Ohio city OKs jail time for failing to mow lawn

***Ynot Shane*** · 06-03-2008, 06:06 AM

CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Homeowners who don't mow their grass in this northeast Ohio city now face stiffer penalties - including possible jail time....

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***CaptHayfever*** · 06-03-2008, 08:42 PM

Stinkin' amazing.

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"This is the type of action we need to take in order to clean up our neighborhoods and our city," Mayor William J. Healy II said.

Lame.

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The laws are an effort to reduce the roughly $250,000 the city spends to cut about 2,000 private lots each year

Why was the city mowing private lots in the first place? That never has been & never will be the government's job. If somebody wants their lawn to get long, that's their perogative.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

ShyGuy727 · 06-03-2008, 09:26 PM

Except that leaving your lawn ****y can decrease the property value of surrounding houses, and it's already hard enough to try and sell a home these days.

DELICIOUS POISON · 06-03-2008, 10:22 PM

The kind of thing that makes you want to bang your head against a wall.

***CaptHayfever*** · 06-04-2008, 01:00 AM

^^I know, but why? That's never made sense to me. (I get the superficial reason why, but I want to hear a good reason.)

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

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