control, control, control is all the government representatives want over as many of us as possible. let the wetbacks in so the government representatives can try to control them especially after the wetbacks learn that they are not going to get from the government representatives what they thought they would get. ferguson and baltimore are just the start. wetbacks welcome to america.

Another instance of what the statists are trying to
do. It is not enough to rob producers and try to
control their businesses; people must now be for-
bidden to have their independence, and be forced
into a dependency on the government, and be forced to wait around and beg for crumbs to be
tossed to them.

I heard about the case a while back. Sad. You mentioned rain water. In Maryland catching rainwater was ruled illegal last year or the year before.

It is considered illegal because it is not reliant upon government services, it is in a way living a life apart from the federal government (as much as is possible anyways)
The government feels threatened by that witch it cannot control. I am past the point of being angry anymore, I am simply disgusted. It reminds me of somthing Ayn Rand wrote
"There was no triumph in his face, no elation, only the still intensity of contemplating the enormity of the smallness of the enemy who was destroying the world. He felt as if, after a journey of years through the landscape bof devastation, past the ruins of great factories, the wrecks of powerful engines, the bodies of invincible men, he had come upon the dispoiler, expecting to find a giant - and had found a rat eager to scurry for cover at the firstbsound of a human step. If this is what has beaten us, he thought, the guilt is ours... If we who where the movers, the providers, the benefactors of mnankind , where willing to let this brand of evil be stamped on us and silently bear the punishment for our virtues- what sort of "good" did we except to triumph in the world?"

Goodbye Freedom. It was nice knowing you. I also liked your brothers, Life, and Happiness. I sure will be saddened when they go away. What can I do to talk you into staying?

What is illegal is that ruling itself. Thankfully people have the right to bear arms and the duty to resist a dictatorship.

I do not see septic waste. I have a well, a septic tank and I purposefully put one in that was twice what the house required so that it would not effect my own soil.

I can see a requirement for a larger than currently required system, but state that you cant have one is just plain wrong.

By this ruling I would be illegal. I have my own water, energy and waste systems. With todays technology decentralization of such systems should be the norm. It would reduce vulnerability to terrorism, reduce pollution and increase freedom.

If I remember correctly the issue that this lady is facing is that she is connected to the local sewage but wanting to be disconnected from the water supply. The problem here is that sewage cost is calculated based on water consumption. She would therefore be able to use the local sewage system without consuming any water and therefore be able to use the sewage at no cost.

A very simple solution was offered that she remain connected to the local water supply but place a valve down stream from the meter and turn it off. She would then be charged the minimum connection fee each month and be able to use the sewage as much as she liked. She didn't like the offered solution and eventually landed in court over her desire to disconnect from the water supply.

BTW where she lives she is required to be connected to the local sewage.

The next Andrew should drop on the houses of the judge and all the city council. While they are in deep shit those "off the grid" will have business as usual.... except for all the neighbors coming over.

This is pure, unjustifiable rent-seeking behavior.

Cape Coral is several hours away from me. Sometimes they try to cancel out my votes here in FL.

Uh, inadequate article. Ordered by whom, and under what "law" or "codes"? Has anything been "proven" which indicates harm to others or their property? We all know that governments are run by the insane, but isn't it about time to put a stop to that. Unfortunately Robin Speronis may have to pursue this in the courts of our Rulers.

That's so funny that you should post this, I got her attorney to come speak to our Florida Constitutional Law class and it was really interesting. We even started collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment.

I thought I'd read about that stupidity a year or two ago... is there a timestamp on the article. I didn't see any... maybe a Google search is in order.

Yep... nearly a year ago...
https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=n...

Follow the money. Follow the power (electric or legal or governmental.)

I get charged a sewer fee based on the volume of water that flows into my plumbing through the meter outside my house.

Incredibly, if I spray some (or most) of that water on my plants and lawn, the City charges me a sewer fee based on Inflow Only.

Neat 'assumption,' eh?

Lucky for us, for the past two or three years, the rains have been sufficient to keep my lawn and plants going, so our 'irrigation water usage' has been zero for that time.

And it's looking like this is going to be another wet year, too. If the HOA permits it, next time a drought comes our way, I'm planting weeds and rocks, just as I did in CA when water supplies got slim a decade or two back in Silicon Valley.

Oh, and local laws DO permit my rooftop solar cells to provide some of the electric power for our home and excess is sold to the local monopoly.

Such is life.

Several areas have laws against capturing rainwater. Apparently, even when it falls on your property, rain is not your property. No idea if there is a court ruling yet on water that runs downhill.

Since I was a child (a long time ago) it has been necessary to connect one's house if connections were available. One can then elect not to use the connections, but that is a different matter. One must be connected if municipal connections are available. The townships consider it a matter of life and safety.

But there is no government conspiracy...They keep saying "We are Government and we are here to Help you."

Just keep voting for Democrats.

In Sparta, as a birth control method, it was customary for men and women to maintain homosexual relationships outside their marriage and to have sex with one's spouse only for the purpose of having children.

This case has been around a while. This lady is getting her own water but she expects to use the sewer system. The only way most water/sewer systems have to bill for sewer is to bill it based on water usage since you can’t easily measure sewage. This lady is a parasite, wanting something for nothing. If she is all jazzed about being independent and living off the grid, she needs to get off of the grid, not say she is while sponging off of others.