The following article suggests that, counter to a point made months ago, the statists (in this case a VA county) can and will force things on your personal property *even when you're not selling it* This guy got 3 months jail and now the judge is allowing bulldozers onto his property, against his will. All because County govt decided they want more trees on his property. At his expense, of course. Some county. Some judge. Virginia, figures. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010526/t000044016.html Driving Range Owner Freed, Must Pay for Trees John Thoburn, a Fairfax, Va., golf driving range owner who spent more than three months in jail after refusing to comply with a judge's order to plant trees, was released. Judge Michael P. McWeeny authorized Fairfax County to come onto Thoburn's property and do the landscaping work itself. The county had ordered Thoburn to plant more trees and he had refused. The judge also levied a $48,500 fine against Thoburn and ordered that he reimburse the county. "What's been before me is simply a question of obeying the law," McWeeny said. "Before I incarcerated him [Feb. 16], I gave him the option to comply or close the facility. He chose to do neither."
