling sorry for her, and righteously indignant on her behalf, until I saw that the statute she violated (many times) only requires you to keep your grass under 12 inches tall.
What?!? She's had her grass over a foot high for how many months? Sister, that's not a lawn, that's "amber waves of grain." Regular people don't need a combine and a baler when they do lawn maintenance.
I'm not even concerned about how unsightly that might be. To me, it seems like more of a safety issue. If zebras and gazelles can seek refuge in the veldt between your front door and the mailbox, the predators of the Serengeti aren't far behind. I'm surprised they haven't been losing family pets from around the neighborhood!
(I realize I'm being a little mean, because she is having a hard time right now. I just couldn't help myself with the "keep it under 12" of grass" thing. If I'm not in Heaven when you guys get there, it'll be because of stuff like this.)
I was feeling sorry for her, and righteously indignant on her behalf, until I saw that the statute she violated (many times) only requires you to keep your grass under 12 inches tall.
What?!? She's had her grass over a foot high for how many months? Sister, that's not a lawn, that's "amber waves of grain." Regular people don't need a combine and a baler when they do lawn maintenance.
I'm not even concerned about how unsightly that might be. To me, it seems like more of a safety issue. If zebras and gazelles can seek refuge in the veldt between your front door and the mailbox, the predators of the Serengeti aren't far behind. I'm surprised they haven't been losing family pets from around the neighborhood!
(I realize I'm being a little mean, because she is having a hard time right now. I just couldn't help myself with the "keep it under 12" of grass" thing. If I'm not in Heaven when you guys get there, it'll be because of stuff like this.)