This Florida Woman Got A $100,000 Fine for Parking in Her Own Driveway
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- After Sandy Martinez got a ticket from Lantana, Florida, for parking her car with its wheels slightly outside her driveway and on the grass in her yard, she didn’t know that she was being fined a whopping $250 per day by the town. Weeks later, when she learned about the fines, the bill had accrued to an eye-watering $101,750, and she realized that a harmless code violation had brought her to the brink of financial ruin. In today’s episode, we talk about how and why cities rely on fines and fees for revenue, the ways these systems are deeply problematic, and what courts can do to enforce constitutional protections for all Americans.
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citizens should be allowed to vote to override and abolish city codes that they deem to be ridicules or predatory
Some places do have that (referendum). But in USA, even where the right to referendum exists, it’s rarely used. :(
@@tookitogo then I guess we need to start an awareness campaign
Nobody cares until it happens to them. Sacramento County has a law that you can only do 'minor' car repairs at your house. In your garage, on your property.
Change a transmission is not minor. Building a kit car? are you kidding?
Any painting however minor is illegal, touch up that scratch --- you are criminal.
Yet rarely enforced until a Karen complains and THEN they go after you.
@UC2SkwrNx_QROH2KeWIqvFxA 50 years ago a referendum would have been a bullet, we're a bunch of fucking pussies now, two chicken shit to fight for our own country
It's called a killdozer
$100,000 shakedown vs parking on own property.
Who’s the thief and who’s the victim?
It's called "usury". It's like spending $10,000 on an overdue library book with fines piling up since 1971. Ridiculous what I'm seeing occurring in FL.
This happened to me - daily fines adding up to 15,000.00, though, thankfully I had it reduced - it still cost me thousands.
1913 Buck act, birth certificate contracts , no baby signs a contract, we agree , with a verbal agreement , for any legal documents, constitutional law, rights common law , is before legal paperwork
@@wisconsinrailstotrailscycl4277 That's Florida for ya.
@@jb-vd6bi what?
Not only should the fine be found unconstitutional, but there should be a judgement against the city for a few million as an example to keep city governments honest.
That is absolutely criminal behavior on the part of the city.
The fact that such cases exist in multiple Circuit courts shows the popularity of placing citizens on a fiscal whipping post
I Guess we the people need this this decided at the United States Supreme Court.
@@jessewilson8676 We've already seen what cowards and useless good for nothings we have at SCOTUS. They just refuse to hear it and let it bounce around the lower courts forever.
Only PETer is ABEL to walk on just-ICE.. When need the MAN with the JUdGe of water for Jesus to 'turn' into the WINe.... and whip those scoundrels$ as DAN-I-EL WEBster said back when that 1 small law SET in STONE: "LEE's reSOLUTION"... and then the age of HE-ROSE has arrived!!
legalized theft is still a crime. making police criminals. how can extortionists be called law enforcement.
SHOW THE COURTS WHO PISSES BETTER...
BAD RULINGS, FAVORED RULINGS FOR THEIR BUDDIES....COURTS GET TORCHED AS DOMESTIC ENEMIES.
TRAITORS MUST BE LYNCHED!
when the city council takes over from your HOA...
this is exactly what's happening all over the country. Unfortunately the city can use government powers to become even worse than a HOA.
@@xephael3485 UNTIL PEOPLE RISE UP AND BEGIN SHOOTING TRAITORS, THE PEOPLE ARE UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL ORDERS TO ELIMINATE ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC!
@@AECRADIO1 dude, call down. For the love of God. This needs to be addressed legally but let's chill on the civil war. .
This is like FORFEITURE! What type of "FREE COUNTRY" treats its citizens this way?
It is forfeiture. Property rights in the US are a joke. Ask anyone from Mexico what they thing about "owning" property in the US.
A 3RD WORLD ONE.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA hasn't been free since 1870. Source: ADMIRALTY/MARTIAL LAW OF 1871. This is why your straw man name is in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, because you're a slave of a foreign-owned CORPORATION. Look it up, and make up your own mind...
This isnt a free country
@@wisconsinrailstotrailscycl4277 SovTard Alert.
In the US there simply needs to be a "Common Sense Panel" of citizens that throw all these cases out as over reach & money grabs.
Good luck with that. The average person is an idiot these days. That's exactly how the government wants it. Stupid people are easier to control.
That common sense panel is what the legislature is supposed to be.
People are sheep/idiots that just don't care... how do you think it's gotten to this point?
So you have not fund out that this is not federal laws, but state laws. You don't have this federal laws. You people in USA has no clue on how, what or who… in you State or what is the USA.
You are correct about citizen review panels but Beware!! in the case of Citizen reviews boards on police excessive force-It turns out that many times these citizen panels are made up of ex-retired police officers, so the deck is stacked. We are living in a very evil world. And if you don’t believe it look at what has turned up since the citizens, all have cameras in their phones now. We are dealing with corruption at every level in government and policing. Yes, we do have some responsible people but if we don’t keep a close eye on it and it’s just on transparency, we will end up with such a corrupt system that nothing can be done. And they are slowly working tirelessly to erode our new gun rights so that we could never do anything about it. We love our freedom and in this country we like to do our fighting with our votes in our cameras. Support the people who are working to keep our government accountable. It’s one of the most important things on our agenda at this point. If we don’t exercise our rates, we will lose them.
When will people get it that allowing government this much power is dangerous
yeah, but who are the courts? are they also government?
That means the only way to stop government is to convince government that what the government is doing is against the government's rules.
@@funkydiscogod hahaha, yep!
And there's no way these criminals aren't going to back their buddies, how else are they going to get those big ass Christmas bonuses?
What there is no such thing as the government having too much power, because it was all consented to?
What if it is all ambiguous and doesn’t mean anything unless you believe it does???
Is it possible that the consent happens in several different ways and it all comes down to one basic thing? What if the answer to this shit is to know who you are as a player in the game???
@@funkydiscogod Or start voting Libertarians into your city offices. Some of them are definitely a bit kooky but they sure as shit don't support this crap. Since that's not going to happen I'll just keep working on my escape plan. If something like this happened to me I just wouldn't have anything left to lose. I'd have a little staycation down at the city council, maybe even get up to the mayors office before eating my gun.
@@popeyeshouseofgains7881 Really Consent? Prove consent to the government because if I oppose anything they do people in uniform will show up and do it anyway. 51% rule 49% and if you abstain from voting you get the shaft regardless, show me the contract with my signature on it. Contracts under duress are invalid FYI.
Parking in your own driveway is NEVER an "infraction". The city "enforcers" are simply "GRIFTERS". He is being waaay too polite to them.
Enforcing an aesthetic on homeowners is a clear violation of freedom of expression and the spirit of pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately Americans don't believe in that anymore. We're now subject to the tyranny of the masses
I parked on the grass to protest the way police depress poor people there now it is a first amendment.
Home Owner Associations have the same issues.
@@kevinphillips150 Yes but it's your fault if you move into a neighborhood run by an HOA: everyone knows what they are. This is city enforcement!
simple solution... extend the parking, send the city the bill for compliance of court order.
This is what makes people manufacture a "killdozer".
You're not wrong about that! It seems like the metermaid nature of the fines have eliminated your day in court for the accusation of the government employee who doesn't have the authority of determining guilt. I've watched liquor commission employees (essentially metermaids) issues a violation ticket, then forced the owner evict their customers based on the accusations of the citations without a courtroom determination on the validity of the accusations. So where is the constitutional due process!
Where can I get me a bulldozer at.i need it a.s.a.p.
I mean killdozer not bulldozer
Yes and they deserved it.
where's THAT GoFundMe?!?!
What you guys do for people is fantastic. Keep it up!
Saw this on Steve Lehto's Channel like a year ago. All they're doing is going through his shit and retelling the story.
@@rivermcratt3683 This is an actual court case that was featured in the news. Steve Lehto gets news tips from people that send them in, many different people covered this case, not just him. There are a few UA-cam videos on it. The Institute for Justice does great work for people that desperately need it, especially people who fall victim to civil forfetuire.
@@rivermcratt3683 you realize that the people in this video are the lawyers litigating this case right? This is their case.
@@rivermcratt3683 you stan for Steve Lehto, I can respect that but bro you're a bit out of line.
How much are we paying these judges if they don't think $500 per day for tall grass is an excessive fine? If the city actually cared about the issue, they'd have automatically hired a company to cut the grass on the first day it was an issue and sent a $100 bill for the services to the homeowner and that would have been the end of it.
Our town will do that. Cut it or we’ll cut it for you.
You are stuck in the land of reality aka the private sector.
CAP JUDGES AT $40,000
I'd kill the grass and paint the ground pink.
Wait,in the US they fine you for tall grass? Wtf?!
This is clearly unconstitutional in levying excessive fines.
It should be considered unconstitutional even if the fine was $1. No one should be able to tell you what to do with your own property unless you're harming or endangering other people
@@Zeppelin616 Really? "What you do on your own property" is typically also subject to building code, fire code, health code and zoning code, among other things. What do we do about those?
@@UpnorthHere Not adhering to building, fire, or health codes tends to physically endanger occupants. I'm all for enforcement of that, but this absurd civil enforcement of "eye sore" citations and other things that are no one else's business should be deemed unconstitutional. It's pretty simple, if there's a victim or realistic potential victim, then cite or arrest. If not then the State should not be sticking its nose in your business
ITS amazing that more people don't go off and deal with this with excessive lead!
They have, a number of code enforcement officers have actually met their end this way around the country.
Do you have another Kill dozer in mind?
@@jessewilson8676 It is time brother.
@@jessewilson8676 ironically the kill dozer didn't kill anyone...but it's operator.
We all need a level head to work through things like this because people are not thinking what is in the hell do we care about green grass right now stop water and we need and save water everyone the whole country everybody who's worried about the grass cracks in the driveway eventually they get fixed don't everybody say everything at once need time don't they give them time
Those aren't fines they're racketeering.
Be sure to watch the killdozer footage immediately after this to cleanse your pallet.
Roy
Yes. Also a great made for TV movie with a young new to Hollywood actor.Robert Urich.
Best line he did in movie was
"OK sweetheart Destroy "
As he Drove over a old WW2 steel hut with the D-9er. I think of that hut like a City hall building were code Enforcement is located.
I see the idiots they hire for those jobs. Such Narcissistic Bully power trippers. Really for cracking in Drivway. That is something that government has NO business nosing around about. That is Private Property.
Such BS. This is when you know Local Government need a house cleaning of Office. Get people in office that care about Free People not just raising TAX Fines anyway they can. In some of the old folks condos in southern Florida. The boards Drive around in huge Cadillac. Yet you can NOT have a SUV. You will be Fined by board. Go figure.
@@carmineredd1198 That's a really sane, normal, adult, reaction.
How is paying 500 a day for tall grass without knowing was consisted not excessive by a judge wtf
HunkMine• apparently this judge is making too much money himself if $500 a day is not excessive .
@@MrTrailerman2 No, basically you have to be an A-hole to be a judge. That explains a lot.
Why does the cities property gets to have high grass?
When judges salary comes from the fines...
And how much would be excessive? That is a good question too.
My friend, when she and her husband moved to Florida had their house painted. It turned out that the "code enforcement" folks in that town decided that the house was too pink and they had to pay again to have it repainted. This is ridiculous. It was not a garish or weird color. The town says that there has to be a specific ratio of color to white paint ( I think it might be 20 per cent color to 80 per cent white.) I can't believe that there are people who have so little to do in their lives that this would ever be an issue for them.
Extortion, the government is a criminal organization nearly everything they do would be a crime if a person did the same thing.
White priveledge exists, and they demand you display it on your home!
Where I live in the UK, a man painted his large house on the seafront, the colours he chose were magenta and black.
The local council hated it, complained vociferously but there was nothing they could do.
@@grahvis that’s true democracy, where councils stick to providing services / amenities for its rate payers, and don’t walk around people homes,measuring grass with rulers and how cars are parked on private property, let alone checking their if some ones car is registered or not..
It's just another jobs program for bullies and control freaks, for people who have no skills needed in the private sector.
This is another reason "Killdozer" is being viewed as a hero.
This is crazy!! What a way to treat a working mom, geez...
what's the fact she's a working mom have to do with anything?
@@rickyrick9328 That she does not make enough money to pay these fines and that she has children to support. But the fines are ridiculous for anyone of any circumstance. They did discuss a case where the court said the ability to pay should be considered and the Supreme Court let that decision stand.
As long as it not a health or safety problem, what I do with MY property is My business. A fallen fence could be a safety problem but cracks in a drive way is total BS.!
The public needs to hold a public stoning of these petty city officials!!!!
I'd have a dirt yard if I gotta $500 fine for tall grass! Buy me a ton of grass killer!!
as soon as you said Miami, everything made sense.
Lantana is actually 65 miles away. But the fruit doesn’t fall from the tree!
Omg the residents in my town would all be broke if that was a rule here. Our entire town has no on street parking in the winter . People here have these exact make shift driveway extention or are parked directly on the lawns all over the town lol. What a crazy rule. I can see them not wanting people up on their front lawn but ultimately it's their property
These fines are probably on old books that the city uses due to NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THE OLD BOOKS. Cities need to be mandated to show ALL ordinances on new & old books. And also if the city council wants to use the old books. The council must put it to vote to the people. If the vote passes to delete the old books, then the council has 6 hours to delete those old ordinances.
Is the winter one for Plowing the snow. I did that as one of my Jobs. It is hard Plowing streets when vehicles are parked at curb. Plus people hate having the snow piled up on cars. Can Damage them. We had claims for Damage from pushing a wind roll on to vehicles, plus the streets don't get the snow really cleared in my opinion from years of plowing.
@@rp1645 yes it is. Most of our streets are narrow and the plow would never fit through with cars there. It's just easier to keep all the cars parked off the roads in the winter months so whatever time it's snows they can efficiently clear it.
@@2lilangelwingz
Thank you for Responding.
Towns have been silently adopting the IBC maintenance code all over the united states.
The people doing this you need to give them a hug so you know how big to make the hole in your back yard to put them in.
Compost piles are so nice for the environment....
I have a Backhoe Will dig the hole for Free. To any Free American
Just think of Jimmy Hoffa,
No one as ever found him yet. Yes if there going to fine you about your Private Property
Let them lay in the ground forever to think about what they did against your Property. Then just lay cement over the hole. See you improved your Drivway.
@@rp1645 backhoe we could stack a lot of bodies.
@@gregfuzi1069
I'm ready willing and able. I worked with people just like they talk about. Boy what EGO power trippers. They treat fellow workers the same way. The herd need to be put into ground on the Private Property's to forever think in Hell, about there unconstitutional Laws. This is how they steal TAX dollars off of middle income workers. I have seen in Court were the Judge just goes after someone with money
They don't care. My Backhoe can dig down 20 feet, let's see how meany we can stack in that hole.
Simple ,excessive fines. Violation of civil rights.
What if nothing is excessive because it was all consented to?
What if it is all ambiguous and doesn’t mean anything unless you believe it does???
Is it possible that the consent happens in several different ways and it all comes down to one basic thing? What if the answer to this shit is to know who you are as a player in the game???
so much for pursuit of happiness!
This is crazy
The right way to raise revenue is to offer a product or service of value, taxation is just extortion/slavery.
How does that translate to government?
@@squishsquall3159 It doesn't as government is a monopoly that uses violence rather than offering valuable services and products voluntarily accepted and paid for. What you are looking for is businesses and charities that do things that normally are done by governments' roads, education medical care, programs for helping the unfortunate and mentally ill.
Government is a cult, a holdover from tribal antiquity that humanity needs to outgrow.
@@Barskor1 wow. You really drank the kool aid.
Libraries, Parks, Police, firefighters, your sewers, water are the products offered. They are paid for with taxes spread out to everyone so no one bears a excessive price. This is robbery hitting people without resources so they can’t fight back.
@@aliceputt3133 Reach into your pocket pull your phone congratulations you found all of the humanities books and technical information so why do you need a library? Parks are nice but why do you think only a government can provide them? There are plenty of parks owned by private businesses that let the public use them for free.
Police get a gun train with gun carry gun get a camera and sensor security system and you don't need the police.
Firefighters Build your home better and fires are a nonissue aka steel studs for framing metal roof a brick or rammed earth exterior proper wiring and no candle use.
Also in my home city, the firefighters are funded by them operating a Credit Union and voluntary donations so no need for taxes to pay for them.
Sewers are a great example of government stupidity as the contents are a very valuable such as water to distill/purify and sell back, methane to make electricity or just sell the gas for the chemical industry or rocket fuel and fertilizer for farmland and all they do is throw it away when a business could run them for nothing or a tiny fee and sell the products.
Water unless you live in Death Vally all the water you need for a year landed on your roof as rain and can be stored in a cistern under your home, backyard or front yard
I got a speeding ticket in watsonville california at a speed trap. Must have been 5-6 other cars stopped. 50 dollar ticket turned into 430 bucks after fees. All I could do was send them money in the mail or go to jail and still have to pay.
well you shouldn't have been speeding then, should you?
@@rickyrick9328 pretty sure you missed the point
Used to load produce up there. CHP frequently corraled multiple vehicles to issue tickets.
The excessive fine sounds like the safety corridor which doubles fines and requires daytime headlights combined with school zone and a 55 mph zone dropping to a 30mph with the road still layed out with wide lanes and shoulders making the 30mph feel inappropriate.
They also tend to designate work zones for an entire multi year multi phase section of road even if other than the begin work zone sign there is no sign of road work for 30 or more miles. . This doubles fines yet again.
So any basic fine is up to 6x the base for safety corridor, work zone, and school zone. Then the state county and local governments all add surcharges.
Moral of the story... Don't speed in California or don't go there.
@@rickyrick9328 have you ever been in a speed trap? Generally speaking, it’s a speed change that isn’t well marked. Unless you’re familiar with the road- something a traveler isn’t going to know- it’s very unlikely you won’t speed for a few yards after the sign... and that’s where they park the cop cars.
TIME TO BEGIN KNIFING SIDEWALLS ON ALL TIRES.
YOU HELPED PAY FOR THEM, YOU HOLD OWNERSHIP.
That is a dangerous system to have. All it does is tell the people to ignore you and not come out to inspect and then you get huge fines like this
This all sounds completely insane.
Power corrupts read some history Government is a cult.
@@Barskor1 anything with human will be abused if there was no goverment everyone would just split back up into tribes and clans
@@wilmagregg3131 Sigh all you have to do to have the modern world with all its tech is three things No murder No theft No assaults can you common folk manage that? Are the rules too complicated?
@@Barskor1 no because if there was no goverment then every community is independant and there is no law towns would send raiding parties at other towns with more luxuries and goods because would you accept starving while they have luxury?
towns would only give rights to people from there town slovery would return many towns would be under total criminal controll etc etc.
this is how tribes and anarchism works you work with people who live near you to prosper creating your community which will inevitably make enemies of other communites who would then wage war with each other over resources.
this is what history has shown every single time many soceitys and communes have tried the basic law idea and the loopholes are always exploited by the awefull to attain total power and abose it.
and in a anarchist system there is LITERALLY no checks and balances.
again anarchism sounds simple and good on paper but so does communism and anarcho captilsm and fascimo but there all extreme anti reality nonsense in practice because human negative traits can not be factor in.
@@wilmagregg3131 Yeah raiding sounds scary till you learn guns kill raiders very easily and being a raider is a short painful life.
It is easier and much safer to make your own luxuries or work for them than to risk dying in two seconds for attempting to steal them.
Using Intelectual Property and making it yourself would no longer be a crime thus no one need be lacking a product because some jackwagon has a government monopoly and wants to have more profits.
Why would towns only give rights to town members? Trade is the easy path to long-term wealth if outsiders have no rights why should they come to trade?
Slavery will come back? why? machines do the work far better they don't run off incite revolt or poison the food they cook for you or slit your throat in the middle of the night and they cost less.
Ireland existed for thousands of years with a simple set of rules as an iron age culture women had property rights and were leaders in their communities not bad for "anarchy".
There literally is no checks and balances.... currently we have the Bill of Rights and most of them are being violated by one law regulation and or government agency/department every second of the day the Supreme court has not checked those abuses the legislature has not stopped themselves from creating those abuses the President has not refused to sign those abuses or issued Executive Orders to not follow the illegal laws and regulations.
When was the last time a politician was executed or served hard time in a real dirty prison? NY governor Andrew Como is responsible for the death of thousands of elderly people is he on trial have charges been laid? no not even a possibility has been raised by the DOJ and we can cite even more examples.
What is the check on abuse of power? In an anarchist world, it is a gun and None in a world of government as they are the abusers. Oh the government violated my rights! Taken up in a government court they find the government did no wrong or for the "Greater Good" they write you off oh sorry your property rights don't matter we have eminent domain civilian forfeiture, your civil liberties don't matter we have the Patriot Act, your rights to face your accusers and be secure in your person and papers don't matter we have the FISA court and so on.
Freedom of Infomation Act doesn't matter because we can just redact anything and everything that matters.
If it's my property and my car, code enforcement can kick rocks! This needs to be challenged, as it is a gross violation of property rights! Code Enforcement is totally out of order and I believe Township's should eliminate code enforcement for resident as it's totally Unconstitutional, but those that support it are probably anti Constitution! Look folks the Constitution is justice! To follow People's feelings or opinions only create situations just like this one! When we talk about fines, we're talking about fleecing the people. This is extortion!!! It must stop!!! This only earns hate, which there is more than enough of! There is a class of folks that think they can tell others what, who, when, and how regardless of what the Constitution has to say about it! These folks are mainly elected officials! Legislator's are lawmaker's and they are mainly responsible as well as City Councils, School Councils, Mayor's, Governor's, Judges, and many more!!! Think before you vote!
Quite a racket - they need a revenue stream, even if immoral.
For less money than that, the entire city council could be "eliminated!"
No government should be allowed to tell you what to do on your own property. I don't care if she parked sideways that's her business and her property. As long as she pays her taxes they should leave her alone. The government should not be allowed to have that much power.
You are not getting this right. There is not private property. Stop paying property taxes and you will be out. You are renting from the government.
I glad your helping people out with these abuse of power and insane fines. All about stealing money from people and they wonder why people go crazy after they lose everything they own.
In Cinema: what would Rambo do? Q: Does Tree of Liberty need watering?
Its china`s fault
@@Karl-Benny How so?
One more reason to NOT live in Florida.
No reason to live in FL
Unless you go to church everyday
because you're a child molester cop
This honestly feels like they're trying to drive people out of their city through punitive means.
They should have to make you aware of the fines from the start. Without giving you notice, it becomes insanity !
becomes theft.
so, "you are in violation, fines will continue to rise until you prove you are no longer in violation" and then they make it so that she cant? the burden of proof is on THEM to prove that she was in violation every day. cant send an inspector every day? too bad, cant fine for every day. ridiculous
Government and logic. I challenge you to use them in a sentence.
Government is not logical nearly everything they do would be a crime if done by an average person.
How can the fine be more than the cost to correct the violation??!!
How does this channel not have millions of followers?
UA-cam algo is Assho.
Never heard of it before today
Because most American prefer to care about so called "human rights" in China or some foreign countries than human rights in its own country.
You didn’t discuss why the city doesn’t have to prove each separate daily violation?
A reasonable presumption is that the violation was immediately corrected - not that the citizen must prove daily that they are in compliance.
Just the fine alone is a violation of our 8th amendment right.
mix matched curtains cracked me up lol
That's a stupid law , you shouldn't be fined for parking on something you own other then the driveway , time to dismiss that law forever
America is one big set of stupid laws. Freedom my backside.
What if you should be fined because it was all consented to?
What if it is all ambiguous and doesn’t mean anything unless you believe it does???
Is it possible that the consent happens in several different ways and it all comes down to one basic thing? What if the answer to this shit is to know who you are as a player in the game???
Time to dismiss the cult of government.
I was both a victim of crime AND a victim of law enforcement procedures at the same time. While I was sick in the hospital, my F-250 was stolen (along with a lot of tools and items from my house). My truck was found but instead of releasing it to my parents and/or family, the police had it towed. I could not pay the fees/fines so the truck my husband had given to me was now gone. It wasn't a new truck by any means (1985), but it was straight, clean, and very special since my husband had recently passed from Cancer.
I am still hurting and still struggling with the grief and the loss of the life I once shared.
No one, especially a victim, should ever be "harmed" by their own police departments in the pursuit of justice.
Lived in Florida during high school and college. Absolutely NO plans of moving back!
Rise up against your local government and remind them who they serve.
If they command you in any way they are not your servants aka they never were and never will be.
SEND THE ONLY WARNING THEY FEAR: THE PEOPLE RISING IP AND KILLING THEIR EMPLOYEES!
ONCE THEY START BLEEDING OUF IN THE STREET, AND THE PEOPLE START ACTING AS KING, LYNCHING THE TERRORISTS!
NO MORE COURT, IGNORE THOSE TRAITORS...COURTS SUPPORT CRIMINAL TYRANNY...EXECUTE THEM!
I was thinking of eventually thinking of moving to Florida, thanks to this type of Information that decision’s is a NO WAY
Why isn’t the city notifying the citizens of these violations fines as soon as they start?? I’ll tell you why………….. GREED 💰 GREED💰 GREED💰
2:50 He states that Sandy "forgot to get back in touch" with the city regarding the tickets that the city sent her.
1:10 It sounds like she has four or five drivers, each with their own vehicle living in this very modest home...I'm sure her neighbors don't want to see cars parked all over the front lawn everyday. Houses have driveways to park vehicles...maybe all of those working drivers living in Sandy's home need to cough up for a bigger place that will accommodate this extended family.
Salute to Institute for Justice .
Now i see why older people leave for more privacy and solitude in the woods
Maybe if the municipalities fired the teams of code enforcers, they wouldn’t need the additional revenue.
Honestly, things like this are why people often go crazy and go shoot up the city hall and such. Imagine working your WHOLE LIFE to have a small home and a place to lay your head with your kids and it's ALL GONE, just like that? Over a parking ticket??
The absolute gall of that city. Absolutely shameful.
The city officials and management are larcenous to enact and apply these sorts of policies.
It's a city generating policy that let's them put a lean on their property to "seize" it later!!!!
THE ONES COMING TO TAKE MY PROPERTY FROM ME, GET CUT IN HALF.
BEGIN KILLING THESE TERRORISTS, MAKE THEM FEAR THE PEOPLE, AND KEEP THE FEAR IN THEIR MINDS.
ONCE THE TYRANTS ARE SEEN SWINGING BY THEIR NECKS, THE OTHER EMPLOYEES MIGHT ACT ACCORDINGLY, LEST THEY END UP SWINGING FROM A ROPE.
Perhaps you meant "lien."
@@guardrailbiter that too!!
This is good to make case Laws. For Judges & Attorneys to look back on. These FINES are excessive. Tall Grass really, give me a break. This is were Government has taken Fines to far. This is not what a Free Country is about. My wife's parents could not sell there Property because of a Law suit over a View, only a view. It was so troubling to my Father in law that it KILLED him. My mother in law needs the money from sale to live on. We have had to take money out of are Retirement account and my wife's brother has had to use his own money large amount
The Judge is just delaying everything so the bills for Mother in law is being put into bankruptcy. Such a wonderful system we have for Justice. Lost my Father in law over a view suit.
Sounds like you should call IJ for help.
judges who do shitte like this needs to be given dirt naps im sorry but when you destroy every civil option the only one left is personal harm and violence and its sad this country is going to such shitte when this is geuinly the only option left for most people this is why killdozer was a hero after all
As a lawyer myself in one of the countries of the Romano-Germanic legal system, this sounds crazy to me. Such fines violate a number of fundamental principles of law. 1) A person whose guilt is not related to a misdemeanor by direct or indirect intent, criminal self-confidence or criminal negligence cannot be fined. Even if an uncut front lawn is a crime, I cannot be punished if I was in a coma and could not take any action to avoid such a violation. 2) One and the same person cannot be fined several times for the same act. Even if it is lasting. Let's say I urinate in a public place - why not fine me for every second of the process or for every drop of urine? 3) A procedure that imposes obligations on a person without prior notification of such a person, cannot be considered legitimate.
European here. Same thoughts exactly!
Thank you for all of your work, IJ!
I recently was informed that my commercial driver's license has been permanently disqualified in the state of Massachusetts for having gotten "two serious offenses in 2 years" in the state of New York the first one was a seatbelt violation, the 2nd was driving on a suspended license which occurred as a result of not paying the first seat belt ticket on time. Two "serious" offenses 2 years, license gone. This being the first time I was charged with the two tickets in 2 years thing, had me pay them a $40 fine and privileges restored in NY. Massachusetts however has decided to permanently disqualify me from having a CDL which means no other state will allow me to have one either so I'm officially forbidden from working my legitimate profession, a much needed profession. Bruceville element of this whole thing in fact that at the time of Mike just qualification I had already taken care of the seat belt and suspended license citations both have been fully litigated, all fines paid, all penalties obligations met, driving privileges restored in New York ANDZ Massachusetts BOTH CASES CLOSED I HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUNISHED FOR THESE OFFENSES AND MET THE OBLIGATIONS. Massachusetts saw that allowed me to pay several hundred dollars in reinstatement fees gave me my license back and let me keep it for a year in which time I have received no citations no new offenses whatsoever nothing then they send me a letter saying as of tomorrow you are here by disqualified from holding a CDL and your class A license will be downgraded to class D. And for the sake of full disclosure I will admit that on paper & from a distance my driving record looks... Lengthy. But it's all administrative stuff like expired inspection sticker not getting a new inspection sticker when I buy a vehicle, suspended license or registration for not paying fine from other administrative citations but the fact is I have no felonies and I have never had a single speeding ticket never a single accident of any kind no DUI, no infractions on my record related to the safe operation of a motor vehicle of any kind yet I am expressly and permanently forbidden from ever being a truck driver when I have my wife & at home mother of our three children 10 5 and 9 months who completely upon me as their sole provider. Unfortunately at 40 years old that's all I know silly me for having not been simultaneously training and gaining years of experience in some other career field in anticipation of the day the government decides to shut me down & arbitrarily prohibit me from being a truck driver. Guess I should have known better... Especially in Massachusetts.
Imagine being a code enforcement person...
If she called multiple times and they wouldn't answer her come out then that's not her fault
thanks for talking about this - you guys are the real heroes
We call that extortion and cities have ZERO law making authority on MY PROPERTY.
Property “ownership” for tax cattle is a lie.
When public servants command the public they are not servants use some logic with your reality, everybody.
The problem is because there is no consciousness among lawmakers at all. And the title "public servants" is just a mockery to the fact that they didn't really serve as public servants but more like accessories to selfish groups.
START KILLING THESE BASTARDS...SEND A DEADLY WARNING!
IT'S WE THE PEOPLE, NO POWERS WERE GRANTED TO ANY DAMN EMPLOYEE!
@@AECRADIO1 Please for your own safety restrain yourself as they take those comments seriously and could try to arrest you. You may feel that way, but do not try to incite and no one should give any respose, as stupid as i am trying to help you
I hope everything works out.
Meanwhile a building not up to code collapses and 120 are missing.
In my small hometown, all it takes is a bribe to code enforcement for them to look the other way and issue a variance. Greed is king!
All political power comes from the barrel of a gun, Mao Tsudong
If we had a libertarian government without the two party system, we wouldn't have this problem.
Exfuckingactly
It shouldn't matter how much money the citizen has. NOBODY should be forced to pay excessive fines to the government. It's called equal protection under the law.
thank you. Keep fighting the good fight!
Miami sounds like an HOA
But under the 4th amendment, are we not secure in our belongings
LOL! Government is a criminal cult, No matter who writes these rights down the next A hole in power violates them. Laws are the Gun Free Zone sign before the mass murder event.
God bless you guys for taking these cases and appealing.. i cant thank you enough.. i will always support this channel
What’s the difference, if you don’t mow the grass in the 10’ that the city owns around your house they will fine you. But your not allowed to put a tree or a basketball pole in the ground. It’s the fact that they hide the fines just like the cowards they are.
Another case of "You will own nothing and you will be happy about it"
We need to get rid of these lawmakers that don’t make laws for the people.
So you voted Trump
Just what we need more nosy cops and prisons
@@flyingdutchman1352 I’m for 30% less government and government programs. Maybe you are on welfare. 😂
A friend in Chicago had his car stolen.....months later he was notified his car had been impounded for unpaid parking tickets....so instead of running the plates and seeing it was stolen they racked up thousands in parking tickets.....he couldn't afford to get his car back
I received a city ordinance violation for having an expired tag on a vehicle parked in my driveway. Now, this vehicle was backed up within an inch of my garage door. The only possible way for the code officer to see the tag was to come onto my property and the actual curtilage of my home. I went to court and asked to see the warrant? The judge actually was perplexed! I stated any government official had no legal authority to enter the curtilage of my home to conduct an investigation without having a valid warrant! The judge simply explained they had always done this for many years. My respectful reply was just because you have admittedly violated the constitutional rights of the citizens of this town for many years, doesn’t create an exception, or grandfather clause making it any less unconstitutional now. She found me guilty and I paid the fine! WOW!
I don’t understand how a car that isn’t being driven needs to have a tag at all? Like... my neighbor has turned a classic car into a flower bed. Should she have to get a tag for her flower bed? Crazy.
The land of the free, with 1,000,000,000 rules!
The similarity between some of these community rules and the rules of HOAs is interesting. HOAs are often concerned about preserving property values of the members, and enforce rules that were intended to do this (but sometimes their enforcement is excessive). One wonders if these cities have adopted similar rules because of complaints by residents.
i've seen the one for "MISMATCHED" curtains..... completely INSANE !!!
They used to arrest people for overdue library books in Huntsville Alabama.
Maybe citizens should set up a continuous watch on officials to turn them in and make their "missbehavior" public in the media for every and each "violation" they do themselves... getting at least annoyed about it year after year might change their doings when serving their voters.
Let them stage a public event, where they will measure the grass of the city council members.
But many "official" servants have put stalking charges on the constituents for such... Charges which can be fought after the unfortunate defamatory charge is adhered to one's name.
There is no end to their foreign corporation depravity.
Good luck!!!! These code enforcement actions are disgusting.
The idea of the Dicktator code is disgusting. Public servants are not servants.
@@Barskor1 couldn’t agree with you more
Trial by jury and publicly accessible lawyer are needed in civil litigation like they are in criminal.
If local authorities had to send the funds they receive from their fines to the state instead of keeping them it would stop. No one who has a financial stake in a fine should receive the money from the fine.
If the government sent them to the institute for justice instead of government them this wouldn't happen
Yikes, gov needs to step off and stay away from innocent towns people. I still can't believe ppl advocate sooo strongly for more gov intervention, control, and taxes/fines.
Government is a cult, power corrupts, those who want power and control over others are the ones you should have shot.
Excessive fines aside, I’m curious if the cities can articulate a legitimate government concern for some of these issues based on keeping property values (and property taxes) elevated.
Property values are theoretical till the moment of finalized sale aka not a harm/crime for other people to have in your/who ever's opinion of "ugly property".
thank god for IJ, you guys are heaven sent, thank you.
IJ i called you with a similar case that ive been fighting for two years. and its not equally enforced, they want my property and they are trying every angle to achieve civil asset forfeiture
Yet another case of "American Justisn't"!!!
For God's sake, tell me this is The Onion and not reality.
This is the America you voted for
I've had my car towed because I parked in the same spot every day. But the City of Sioux City used snow as proof your car is abandoned. Meaning if it snows on friday morning before going to work, then it becomes solid from cold weather. Then you park their friday night... Saturday afternoon, your car is towed.
Scams are so prevalent in our world today its not surprising at all that out government would also implore scams like this, or taking someones home for $600 water bill and keeping the profits. You are getting it from all angles.