EmptyTimCup
12-22-2011, 09:49 PM
:twitch:
they could start by quitting voting for whom every is appointing these jerks
Minnesota Land Right Fight: Commissioner Calls Constitution ‘Old Document’ (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/minnesota-land-right-fight-commissioner-calls-constitution-old-document/)
Editor’s note: This is a special report for The Blaze by Jessica Zummo of The Revered Review
Simple people living on “God’s Earth.” Simple people who just want the allowance and freedom’s their forefathers granted them. Simple people…who are simply being held hostage on their own land.
The landowners of Houston County, Minnesota, a small county in the southeast corner of the state, decided, over five years ago, that they were going to reclaim their property rights and their “pursuit of happiness.”
Today, they are still fighting for those very freedoms.
On the surface, the issue lies with an “updated Land Use Plan.” With additional amendments being proposed for adoption, many of the affected landowners started getting involved in their local government.
In 2006, they started attending the public hearings and County Commissioner’s meetings. “From the beginning, we experienced being ignored and belittled,” says a troubled landowner.
“We were told to sit down, to be quiet, and not to speak about our Constitution.”
At the same time, according to local resident Conrad Curren, the local newspapers started “taking sides” and “publishing things that were not true.”
Needing to take matters into their own hands, a small group of landowners decided that it was time to educate others, and themselves. With easy-to-read handouts of the Declaration of Independence, quotes of the Founding Fathers, and parts of the Constitution, the group spent their evenings going from door to door, talking to their fellow citizens and asking for support.
County Turns Up the Heat
In 2007, Houston County sued a young, newly married couple due to the new land use plan. The couple, who had just legally bought the home, was given four options to “settle the situation.” The couple was required to move their house fifty feet, purchase an additional 32 acres of land, sell their property to a neighbor, or tear their house down. Dealing with “impossible options,” the couple chose to appeal the ruling in the Minnesota Supreme Court. The court refused to hear their case, thus leading them to sell their property. The couple is now renting the very house they once owned.
Though a battle was lost, the war had only begun: The war for freedom.
“However, it has made the county afraid, causing some to just go along with the system,” said a member of the Concerned Landowner group.
According to County records, there are more than 50 similar situations in the area, situations that the landowners feel are “denied rights guaranteed by the Constitution.”
they could start by quitting voting for whom every is appointing these jerks
Minnesota Land Right Fight: Commissioner Calls Constitution ‘Old Document’ (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/minnesota-land-right-fight-commissioner-calls-constitution-old-document/)
Editor’s note: This is a special report for The Blaze by Jessica Zummo of The Revered Review
Simple people living on “God’s Earth.” Simple people who just want the allowance and freedom’s their forefathers granted them. Simple people…who are simply being held hostage on their own land.
The landowners of Houston County, Minnesota, a small county in the southeast corner of the state, decided, over five years ago, that they were going to reclaim their property rights and their “pursuit of happiness.”
Today, they are still fighting for those very freedoms.
On the surface, the issue lies with an “updated Land Use Plan.” With additional amendments being proposed for adoption, many of the affected landowners started getting involved in their local government.
In 2006, they started attending the public hearings and County Commissioner’s meetings. “From the beginning, we experienced being ignored and belittled,” says a troubled landowner.
“We were told to sit down, to be quiet, and not to speak about our Constitution.”
At the same time, according to local resident Conrad Curren, the local newspapers started “taking sides” and “publishing things that were not true.”
Needing to take matters into their own hands, a small group of landowners decided that it was time to educate others, and themselves. With easy-to-read handouts of the Declaration of Independence, quotes of the Founding Fathers, and parts of the Constitution, the group spent their evenings going from door to door, talking to their fellow citizens and asking for support.
County Turns Up the Heat
In 2007, Houston County sued a young, newly married couple due to the new land use plan. The couple, who had just legally bought the home, was given four options to “settle the situation.” The couple was required to move their house fifty feet, purchase an additional 32 acres of land, sell their property to a neighbor, or tear their house down. Dealing with “impossible options,” the couple chose to appeal the ruling in the Minnesota Supreme Court. The court refused to hear their case, thus leading them to sell their property. The couple is now renting the very house they once owned.
Though a battle was lost, the war had only begun: The war for freedom.
“However, it has made the county afraid, causing some to just go along with the system,” said a member of the Concerned Landowner group.
According to County records, there are more than 50 similar situations in the area, situations that the landowners feel are “denied rights guaranteed by the Constitution.”