jnewmant
12-07-2005, 01:48 PM
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For 22 years, village officials say they pleaded with Hattie Siegel, 83, to clean up her yard because, in the words of Mayor Jim Humpage (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), over time it had become so overgrown with vegetation it had become an eyesore and a harbor for rats and snakes.
For five years officials levied a fine of $1,000 a day against Siegel, hoping to convince her to comply with village codes requiring a better-kept lawn. Eventually, the infraction totaled nearly $1.8 million, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
read the whole article it's pretty crazy
For 22 years, village officials say they pleaded with Hattie Siegel, 83, to clean up her yard because, in the words of Mayor Jim Humpage (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), over time it had become so overgrown with vegetation it had become an eyesore and a harbor for rats and snakes.
For five years officials levied a fine of $1,000 a day against Siegel, hoping to convince her to comply with village codes requiring a better-kept lawn. Eventually, the infraction totaled nearly $1.8 million, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
read the whole article it's pretty crazy