Tulsa authorities bulldoze edible garden

[K4KYV]

So you thought HOA Nazis vs amateur radio antennas was bad enough?

A woman was growing fruits and vegetables in her yard in Tulsa, Oklahoma: garlic chives and strawberry, apple mint and spear mint, an apple tree and a pecan tree. Someone complained about it, and city inspectors said her plants were too tall. The entire lawn would have to go.

The lady knew she was in the right; city code allows plants over 12 inches if they are meant for human consumption. She and the city went before a judge in August; the judge told them to come back in October. But the next day, the city came and bulldozed her plants.

http://grist.org/list/tulsa-authorit...eing-too-tall/


According to a later update, she has brought a lawsuit against the city.

http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garde...le-garden.html

[WA6MHZ]

Hope she wins!!! RAT B******DS!!!!!!

[AF6LJ]

Saw that a while back.
OK can go to hell.

[WF7A]

Good for her! I hope she wins.

Doesn't the City of Tulsa have better things to do?

I'd also like to find out why her neighbor(s) complained. Was it the smell of the fertilizer, or...?

[AF6LJ]

Good for her! I hope she wins.

Doesn't the City of Tulsa have better things to do?

I'd also like to find out why her neighbor(s) complained. Was it the smell of the fertilizer, or...?

Don't you know only terrorists plant gardens.
We cannot have terrorists in AmeriKa.

[N2EY]

Besides the lawsuit, couldn't the city be held in contempt of court because the judge said "come back in October"?

Sounds like a really juicy lawsuit if the right lawyers get involved. Besides the actual damages there's psychological trauma....

treehugger.com - love it.

And this was in Oklahoma!

73 de Jim, N2EY

[K8MHZ]

Besides the lawsuit, couldn't the city be held in contempt of court because the judge said "come back in October"?

Sounds like a really juicy lawsuit if the right lawyers get involved. Besides the actual damages there's psychological trauma....

treehugger.com - love it.

And this was in Oklahoma!

73 de Jim, N2EY

No electrical codes in OK, but they have vegetable codes?

[WB2WIK]

The bulldozers must have somehow missed the Rose Garden. Lots of stuff there way over 12" tall.

http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.8211

[K8ERV]

Think I would have tried to drain the oil from the engines when the drivers were out to lunch.

Worked in Abby's "Monkey Wrench Gang". (Great read).

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo

[KA5S]

They'll bill her for the work, too.

Cortland
KA5S