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re: Couple threatened with arrest for living off the grid
Posted on 6/13/15 at 9:29 am to CrimsonChin
Posted on 6/13/15 at 9:29 am to CrimsonChin
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Which Bama poster is this?
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CrimsonChin
Found him
This post was edited on 6/13/15 at 9:31 am
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Posted on 6/13/15 at 10:51 am to bamarep
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The couple says they'd rather be arrested than leave their land.
With this sort of reasoning skills it's no wonder they landed themselves in a trailer.
Posted on 6/13/15 at 11:14 am to PrivatePublic
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He won't win. If he wants to live off the grid, he has to live outside the grid, i.e. outside the city. What is the purpose of a city if not shared modern utilities?
Maybe he should move to Detroit, are they not cutting off utilities? Or so I heard.
Posted on 6/13/15 at 11:30 am to OleWar
If you want to live off the grid wouldn't the first step is to move to the woods?
He is doing it wrong
He is doing it wrong
Posted on 6/13/15 at 11:38 am to bamarep
The story of Robin Speronis of Coral Gables (Florida) is a great example of how a city went after after someone who wanted to live off the grid. Widowed and on limited income but very self-sufficient, Robin used solar power, rain water and other methods to live a simple life in her neat little house.
Robin's frugal lifetyle made the news one night and the city took great offense to this and contended that Speronis violated the "International Property Maintenance Code" by relying on rain water instead of the city water system and solar panels instead of the electric grid.
“A code enforcement officer came, knocked on the door then posted a placard that says " Uninhabitable Property, Do Not Enter".
The notice cited an international property maintenance code that claimed Robin's house was unsafe to live in. But how can a code enforcement officer who’s never been in the home know whether it’s unsafe or not?
What does an "international property maintenance code" have to do with Florida anyway? A city official said the home is uninhabitable because it lacks running water and electricity, though neither is listed in the international ordinance the city cited.
Basically the city wanted her to be hooked up to the city's electric and water utilities, even if she never used them.
Robin's frugal lifetyle made the news one night and the city took great offense to this and contended that Speronis violated the "International Property Maintenance Code" by relying on rain water instead of the city water system and solar panels instead of the electric grid.
“A code enforcement officer came, knocked on the door then posted a placard that says " Uninhabitable Property, Do Not Enter".
The notice cited an international property maintenance code that claimed Robin's house was unsafe to live in. But how can a code enforcement officer who’s never been in the home know whether it’s unsafe or not?
What does an "international property maintenance code" have to do with Florida anyway? A city official said the home is uninhabitable because it lacks running water and electricity, though neither is listed in the international ordinance the city cited.
Basically the city wanted her to be hooked up to the city's electric and water utilities, even if she never used them.
Posted on 6/13/15 at 11:44 am to gingerkittie
Read her whole story.
She buys a house with the intention of defaulting, poaches Internet, uses the sewer service w/o paying.
She's more of a common thief, IMO.
She buys a house with the intention of defaulting, poaches Internet, uses the sewer service w/o paying.
She's more of a common thief, IMO.
This post was edited on 6/13/15 at 11:45 am
Posted on 6/13/15 at 11:47 am to gingerkittie
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“A code enforcement officer came, knocked on the door then posted a placard that says " Uninhabitable Property, Do Not Enter".
How do homeless get away with living under bridges?
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