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on Thursday February 27 2014, @12:29AM
from the This-sounds-like-a-job-for-Florida-Man dept.
from the This-sounds-like-a-job-for-Florida-Man dept.
Xerxes writes:
"A Florida woman who has been living off the grid has had her home declared 'Unsanitary' and has until March to connect her off-the-grid home to the city water system, or face eviction."
[ED Note: Ordinances such as this are not uncommon. My own father once had a property condemned on this basis while he was in the midst of a billing dispute with a utility.]
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by boinker on Thursday February 27 2014, @12:39AM
Personal anecdotes with a "here's the way the world is" don't add anything to a topic. Just the facts please.
(Score: 5, Informative) by frojack on Thursday February 27 2014, @12:47AM
He points out that the requirement to be on city utilities is not unusual,
which calls into question why they bothered to post this story at all.
There are lots of reasons for such ordinances, and ground water contamination is something that local government has an interest in avoiding, or protecting citizens from.
This person used rain water collection.
She had electricity from solar panels.
Specifically NOT MENTIONED is what she is doing with her sewage. And that can be a problem for
neighbors.
Never the less, the story indicates the city will certify the home if she can prove
it has enough water and power (and presumably sewer) to be sanitary.
So again, NON ISSUE. Why is this story here?
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by pjbgravely on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:03AM
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:36AM
Ah, well in many places, including where I live, your sewer bill is tied to your water bill, the rationale being that most of the water you use ends up going down the drain.
So that leaves me wondering where her sewage is going now.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Angry Jesus on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:52AM
In fact, from the link it says, Speronis replied that she will "dispose of waste as dog owners dispose of their pet's waste."
So, not looking too good there.
(Score: 5, Funny) by snick on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:59AM
Ah ... rugged individualists!
Nothing says self sufficiency like throwing your shit in the neighbor's trash can.
(Score: 1) by cwix on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:04AM
Awesome, that made me chuckle, and after a shitty day (pun intended) I needed it. Now off to find my neighbors trash can.
(Score: 3, Funny) by davester666 on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:44AM
That's what trebuchets are for!
Just getting it into the neighbors yard isn't good enough, because, hey, your next door with a dog, but 10 houses down the street...
(Score: 2) by JeanCroix on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:53PM
(Score: 2, Funny) by EvilJim on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:06AM
how is that? by leaving it on someone else's front lawn?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by weilawei on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:53AM
Agreed, this sort of stuff belongs IN A COMMENT.
Talk WITH us, not AT us. It's atrocious to see an editor use their position to elevate the exposure of what amounts to a personal comment, in a manner not available to the rest of the community.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by tirefire on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:49AM
That said, I agree that a comment would have been more appropriate. Hopefully that will become the norm in a little while.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @04:01AM
(Score: 3, Insightful) by regift_of_the_gods on Thursday February 27 2014, @04:24AM
Come on, these guys do all the work and we shouldn't begrudge them a small perk like that. Besides, I usually don't mind reading them, even the ones on the other site. Then we have a byte-sized confluence of three perspectives: TFA, the submitter, and the editor.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @04:44AM
That's what Dice thought, too. Look how that turned out. The community does the work. The editors are there to facilitate that. Moreover, there's a well-known problem with bias related to speaking order and authority. The first person to speak, or the person speaking from a higher up position in a hierarchy, acts with undue influence on the remainder of any discussion. The Mission Management Team for Columbia thought that was a great strategy.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @06:22AM
Mod parent up. I already moderated, but ran out of points (hence AC), then saw this one.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by TheRaven on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:41PM
sudo mod me up