Cops Came to Investigate Veteran's Farm! Heartbreaking disbelief
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- Cops Came to Investigate Veteran's Farm! Heartbreaking disbelief Come along with me today as we discuss what happened the other day when the cops showed up to investigate my farm of wrong doing! It all turned out to be miscommunication, but it sure hurt my feelings
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United States is a corporation. Go from there.
As a fellow veteran, I understand where you are coming from. As I have gotten older, I have realized that we in fact do not own our land, we only rent it from the local government. When someone can take something from us because we cannot pay what they tell us to, we do not own that thing. Our Founding Fathers understood that property was a way to create wealth and liberty. We as a society have strayed far from what we are supposed to be. We are now working nearly 6 months or more per year just to pay some form of taxes. We are not free, we have the illusion of freedom.
@gregstump8397 > we do not own that thing.
You are right, and I agree completely. Its also listed as one of the pillars of communism in Marx/Engels Communist Manifesto. If you look at society today using that Manifesto as a checklist 7-8 out of 10 pillars have been implemented and degraded systems are the result. At one point people did have that right, but it was changed gradually following a Fabian based strategy. Its closer to a turnkey-tyranny than its ever been before.
It seems funny to me that the War Of Independence was fought because of high taxes . Now here we are with high tax systems and over regulated lives , soon we will asked to get a permit to pee ? The police are not regulated correctly, there are too many police departments over the country with no oversight, doing whatever they want because “it’s right , I say it is so it’s right “ attitude.
I could go on for hours , here in UK the police are regulated from the Home Office and we have independently appointed police commissioners , sometimes it is not perfect but we don’t have the problem with rogue police officers doing their own thing (well not very often )
@@gandalf2439 Your sentiment is understandable but it was less about taxes and more about the other intolerable acts that were regularly inflicted, coercion, lack of means to earn a living for oneself or ones children, complete lack of any due process or representation for those victimized. Private property seized... quite a long list, which have the same corollaries today.
Really, the taxes and the civilian deaths caused by the soldiers during the early protests of the time were just the straw that broke the camel's back.
@@gandalf2439 In somecities in California you have to get a permit to drain your pool, and a separate one to refill, which they can deny either,
We own our land if we have paid for it and owe no one money.
I’m in Washington Co. Utah. My father won a bid to cut logs from/on Cedar Mountain (Iron Co. Utah)
He cut the logs, then bought a mobile saw mill. This was in 1984. He built his house. He was newly retired at that time. In 1996 the house caught on fire up stares. Grandchildren with matches. The roof was severely damaged, the water from the firefighting severely damaged the floor up stairs/ ceiling for downstairs. The city inspector came over and told him he couldn’t repair the roof and ceiling/floor because the two by fours hadn’t been inspected. My dad knew an inspector and talked to him about it. The inspector said he could only inspect wood that came through the plant. The mayor told the inspector the roof could be replaced.
When we did the log cutting, building your own home was legal. The laws changed by the time of the fire.
We decided a lot of laws are for control, and for job security for specialization.
When passing laws, it would be awesome for 5 laws to be taken off the books. More laws, less freedom.
I'm in PA. Lackawanna county. I tried to build an 8'X10' greenhouse with a wooden frame and plastic. The code officer wanted to charge me 92.00 for a permit. I told him that I'd take a chainsaw to it before I'd pay him a penny. I put deer fencing on it and a planter on both sides and planted morning glory's and told him that now it's a trellis and a permit isn't required for a trellis. He said that he had to check into that. Three years later he was still checking. I wonder if my statement about where the money goes and maybe the state should do an audit made him think twice?
You live in a valley, next to olyphant and brick city? My grandparents are from Jessup. I remember a drug store, candy store, bank. I looked on Google Earth and it looks like the only thing left are the church and cemeteries. I liked all the home bars in Jessup, when I visited. People just made bars on their homes in residential neighborhoods.
Beaurocracy!!
awwhhh yes the big Italian festival!@@jkgkjgkijk
Unite for a better future. MAGA
Pennsylvania😅😂.
All property tax, every imminent domain law, every building fee, is unconstitutional, period
on the right track, but not to forget the 20,000 + oppressive gun laws on the books, ALSO I L L I G A L and U N C O S T' L . the govt was never given one iota of authority/responsibility to regulate fire arms or tell americans if / when /under what conditions/how many and what kind of guns we can have. and the 4473 forms is just registration in thru the back door. they have no right to do backgrounds on us ..... what they do have authority on is crime and crime prevention,but they are not doing that. WHY IS THAT ?? as long as they can blame eberything on guns, they do not have to do their job selah
Our government is the liars and cheaters and thieves. The have no right to come on land you already payed for and taxed on, then continue to pay even more taxes EVERY YEAR EVEN AFTER YOU DIE. THEN YOUR FAMILY IS TAXED ON THAT TAXED LAND JUST FOR IT TO BE GIVEN TO THEM UPON YOUR DEATH. It's sad and disheartening that this is what our counties allow in order to make money and their salaries higher.
I believe you are correct, but just try not paying.
Setting aside your highly dubious assertion, how do you propose funding local fire and police departments? Or the roads and schools in your town? Do you really want to buy or rent a house that has undergone no permitting inspections?
@@billschillerstrom583do you really think all that tax money goes to fire, police, roads and schools? You'd be surprised how much of it gets misappropriated.
A beuracratic city officer kept calling us that our yard was called in (anonymously) by a neighbor as having 'clutter' and threatened us with misdemeanor criminal charges if not cleaned up. I thought it was a mistake as our yard was pretty well cared for but my wife (pregnant at that time) is terrified of authority and immediately went out to make sure it was pristine (in late pregnancy). Fast forward a few weeks and we get another notice that we were about to be cited for failure to comply. This was ridiculous and we called to say they had the wrong property. They were pretty condescending and said they definitely had the right property. We had to make a few more phone calls and invited authorities each time to come out and inspect the property themselves (seemed an appropriate ask when being threatened with criminal charges site unseen but there was incredible resistance and condescension from city authorities). When they FINALLY came out to inspect the property they immediately found it was the wrong address and gave a weak apology (and also found no 'clutter'). Government beuracrats can be very lazy and power drunk. Don't get railroaded as many of them don't care.
Jeee, that's horrible. Don't know which emoticon says it best. : 😲😱🤔🤨🤯😠😡😤🤬
oh but they do care. Just not in the way u think they should
Sue them for harassment and wrongfully accusations towards you .
Those are the laws that are created without your knowledge or are distracted by other laws that they say are a benefit to you.... it`s called ` slight of hand ` a common tactic of con artists.
sleight, and they will not stop ever until you are terminated!@@kylereese4822
I think you nailed it when you said we're a society of cheaters and liars. It doesn't matter where you look, our society is filled with them starting at the highest levels of government and continues right down the line. Unfortunately, people like you and I that always try and do the right thing isn't the general sentiment these days.
Whatever you do, don't become a cheater and/or a liar; you reap what you sow. And, what goes around comes around.
Ironically the very people that Josh is trying to appease are the liars and cheats, direct taxation is unlawful, straight stealing, provable fraud. doing the right thing in this situation means making the County accountable for their wrong actions!
They go after the ordinary people while the fat cats get away with that very thing. I'm us army ret.
crap floats to the top ....................
Doing the right thing simply because it is best, makes the wrong doer look bad and puts them at risk of being exposed. They will not tolerate that. They will lie manipulate and destroy your good to keep their bad from being seen. Ping the right thing is difficult. It requires you to operate within the specifics of said task. Others just show up for a check and get anything else they can for free. The sad thing is they are protected. How? The laws that are passed for their benefit. You know them like I do. Any way keep doing right you never have to apologize until a$$&@!es cry offense because you made their s*•t look bad.
The world is going to be a much better place when we all learn to mind our own business. Thank you for your service.
Tell you get yourself in the middle of someone else mess and they didn't follow the rules and then it cost you a bunch of $$$$. Then the ones sings no government control will be crying why wasn't it inspected. I know contractors in my area that can walk in and get a permit in 10 minutes and i also know contractor it take them weeks to get a permit all because they tried to pull shit with the building department in the pass.
My buisness is my and my family's buisness. And if fighting for it is considered "wrong" then I'm not the one that needs to change.
@@johnunsicker7440 "Pull shit with the gov't "? Like what?
Big or small , I love myself , is it big enough, clear a few more trees
Nice fantasy that you are operating under.....
Fellow Vet here also living in NC. I bought a property (a few acres) a few years ago, the property had 2 homes on it (one built back in the 80's) and a good sized stand alone garage. There was a trailer on another part of my property where the garage was that had been removed before I bought the property, however I still have a septic and separate electric meter there that was for the trailer and garage. The older home from the 80's had an attached garage as part of it's footprint. When I decided to make repairs/improvements to the small house I was told that I could not use it as a 2nd home nor could I change the footprint of the structure. Keep in mind that this small home also has it's own septic system but it's powered by the main house (not sure why they did that but it is what it is) They had passed a law in my county that said you can have only one permanent dwelling on your property(no matter the size of the property), but my small 2nd home was grandfathered in because it was an existing home when I bought it. However, I was greatly restricted on what I could do with it....even to the point of repairs to it. Nearly every contractor I hired for repairs asked me why I was even talking to the county, they said they make trouble for everyone. Nearly ever single one of them said most people don't even tell the county what their doing and they don't ask for their permission because of all the trouble and grief they cause. So now my small home is just sitting there half finished being used for storage because of the county regulations. To be able to use this home as a residence (for example- an in-law suite/house) I would have to subdivide the lot, change the electric so that it has it's own meter and many other things besides....It is frustrating that some government office, who doesn't live on my land, has any authority to tell me what I can and cannot do on MY land. Especially in homes that have been there for over 40 years. I feel your pain. Thanks for serving brother!
This is the best comment I've seen., don't ask the county first...do what you want and because it was all bought and you keeping with the same footprint, they should not be able to do anything. They can't see a lot of what we do anyway.
That said, I'll just do research on county rules and regs, and not call them and ask anything. Every form of government, and insurance companies and medical, law, everything, just out to make a buck off the people. But we do have to remember, no matter what, our property isn't ours, it sucks, but it's true. Thousands of ways it can be taken. So I choose to just do like the Stoney Ridge guy did, try to do right, call em on it, but just enjoy it while we can. Don't let their crap... crap on our days! Im also retired AF. And homeowner.
Yes, they will go after you if you do the right thing and get as much money 💰 out of you as they can. If you don't tell them you are good. They do this so they don't have to actually go out and do their own footwork. They permit you to death. I had them take any chance of me ever having a cent left to save. I live in washington state
di d you look up the laws and codes, or talk to an attorney? if the county is wrong they may have to pay for your atty bill.
Turn into an Air bnb or something.
Part of a police state is having so many unnecessary laws that everyone is in some violation. Then if you cause trouble, they enforce some violation. Keeps you quite doesn't it?
I'm a 6th generation farmer and I'm proud of you and Thank you for your service!
Amen!
We as individuals are completely over regulated. I live in rural Texas and we have no permitting for anything built outside of the city limits. Recently the commissioners voted in a permitting process to build anything, even a fence. The outrage that came out of the people from the county was so overwhelming that at the very next commissioners court meeting they overturned the rule and one of the commissioners resigned. The point of this is to say that local elections matter so get out there and speak. Thank you for the video.
It’s all about greed and new ways to create tax revenue
I could see we’re going to let the government steal our homes. Well, not all of us!
Because it's about generating revenue into the commissioners pocket or State as they claim. aka Robbing You as a Texan more out of your pocket. It's like self incriminating yourself psychology.
You are 100% correct. The local level is the MOST important part of elections and where we need to get back too. The local level controls everything and then goes up. That is the only way to start reversing the issues we have, even at the federal level.
It's always all about money. Hey I know let's make it a priority that someone needs to apply for a permit if adding and building anything to their property. Just another way for the government to make more income. Does no good to get your undies in a bunch because we know the governments always right!!!
I’m with you, your land your business! Freedoms are being stripped unless we all stand together
I wish this were true in America, as it should be. But after you pay the tax on what you earn, and pay the tax on what you buy with that already taxed income, say a farm shop, then try not paying the taxes to own what you bought with your already double taxed money and you will quickly find out who the true owner of your property is. Our tax structure in America is truly disgusting.
Trump.said, their not coming after me their coming after you! I think their coming after all of us even in CANADA! 😢. Let's all see who gets in Ottawa and the white house, that should be interesting.
@@dragonsroost99 What's keeping you here? Is there a better place to live?
@@rickcollins1825 No there is not a better place to live. Not that that matters at all. The conversation has nothing to do with how our country stacks up against the rest of the world, but rather how it stacks up to the intentions of our founding fathers. Just because America is still (for now) the best country in the world does not mean that it is perfect. Nor am I required to agree with every facet of it to call myself American. If you think that being triple taxed on your money and told how you should live though, I can think of several countires where you might feel at home. I would offer to pay your moving expenses, but alas, I can not afford the taxes!
@@rickcollins1825working hard for future social credit points.nice.
We bought our house many years ago. The guy who originally owned it built a shed - about 6' x 10' - on a concrete pad. When we were landscaping we called to have the gas and water lines marked. The shed was built over the gas line. The city people sent us a notice for us to remove the shed. Apparently it had not been permitted. Good for him. I didn't care. We responded to the city that it had been inspected prior to us buying it so it is now grandfathered. They had no choice but to agree. It helps to have good lawyers on my client list.
One of our arguments was that if there was a gas line problem, we could just put in a new gas line that routes away from the shed. Why they originally approved to have water, gas, and electric going in three different directions is beyond me, but this is the silly, stupid system that we have here, and it make life more interesting.
Do you guys have a land patent/allodial title?
My parents had put up a shed on their property, it was under the size required for a permit and followed set backs. A neighbor across the street complained that it "blocked their view of the lake" and my parents were forced to take the shed down. The people could have bought on the lake, but chose not to. They still had a view of the lake, it just wasn't as much as without the shed.
So, my dad took his old trailer, put sides and a roof on it and parked it where the shed was. It is the same size as the shed but is on wheels. The county can't do anything about it.
Lol, I love it. There is usually a way around intrusive neighbors if we think hard enough.
Enjoyed this story very much tks
I love it!!! I would have also planted a row of redwoods! :)
The county made you take it down? OMG. I wonder which county you live in.
That is awesome! I'd probably put up 4 trailer sheds on wheels to sink the point home for them....
You are very kind with your words, and thank you for your service. I too am a USAF Veteran (as is my wife.) We built our 'forever home' in Pennsylvania in 2021/2022. The governements (local, state and federal) have all become WAYYYY too involved in everyone's business, in my opinion. I really didn't want, nor did I need, to pay for all the various departments to sign off on every little thing involved in a home build on 9 acres of land. Overkill is an understatement. All the requirements that cost me $10k every time I turned around, and needed a signature from the next guy, who then required a new thing that cost me $10k... It was really ridiculous. Great video, thanks for shedding light on this problem!
Can you provide more detail on these multiple $10,000 requirements?
It was unfortunate but he complained for 16 minutes about a misunderstanding that got straightened out, Boo Hoo, I thought he was a man, a veteran, give me a break!
@@mikemorgan5015Stormwater management plan requirements were ever-changing. Had to keep going back to the civil engineering firm to add erosion mitigation features. CE estimate for the project was $15k, after all was said and done the CE fees were just over 50k for drawings. Then came the expense to add the features. To be clear - every time township engineer scheduled an inspection - it resulted in a new mitigation plan. Rain garden added, multiple drainage features required excavation crew to dig trenches to nowhere. It’s nearly comical now to be living on our property and to look at the various things that were required. Each trench cost just about $10k for the excavation crew, the cement drain install, and metal drain covers, etc.
@@mikemorgan5015 I'm finding a hard time believing some of these guys saying you need $10k in extra fees. In my area a 3000 sqft house the permits are only $350 for the whole thing. Reinspection fee is $50.
@@johnunsicker7440 I know, right? I'm just guessing it may be "requirements" like, "No, you can't just pump your raw wastewater into that field because not only is it the law, that field drains into a creek feeding the river just upstream from the county water plant, sir. You need a septic system." Or "You can't build on marsh without piers to bedrock." kind of thing, but hope he fills in the gaps for us both.
Building departments should have one role. Public safety. The person that reported you for nothing should face criminal charges or at least be open to a civil suit.
Hi gadarn. I agree, sadly Justice is Just for us, not for them just look at china Joe as a perfect example and the many empty shirts representing many states, not all, mostly DemonRats, some Republicans.
Tyranny is just around the corner; if they sell people on the benefits of Cashless, they can terrorize everyone and make them tow "their line" when cash can no longer be used.
@@ChaplainRuf that sorta sounds like what you are doing right now....blabbing about blabbing. at least his stuff was more interesting than yours.... and who blabs about blabbing? usually little school girls and gossiping teenage girls.....so welcome to that club....don't forget to grab your purse on the way out
@@ChaplainRuf ya pretty much just giving trolls opportunities. this is why it's a bad idea to talk about where you live, what your plans are in life, and to use your real name online anywhere. there's plenty of people with far too much time on their hands.
@@ChaplainRuf Are you jealous?
So IF he blabs, is he breaking the law. You sound like every other closed minded redneck from the South that’s 100 years behind the times
I absolutely understand your desire not to paint the people "just doing their jobs" as bad people, but at some point the folks doing their jobs and making up the machine have to take responsibility for being part of the machine. I think you're awesome and completely honorable for your attitude about doing the right thing. The sad part is you're the one being hurt by that while the folks doing things under the table and gaming the system get a pass.
Why send them photos of the inside unless they require it? That's like begging for trouble😵💫
Absolutely nailed it! The rank and file are the ones administering the will of the bureaucrats. They are the ones saying it's OK to violate law and Constitution and violating their oath.
@@Kacv-dc1tx It is not our responsibility as American citizens to make law enforcement's job easier.
@CaryKelley What was the hurt???
Every tyranny has also said they're "just doing their jobs". Keep that in mind. Now question what that job is and you'll find it's 99% revenue just like the old British tax agents.
Rural Georgia -- We are definitely being overregulated in my area with recent changes putting us in the same building category as the Atlanta Metro arena. Residents used to be able to build any sized home; now they've specified a minimum square footage and the lot must be at least six acres. Young people can't afford to purchase or build where they grew up. It's absurd. Residents responded by voting two council members out of office and the remaining three may be in jeopardy.
God bless you, around here all the boomers want house prices to rise to infinity with no regard for the younger folk, they do everything the cant to increase the cost to build. Now it's like $40k in fees to get a permit plus another $30k to get utilities dropped int and they want four achar minimum lot sizes with huge set backs. Buying a lot and paying the fees is like $400k before you even build a home. Meanwhile all the boomers voting for this crap are living in houses build on quarter acer lots, they think all the fields need to stay fields forever and no one is allowed to build anything other than a mansion because they think that will rase their home values. It's despicable. Luckily my state passed a state law saying you could build a second home on a lot and share all the utilities and the local government cant stop you, so I'm building my house on my parents property.
Thank the usery banking system system.
The min acerage can be a good thing, keeps developers from dropping in an apt complex bringing in rifraf that wont respect your way of life.
Agreed but they went from 3 acres to 6. Three was fine.
@@DanMcD80 You are an elitist snob who thinks people who are less fortunate than your self should not be able to afford to live near you. I cant afford to live in the area I grew up in because of pricks like you.
There is no doubt we are very over regulated. I watch your videos and think you’re absolutely honest about your farming operation.
We are NOT overregulated at all.....We need a SHIT LOAD more rules
Just live in a county that has no building codes there out there the freedom to do what you want without any permits, or zoning approval is like nothing you ever felt before. I did stuff without permits for years, but all it takes is one person to turn you in. When you're investing $1000's into something can't afford to be in violation with the local Government once they latch on to you no way to fight them. If your wealthy, just hire people to take care of it for you all you do write a check. Rest of us have to figure out ways to do things ourselves. City I used to live in you weren't allowed to install a drip irrigation line to a plant or install a ceiling fan. Water heater also the funny part was those things were all done online you just take pictures and send it to them they don't even send someone to inspect it just a money grab.
@@RootsMusic-ek5nc that is the most ignorant comment I have ever seen. Bet you work in government services.
@@scbane Not ignorant.. Very intelligent, People are very deceptive, polluting, uneducated, dishonesty too, They need to be regulated.. I see it every day...No rules..abuses all over
no he's right, way more paperwork, way more hoops to jump through, people would actually like it, it's like a video game really@@scbane
I had to ask the county and township for permission to put in a pond. I had neighbors tell me that I couldn’t plant trees where I wanted on my own property. I had a new neighbor come down to my house and demand to see my ponds. I did this like you. I followed every regulation. I had to obtain a mining permit to dig a pond. An hour after I told the new neighbor to get off my property, the cops were at my door with a complaint against me. I nicely explained what happened and if they had any questions, all my designs were filed with the township and county. Most of my neighbors thanked me for putting in the ponds because they hold back the water in the spring and nobody’s home has flooded in 10 years. I want to be left alone. I also served in the Air Force and my son is a Marine. Thank you for serving!
yep....there ya go...everyone has a problem with everyone else because they just have too much time on their hands
That's all we Veterans really want.....we just want to be left alone. We are less than 2% of the population that actually has done more for our country than the other 98%. Yes, we volunteered and we served because we wanted to. That was our choice and our choice now is to just live the rest of our lives in Peace and left alone! Hooah!
If and WHEN we don't have WATER OR ELECTRICITY because Russia or Iran takes out our GRID, when THAT neighbor comes down for some WATER from your POND to FLUSH HER TOILETS, TELL HER NO!
This is the problem with those cops. They get a complaint and come in person to harass you. A real investigation would be check for permits and inspections on file. If all is legit, tell the complaining party that you had permits and inspections for all the work. The end. The cops would never even has to step foot on your property or contact you.
So, just to be clear, your problem is your neighbors, not the government. Right?
I'm a disabled veteran and a retired Police Officer. I live in a town in Kansas. My house sits on 3 lots. I wanted to build a garage/shop on the back lot. You would have thought that I wanted to open a sewage pit or something. I tried doing everything the right way. Instead of using a platted road right-of-way to get to my new shop, they wanted me to pour a 180' long concrete driveway with a 25 degree incline from the front of my house to the shop. No way would I be able to get my truck and trailer up that. I explained that according to their own code that would be in violation. They then said that I could not use the platted road unless it was built, or I had a "special use permit". I pointed out to them that there was a fire hydrant at the corner of my rear lot. I asked them how a fire truck could get to it then. I've seen fire trucks pull behind my home to that hydrant to "test" it. After 6 months of back and forth, I got my City Council to actually come out and look at my property. The finally grew a pair and over-rode the Code Enforcement minions and issued me a "Special Use Permit". It requires that I maintain the easement and keep it open to Public Utilities and City Vehicles. I had to put down a road base and gravel before I could get my building permits.
Stupid bast*rds!
Why are you praising your greatest generation, who literally went in to the WW2, *WITH THE ATHEIST COMMIE CRIMINALS, TO MASSACRE CHRISTIANS AND TO ROB EVERYTHING THEY HAD…* If you didnt want this “World of Distrust and SCAMMERS!?” Are you the mental midget, who only learn NOW, WHAT IT MEANS, USA ILLEGALLY ENTERING IN TO WORLD WAR TWO AND OPENING THE PRISONS OF EUROPE, BY FORCE, SO THOSE DISGUSTING SUB HUMAN CRIMINALS, COULD DISPLACE AND MASSACRE EVEN MORE CHRISTIANS, TO STEAL EVERYTHING THEY EVER HAD and with STEVEN FUKING SPIELberg, they were allowed to portray themselves, AS THE VICTIM CLASS, after literally destroying the world, of laws, RATIONALITY and TRUST.
Listen muppet. YOU SHOULD BE PRAISING THE CORRUPTION AND TYRANNY, cause that is, what with you paired your “GREATEST GENERATION(of absolute retards, your ww2 generation),” who literally brought the children of most disgusting criminals, right in to your capitals heart and just let them not only to ridicule, BUT ALSO DEMONISE, EVERY CHRISTIAN, THE CHRISTIAN CULTURE, RELIGION AND PEOPLE, *OPENLY, IN YOUR MAINSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, ON YOUR FACE!!*
So, now another American gets to learn, what it means, when you went along, by demonising the EUROPEAN/SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTIANS, when tomorrow, the russian surnamed tyrants, no longer ask questions or appeal to the law, when they spot you in the traffic and simply notice, “HEY, THATS STONEY, HE IS NOT ONE OF US AND HE HAS NICE PROPERTY, OUR DEAR LEADER WOULD WANT TO OWN, LETS PUT STONY IN TO PROSON!”
Yes, the guy in the video WILL LAUGH AT MY COMMENT, but. When the russian born cops, come to collect him, for slave labour in to prison, he will remember my comment and never laugh ever again.
Almost the exact same thing happened to us. We were investigated by code enforcement after we put electric in a three car garage/workshop. This is six months after it was inspected. Then we put solar panels on it and the electric company had to approve it. We had all the permits and paperwork, but it was infuriating to have to pull it all out & prove it when they should have it already. We are over regulated in my opinion.
Exactly- they had all the data and paper
The electric company should never have a say in your private property, I get to an extent the government enforcing a minimum safety code. The only reason I am understanding of this is because idiots build stuff all the time and do poor work and it gets covered up by drywall.
@williammitchell8247 My solar was installed and we waited weeks for it FPL (Florida Power & Light) to come out and approve it. You're right it shouldn't be like this.
Just the opposite took place with my project.I wanted my power pole and meter street side as to keep the meter readers from entering the property.The power company agreed and I wanted two power poles with service to each power pole one pole for the house and one for the water well.Power company agreed .The county said you can't have two power poles serving your property.The power company and I told the county that the business I have with the power company is between us and not the counties business.The permits where issued with the power company advising the county that they would file a law suit about this, so the county did not want to set a presendent. The common sense reason for two poles was if a fire where to happen and we had to shut off power we would still have power to the well and water to help suppress the fire.@@williammitchell8247
Corruption within the departments are after your property.
Things like this need to be on local news...in newspapers...anywhere to be seen...open some folks eyes so they get out and vote!
If you think this can be fixed by voting, you're wrong.
Josh, I run a planning and building department in northeastern California (including code enforcement). We try and stay out of people's hair, but the bad actors create laws that screw it up for the good guys. Your story hit home.
I think that generally that's the way my country operates also....but I don't think that this warranted a visit from code enforcement and I do not think that it's right for me to have to pay for "authorization" to construct on my own property....I think that's wrong
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer and mauryanderson, county agents are operating outside the jurisdiction of the legal system, it is provable fact, first you must understand what entity the legal system has jurisdiction over, who the legal rules are written for, and why the language they use constitutes fraud. What they will tell you is they just follow the statutes and laws set forth by the State, unfortunately those statutes don't give them jurisdiction over a Man, that is a wrongful assumption they make!, hence why they commit fraud. Cheers
I would put up for consideration that the "bad actors" conduct, EVEN if it put's people at risk, doesn't necessarily warrant laws and red tape. While on one hand I'm persuadable to the rights of each community and state to create their own regulations, to have reasonable ones, I'm also otherwise very much libertarian leaning. Basically, desiring of the max freedom and protection of each of our' rights as described in our nation's founding, and the fact that our rights don't end where other's fears or even reasonably concerns for their safety on my land, begins. For ex. , I think instead of enforced building codes for private property, there should be a voluntary system of such, with certificates those who seek them, can obtain. That if you want to ensure you don't enter a building that's not certified, you look for the little plaque that could be, say, by each entrance of a certified structure, and avoid entering or standing near it, if it doesn't have one. The exceptions could be very tall things that would land on the neighbor's property if it fell, or things with moving parts up in the air, like a windmill, or that catch wind, like a sail. But, draw the lines back further, making risks ( which we are free to not enter into) no longer crimes, and putting the responsibility back on the people - for a free, sovereign people as the US denizens are supposed to be, that's where it needs to correspondingly be - . Raw milk, building codes, lots of things fall into this. Joel Salatin wrote back in the 1st year or so of his blog about this topic, giving a lot of comparison stats between us and Mexico. in Mexico's favor.
I also live in NorCal. You absolutely can not trust government. The permitting process is for total control of the populous to have a de facto ownership of our property guaranteed in the constitution as “THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS “ stop trusting them and stop talking to them !
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I've been in construction in ILL ANNOYS just West of Chicago, for 36 years, and have owned my own business for 27 . EVERYTHING now requires a "permit" including installing a concrete patio, (of which concrete is my field of construction) which is ridiculous and only a money grab from the local municipality, in my opinion, as it has no structural relevance to a home/building's integrity. That being said, I am under the impression that permits are not in place to protect you, as the homeowner and initial builder of the home/building, but to ensure the next homeowner that the building was built within code, and insures that the building will be safe for occupancy to any subsequent homeowner.
I believe there are at least 40 different inspections during a new home construction near me, that is made by and signed off by a building inspector, to make sure the contractors are following current codes. I'm not so sure you are paying for "authorization" to build on your lot, as much as the Permit fees are generally used to pay for the code enforcement official to perform his job, Engineers/Architects to review your plans with the County, and insure they are up to code specs. Like Maury mentioned, bad actors are what causes good people to pay extra (permits/fees, etc.) when building a home/building.
I had my car in my driveway and covered. My window was broke so I had the tags but didn’t put them on. My neighbor were moving and in a panic they had to leave some of the stuff so had to be out of the house. I said leave at my house and what I can’t sale in yard sale will haul off. The stuff was there two days when a police officer came to my house. He said someone noted that my car tags were expired and my driveway was junky. I explained that this weekend going to have yard sale and tags to car inside. I wasn’t drive the car because window broke. Now I want you to know that the car cover came to the ground. In order to see my license plate they would have had to lift up cover. The officer left and that was it.
My neighbor is having a hard time financially and her yard got to high. Someone called the city. She said to me why couldn’t they have just came to me first. You’re right it wasn’t hurting no one so why is it any of their business.
well, the city coul d have done a drive by to find high grass in yards in order to make money off evryone.
As a retired Firefighter/Paramedic I understand your pain. I spent 25 years saving lives in a community where I was born and raised. I have lived with these people. Their job is to preserve their job first of all! I too got plenty of crap from the building commission that ended up costing me an additional $13,000 to complete my building! JUST BECAUSE THEY COULD!!!
Agree, those that "serve" serve themselves first, then if they have time, they will serve or harm the community. Every elected job should have term limits as they soon get lazy and power hungry.
You had the right to move ahead with the project if you stayed within their regulations. If those regulations give them the lleanacy of charging an undisclosed amount? You were able to start project? And then more fees were amassed by county is what I read. That is organized crime. From said point that $13,000 were needing paid against the permit to finish? Clear as crystal. This is what mafia does if you build improvements in their territory. Soo your private land is not priviate.. because they increased fees to point you would have to "be in the human trafficking or drug biz business to cough up ?....$13,000 to the county to IMPROVE you land. Paying for permission is all that is there, here in my county or anywhere they do that taxation in the unitedstates of administration.
Taxpayers pay for your pension. You can afford the 13k.
We are ruled by OUR INFERIORS.
I’m in Washington state (Clark County) and your story is exactly my story (with exception to being a TH-cam creator). I built my house with my own hands and inspected all the way through (with great and helpful inspectors). When I went to build my 24x40 shop it was a nightmare. Our farm is an hour from the code enforcement office and I had to make over a half a dozen trips down there to fix their internal bureaucratic mistakes. Like you said, all good people but the right hand didn’t know what the left hand was doing and at the end of the day it cost me an additional $2500 on my permitting process than it should have.
What was so frustrating is everyone (friends and family) told me I should’ve just left the county out of it and told them it was an ag building and not let them on my property, but like you, I just wanted everything to be done right and to code, and by doing so, I felt like the county, and the bureaucracy took advantage of me and delayed my project as well as cost me thousands extra
Same everywhere... The many headed beast has No accountability!
I live in Washington in Jefferson county, i have built many AG exempt buildings no one ever bothers me. What did you have to fix? all you should have done is gone down there and said your building an ag building and leave. All you are required to do is build it to code. no inspections required.
The law is there for those stupid enough to follow it...
Perfect example of why small government (very Small) is best for citizens. It costs us less in taxes, payrolls, unnecessary regulations , pensions& healthcare ( better than ours by the way) and so. Government departments have to justify their existence and most are so departmentalized they fail in achieving their original purpose then seek additional funding because the work is backing up! It BS at best!
@@TomBTerrific The problem in @billdoglas's case probably was too small government.... Lack of resources means no expertise, which in turn means that everyone has to constantly look up rules and "figure out what should be done".....
Texas is due what you want on your property no permits no rules out of city limits
Citizens have no obligation to be "happy" about paying taxes.
*Protection fees
stop being a citizen. Get off the ship and back onto the land.
No kidding
I'll never be happy about my hard earned dollars being wasted.
@@logoski589 🤣
I am with you 200%. Gov't is way too invasive to honest citizens & way too soft on criminals. Being nice doesn't excuse officals from making errors- do we get to deduct from their paychecks when THEY SCREW UP?? It has become tyranical all the way down to the local level. Nobody can be held responsible. Hope you & yours have a very good Christmas. Thank you for YOUR SERVICE.
As a law-abiding citizen, I approve of this message!
berry, but the gov won't do a DAMN THING about the illegals pouring into this country at the southern border!!!!!!
IT ALL begins Locally. We all need to get more involved in our local community. Attend meetings and also keep an eye on the local school board. Many people think if they don't have children in the school system they don't need to worry about it, but who is going to buy your home in a bad School District. WE need to remember that WE OWN THIS COUNTRY. Our Ancestors worked hard to build this beautiful Country and so have We. WE are MANY, THEY are FEW. Some people are just plain power hungry and We need to stick together and STAND UP for OUR RIGHTS. My husband also served in the military. He was a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and he is a Combat Veteran in the ARMY. I am so sorry for what you have been through. It's not right in a Free Country, especially for those of Our Fellow Countrymen who fought for Our Freedom and some GAVE ALL for that Freedom. Much love and prayers and support from the Appalachian Mountains in South Central Pennsylvania, Somerset Pa USA ❤️😮🤬😳😟🤔
None of you will ever do anything about it. Why even complain
Thank you for your service,and for standing up for your right!
I'm in what used to be a hidden quaint town in North Florida. When my parents passed away, the drama of the county always trying to cause issues passed to me. Their latest bs was literally waiting until the last minute - after months of me asking for the new tax bill - to send us a bill so large that we had to go into more debt to pay it. Oh they had reasons why it took literally over a year. But they'll always cover their rears. i used to be a civil purchasing secretary. i've seen some things. They want to flatten our neighborhood to build homes only people with more money than us can put in. They recently voted to take away the ability for young teens to drive golf carts. They rezoned our rural area and took away even more rights.
We could've fought back if more people had went to the council meetings. You gotta fight back. An email? A phone call? Yeah. I saw what they do with those. They filed that these things were received and ignored the complaints. SHOW UP AT THESE THINGS. IT DOESN'T TAKE VIOLENCE TO STAND FOR OUR RIGHTS.
The only time anyone should care about your septic tank is if it's a hazard. Whomever called on you wasn't being honest, that much is clear.
You’re a solid brother, America needs more people like you.
Thank you for your service. I also was a member of the Air Force. Joined in 1954. Army 1961.
When we were going to move onto our property in KY, I went to some office in the county seat to see what permits I needed. I was told "it's your land, you can do whatever you want." Coming from a state that is HEAVILY regulated, it was a breath of fresh air! Don't know if it's like that in every county, but it is in mine.
I live in Kentucky too but the township is shifty they tried to charge us 4x the water bill becuase i told them about a water main break they had on our easement
that is one of the nice things of living here that's for sure
Record everything that you or anyone else says.incase you have to go to court...unfortunately we live in bad times....
My question has always been relating to this is how can you be secure in your property and papers if our counties can hold our land hostage or sell it if you don’t pay your taxes? We have let our local, state and federal governments infringe on our constitutional rights for way too long.
Taxes are as old as civilization. I don't like them either but they are a necessary evil if you want a civilized advanced world like we enjoy today. In the good ole days not paying your taxes would bring a sword into your belly. This world ain't perfect so no sense in whining about it.
Spot on... Do we really own our land and property?
We have to look back when these taxes were established, as it has only gotten worse money grab. It could be the 30s or 80s all over again quite soon.
People have been letting the government get away with too much for over 100 years. Income tax was supposed to be temporary and look where it is now.
We are chattel on a free range tax farm. Everything is game to them
Exactly
It's more than likely not just "distrust", it's jealousy. Someone reported you because you have a beautiful new building and they just couldn't stand it. It's really sad. This is the first time I've heard of you or seen your channel, and I'm really happy for you. What an awesome building that is.
jealousy characteristic of the dark side
If it is jealousy, all the more reason to shrug it off your shoulders, and let that be the end of it. How can you let other people’s jealousy affect you? It surtenly makes for a busy life filled with grievances. I would not recommend it.
@@olepettergansmo3307 thank you, you made my point
For a period of time in my life I was a commercial/residential developer and general contractor. Spent many hours in commissioner meetings and building codes offices. Like you and so many more,I attempted do things honestly and by the book. I accepted the process, though at times it was extremely frustrating. Not to mention it was costly and time consuming. What I found amazing was the number of times inspectors, codes officials and even commissioners would judge me guilty of trying to get something over them. The only thing I can suggest, through their experiences with people like you and me, they sometimes find it easier to judge us as the bad guy and they as the good guy. Through all those years it never changed, and towards the end it was only getting worse. Sorry for your disappointment. It can only make you callous which often lead to anger. Human nature is what it is. Move on or run for an office, and try to change it from that side. Failed to mention, there was also this power thing going on. I’m guessing they may have felt bullied as a kid and now it’s their turn. Good luck my friend and live a happy life. Try not to stump your toe on the “little” people.
As a hvac plumbing business owner for 20 plus years, some inspectors will work with you and help you in any way possible. Then you have the ones that have the us verse them mentality. Usually this type are the college educated ones who have never worked in the field they're doing inspections for.
Your particular statement "We live in a world of cheating, lying and distrust" is so resonant with me, I'm Gen X and I've watched the decline of our society as a whole. I do approach every situation, every purchase, and every interaction with the law with great apprehension . I've been swindled too many times, and had certain police interactions where they CLEARLY trampled on my rights. So I stopped being friendly. Too bad, once you get to know me, I'm there for you. Government has grown to a ridiculous size and they just keep coming up with new laws that frankly, do nothing but feed cash back to the county/state/fed. Once those laws exist, they never go away. We are in dark times.
I live in Connecticut. I built a new barn. The zoning commission was insulting and incompetent. I got permission from one person in zoning and so I ordered the lumber. $45,000 in materials. After ordering the lumber another employee from zoning denied me my permit. They claimed I didn’t have enough acreage. If they bothered to look, I had purchased additional acreage adjacent to mine. For 6 months I had to put my project on hold because they were too lazy to look up county records to see I did have enough acreage. Then they wanted a sprinkler system, street lights and different topography to complete my project. I asked what for and they replied they assumed I was going to start a business. I wasn’t. Horses for my wife and grandkids. The red tape was stupid and ridiculous. I finally got the OK but wasted the first summer. I can remember the bureaucrat telling me I wasn’t going to get a permit and for me to burn my lumber in my wood stove. I had to go over this department to show I had the proper permits and acreage to build. I finally got my permission the following season. Almost 1 year later. Nobody wants to do their job or make an effort to help. The person that kept refusing me was a political hire. Nepotism, cronyism at its finest.
yep..Nepotism is one of the REASONS we are Over-regulated !!
Took me three years to get a grading permit.
CT counties don't want people to build anything, that's why they are making you go through hoops. I use to live in CT and left, Horrible state to live in unless you like bureaucrats, high taxes, bad weather, bad drivers, and horrible traffic.
@@howardj602 CT does not want anyone to build anything, that is why they make the permit process difficult. They want to abandon your building project. I use to live in CT.
CT gets the bulk of its revenue from commerical properties, and raising taxes. CT has been raising taxes since the 1980 & when lowell weicker added the State income tax, since sales & property taxes weren't enough to feed the gov't monster.
In Ohio you have an AG exception in the constitution you didnt need a permit as long as you use 51% for AG...
I was a Union Carpenter ( for 27 years ) and the other Carpenters who I heard talk about it said; A county Essessor came to my
house and ask How many Bathrooms do you have ? He said, I wouldn't Tell them. I only said; " Go look at your Records. "
He ask, " Can I come in ? / I said; " No " !
This Carpenter said, Never Let the Tax Essessor in your house ! He' ll find things that you " Didn't Know Were There " !
( In Layman's terms; A person can be honest But That Doesn't Mean that they Have to be Stupid ! You Don't have to Answer
Every Question That They Have ! / [ OrDo you Think That you Can Trust Them ] ) ? !
they did the same thing to me...asked to come in my home.....HELL NO!!!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I wouldn't let them on the property without a court order. Some b/s about we got an 'anonymous' call ain't gonna cut it.
As an Army vet and electrician, I do understand exactly how you feel. Ag buildings are treated special under the code. As soon as you said "occupy" or "habitable" the rules, tax code, and bureaucracy suddenly changed. An ag building can be whatever you want. Add electrical, and a basic ag permit with inspection is required. As soon as you say "occupy", the value goes up, the taxes go up, and other things are required. Smoke detectors, fire walls, minimum separation rules, and of course an occupancy permit. You can do an ag building on a housing permit, but you can't do a house on an ag permit. If you occupy an ag building without an occupancy permit, the local AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) will red tag your building. Sounds like you need to change your permit, get the required inspections and assessments, and follow the instructions as if it were a house. You can also just stop talking about ever sleeping there. When / if the time comes you decide to occupy the building as a residence, file a new permit to bring it to the minimum standard. In the meantime, post a sign that no overnights are allowed in that building.
You are very careful to be respectful to your county offices, but realisticly. They messed up. There should have been a record of the permit request, a record of the inspection request, and a copy of the results of the inspection. The fact that they had no paper trail at all means that somebody was remiss in their responsibilities.
But as you indicated, the biggest question is, why so many regulations? They always say its for our safety, but it seems like it's for control.
This is why you build UNDERGROUND. It pays for itself simply in taxes saved. They don't tax private man-made caves yet, do they?
Thank u for that
"Statutes and codes with the color of law."
Control and green backs in there pocket.
@@barbaragray7883
Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. I think what you do on your own land is your business if you're not causing an issue for your neighbors (risk of fire, flooding etc). Hope all this has been cleared up. God bless you and your family.
His own property
No Neighbors
Well said indeed and might I add respectivefully yet. God bless you for your service.
I've been around long enough to see our freedoms slowly eroded close to the breaking point. Every time I do anything on my land there seems to be someone who decides they don't like what I'm doing and will make a cowardly call behind my back. Like you, I follow the law and have my permits but having someone come to check is infuriating. The permits were supposedly put in place to protect us but from what I can see it's just an income stream for my township and county. I've literally had 2 separate electrical inspections (for new services) where the inspectors never inspected a thing. One never left his car and the other stood on the front porch and never entered the home. If I'm following the law and paying for a permit I expect the inspection to be done by someone who knows the code and at least looks at what they are inspecting.
I would insist they "inspect" my work or I would refuse to pay them lol
Exactly
A tree came down on my power line and tore everything off the side of the house - which I was responsible for. I needed a permit to get the work done and a follow up inspection to get the power turned back on. The guy came by and posted an official looking orange paper to my front door. Basically said work was permitted AND it passed inspection. I hadn't even hired anyone yet!
@@dough9512 WOW!
I vibe with everything you said and it is outrageous what the beuracrats have done to the average American! The rich don't get punished and the "poor" always gets punished no matter what. It's gotta change. What we have now can't keep going on.
It's been over Regulated since the taxation of land. A taxed land is land owned by the government and rented by the individual.
Josh, there's also another possibility as to why you got called in: years ago, we were trying to find someone to finish our unfinished basement for us. There was one fellow who came over that we interviewed, who later on did not respond to us, despite repeated attempts to contact him. We tried several times over a few day period, trying to get a quote. As we were wanting to get going on the project quickly, we ended up going with a different contractor.
Right after the work got started we had police show up to see if we had a work permit for that job (which we had since the contractor we hired had pulled it). From what I remember, the police told us that someone had called it in! Now we were on very good terms with all our neighbors, so I seriously doubt it was one of them.
But I began thinking about that other contract who never returned our calls. I ended up actually suspecting that he was the one that called us in. I don't have any proof. Just a hunch... something didn't feel right about him. And we never heard back from him, although I believe I did leave him a final voicemail telling him that we were going to go with someone else.
All that to say, if you interviewed multiple contractors for the electric, and gave the job to one (while another one thought he should have gotten it), it's always possible he could have called it in just to provide harassment. There are wicked people in this world, as you well know.
It also could have been a very serious mistake on the part of the county, and they could have been trying to cover there mess up
I'm not sure how free we are when you must have a permit aka government permission to do anything.
they tell us where we can eat, sleep and go to the bathroom!!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmerThat’s far from being free.
I am with you buddy,a few years back my husband committed suicide, I lost income,ended up in a horrible d/v relationship some years later,who wouldn't help me with anything,long story short,I lost my electricity for sometime and had to use a generator, my local code enforcer (in maine)came to my house,I've owned of 38+yrs.,and told me it was against the law to "LIVE OFF THE GRID"&was gonna condemn my home if I didn't get power on in 14days,middle of the winter,getting 1check a month due to 3prior back surgerys,couldn't get help anywhere,needless to say,I had to resort to things unimaginable but got it on,I don't eat half the time to just pay my light bill,behind in everything else&nearly loosing my home just to "KEEP MY POWER ON"I HEAR YA,ANY COMMENTS HEAR TO WILL HELP
take a small loan on your home plus expenses for 3 months, list your property to sell, sell it... and get out of Maine to a state where you have freedom and less expenses ( ky, tn, etc). I shop at an Amish store that sells expired food, I purchased a gallon of organic almond milk for .70 cents this month. Last thing, get close to GOD via prayer and His Word
That person is right, unless you don't want to leave family. JUST SELL AND MOVE, A NEW PLACE CAN BE A "GOD SEND". IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. I WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND YEHOVA GOD WILL HELP YOU DECIDE. YOU MUST GET THIS SITUATION UNDER CONTROL. ONLY BUY HOUSE YOU CAN AFFORD IN A "BETTER" STATE. 😮
Wow I dont see any smugg comment from "bureauATF about this one. All advice about how the gubberment is in the right till it comes to a story like this one. Good luck lady, hope you figure something out cause you are literally on your own in this world and unless you have family nearby that will help you out it is grimm indeed.
i know this probably doesnt apply, since it seems like you said you dont have alot of money. but idk how much of a tax credit you can get in your state for solar so you might be able to get solar with a tax credit to pay for most of it. that way you can actually sell electricity to the grid and make a little bit of extra money
I am sad to hear of your situation. In my state, the power company has shut off my power when I did not pay my bill. There is no concern for a homeowner that is in a cold, dark house. But then I learned years later that a tenant renting my house did not pay his electric bill, and the power company told me that it is illegal for the power company to shut off the power. The owner is responsible for the bill. Take a guess what happens to me if I don't pay. My power is shut off. I may even have to pay for the tenant's rent somewhere else until I pay the power bill for the house the tenant is renting from me. In the meantime, the tenants don't have to pay the rent.
Everything is absolutely over regulated. I'm sorry you had that experience.
About twenty years ago in Tennessee my father and I built a house on my land. Our problem was the septic tank. We did all the right things getting the permit and paying lots of money to have them come out and tell us exactly how it had to be put in. The ground in Tenn is mainly clay dirt so we had to have a very long drain line that was stretched out back and forth across about an acre or more. We had the right people come to install it and it was a lot of work. It got done but before you can fill all the lines in you have to have it inspected. Thats where the problem came in. The inspectors just would not come out. After about three weeks there was a big flooding rain that came and well filled in most of the lines. We called and reported it and still no one came. two months later they came and by then and all the rain the lines were about filled in. Even though you could see all the lines were exactly where they had told us to put them we have to pay the installers to come back out and dig it all up so the inspectors could see we used the right lines and how it was supposed to be like rocks for drainage. etc. Cost us a lot of money. We checked with a lawyer to see if we could do something, but the code law is the code law no matter what mother nature did we had to make it where they could inspect it on their time. Tell me that ain't some BS. I no longer live in Tennessee and sold the house many years ago.
In his case he's upset because his neighbors started bitching, but as a property owner i also worry when I see someone going crazy building huge structures near my prop, people don't know if he's going to keep building and building and even though his property is very big all of that, it goes out the window when a week or 2 storm moves in, when you alter the topography in your land where that water is going to go? when everything starts flooding properties turn into a dot, especially when everything is flat, owning acres of land is a huge responsibility, and the "i mind my own business" motto doesn't fly./ here we have a whole borough under water because of bad move pertaining construction, it killed the prop value and everyone wants out, nobody ever imagine that something like that could happen, but it did.
Just do a Allodial title in Tennessee! If you're a nosey person kick rocks and boot lick somewhere else!
@@champion20199 but thats not what the overseers are focused on… get a grip on reality or just move to cuba and get it over with
I live in a small town in northeast Arkansas. Our problem here is that we don’t have enough rules and regulations. People can literally do anything they want to on their property here in the city limits. Including building any kind of a big metal building in their backyard. Swimming pools in the yard without a safety fence around them. Motorhomes trucks junk you name it. They’ve got it everywhere. When we moved here 40 years ago. Our neighborhood was very nice. But it is really going downhill. I have called and talked to every mayor that has been in office in the last 20 years. my front yard now is flooding because my neighbor refuses to clean out the drain under her driveway. She won’t do it and the city says it’s not their problem. Everywhere I look now out the windows there are sheds going up storage sheds, she sheds, he sheds tool sheds and it looks like there is no stopping them. Mayor says they can do anything they want to. It’s their property. Have one guy that lives right across the street from the courthouse here. Put up the most horrendous looking Halloween decorations. That was last year. Then he put up Christmas decorations without taking the Halloween down. Now I think he’s decorating for Easter and the Halloween is still up. In cases like that I really think we need some restrictions. And now his yard looks like a used car, truck and boat and motor lot.sometimes restrictions are necessary. Because there are a lot of people out there who are not real bright, and have very poor taste. My pursuit of happiness has been taken away here because of what everything looks like.
@@idahewett1432 Too bad, so sad! Don't like it.... LEAVE! It is people like YOU who cause these incremental rules and regulations that slowly creep into society and end up choking the life AND LIBERTY out of people!
As a veteran i understand your feelings about government. Federal, state, county and or city governmental rules and regulations are so numerous and complex, i doubt anyone has a good grasp or understanding of all the complexity, and when something adverse happens, people cry out for more laws, as if that will change anything. With such a maze of rules and regulations soon we are going to need a regulation liason to help us beat a path through the swapland of rules and permits and inspections that lay a minefield of barriers in our way .
Too many busy bodies that can’t and don’t mind their own business but will do wrong and feel that everyone else does the same as they do. 🇺🇸
As a Vietnam combat veteran I feel the same as you and I thank you for your service to our great nation 🇺🇸
I live in Northern New Brunswick, Canada.I have 40 acres of woodlot and farm property..I raised cows and pigs and had horses over the years..Last year I build a 16x40 building on my property.We plan to downsize in the near future.As of this date I cannot get approval for this build.the rules supercede common sense..I am 82 years old, a Veteran and OWN the land..What we have are governments with little or no commom sense..Go figure boys..
👋 Building inspector of a very large municipality here. We have a homeowners waiver that you can sign that allows you to do most of your own work, less plumbing and electrical. If you can pass inspection, you can do it. The reason for the regulations for licensed trades is because people die from shoddy work done by unscrupulous contractors. That being said, I also have to investigate complaints of things being built without a permit. It's almost always reported by a Karen neighbor. When I get those complaints, I NEVER write a citation unless I absolutely have to. Like a homeowner wiring an accessory structure in a very dangerous manner. I always try to work with people.l, especially because investigating unpermitted work isn't what I signed up for. I signed up to inspect structures to ensure they're structurally sound, and that they will be sound for the owner in 25 years. But even then, I bend over backwards to help people to build things correctly. As I tell people all the time, I'm here for the benefits, not to lick boots.
The fact you would even think about investigating as you call it a “Karen Neighbor” says you are the problem.
One more government worked destroying his own neighborhood because of a job title.
You're a good man 👍
@@MrClowny666 I appreciate that. I've worked on both sides of the fence so I know how a bad inspector with a fragile ego can destroy your project, so I try to find a balance of keeping the contractor moving along without slowing him down and protecting the homeowner and the public. The trick is to do that without taking anything personally. My department is full of fragile egos and bootlickers that dream about stop work orders and citations, so I do what little I can to make whatever difference I can make for the public.
The problem is that most are not like you. I am also an inspector and I believe codes are out of control. The code inspectors I have worked with building a new construction house are ridiculous and call out every minor thing. Code inspectors should only be checking for major safety issues and nothing more imo.
@@judahbrutus @judahbrutus I'm going to have to completely and wholeheartedly disagree. That's not the problem. What kind of inspector are you? A home inspector? Code inspectors are not OSHA inspectors and we're not home inspectors. Our job is to check for code compliance, not safety. Codes exist for a reason. What you may see as a minor issue might not be a minor issue to somebody else. People will throw a fit if I call them out for not having a continuous tie at a perpendicular joist/rafters connection because they think "it's just a rat run." No, its an unstable roof. You absolutely need wind bracing, wall/wall connections, correct portal framing, correct wood grades, so on and so forth. If you aren't a licensed code inspector, you just don't completely understand what we're looking for. If you aren't building a house to code, that's a problem with you, not a problem with the code. And that's exactly the purpose of the inspection. It's not to "bust" you, it's to check your work and give you a chance to correct it. The people that pay you are 100% expecting and wanting a house built to code, and it's your job and your responsibility to be knowledgeable enough to provide that to them. I hold an unlimited building license as well as a home inspectors license, so I know both industries, and they are absolutely not the same. There is very little overlap. Just because I work with people and assist them wherever I can and do what I can to make the process as painless as possible doesn't mean I'm allowing homeowners to get screwed over by not making sure their house is built properly.
Here in Missouri, it depends on what county, and or city you live in. Some places are very much in your business, and others aren't. We live in a very rural county, and in our county I can build anything I want from a shed to a 10 bedroom house with no permits or inspections whatsoever. Just let the county assessor know when it's finished and that's it. I wouldn't want to live any other way. And I completely understand how you feel.
Same thing where we live.
Yep live in the same state. We don’t realize how fortunate we are.
I moved to Douglas County last year for those same reason.
Fellow rural Missourian here that agrees with this comment.
Greetings from the ozark mountains! Arkansas side!
Thank you for your service! Your land to do what you want! We need to get our country back!
That depends, if it were a brothel, I think not.
We as a Country are over regulated and over taxed. I am a Veteran, I believe that we should be able to do on our property as we see fit, as long as we are not infringing on others, with out oversight from the Government.
This almost exactly happened to us 17 years ago in Ohio. Zoning in Ohio is dependent upon Counties and Townships. We built a 55'by 50' shop on the back of a existing bank barn. It has a block foundation with 3'deep footers. 2+6 construction built like a commercial building with overhead doors and concrete. We informed the Township zoning inspector abd he OKd it as an exempt Ag building, no permits required. My township is zoned in my county. A building inspector left a card an violation on the front door of the house about six months later and we called the building department. He drove by and saw that the barn did not meet the new exemption laws in Ohio at that time. In Ohio you need to use the building for livestock, grains, farm equipment only, and our zoning inspector did not know of the new changes at that time. Fortunately we had taken pictures of the stages of construction so the inspector had us pull a permit and they signed off on all the work.
Functionally you had to pay a bribe to keep your own property. It's just like paying protection money
Your first mistake was going to the govt tax office.
Josh, first of all thank you for your service to our country! Rancher from South Texas. It seems to be getting harder and harder to get up knowing I have to tend to 500 head of cattle and more rules and regulations by our county and our government. Please keep your head up we need people like you.!
And people like you,Danny, thank you as well
I have a homestead in upstate NY, the language used to describe our state (and federal) government in this area is bordering on revolutionary.
Our freedoms are fleeting. Freedom is not free. Many have paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. One day we may loose them.
This is a very sad situation, and government is sticking its nose way to far into our lives, and it needs to stop. I really feel sorry for you, as a two tour Viet Nam veteran myself , I feel you have earned the right to do just what you are doing, and doing it completely within the county rules, but somebody is jealous of you and what you have so they are going to try to make your life difficult. I do not know the county rules where I live, I am in a non farming type area, so I assume the rules are vastly different here. I wish you the best, and I do enjoy the channel very much Hopefully some of the other viewers will have the insight to help and answer your questions.
Bill Gates wants his farm. And Billy always gets what he wants.
Yes, and then Gates sells it to China. They shouldn’t be allowed to buy our land. We can’t go there and buy land.
In our County, the inspectors are directed to find things to address in hopes of finding something wrong, so they can direct you to get the proper permit (and pay the fees of course), thereby securing their position as being employed. It's job security for the county. You say your land is yours and that is true until you fail to pay taxes on it. We are all way too over regulated and over taxed here in the land of the free.
you mean, 'land of the fee, home of the slave'.
Yep...well said.@@galaxytraveler5779
100%
Your not free , its the land of the fee .the guy that wrote the first version of that had a lisp .
Check out 15 minute cities. They don’t want prosperous people. They want to take all our rights away. They want us eating grass & bugs. Check out what they are doing to the Amish in PA. Other places they r taking over. They want to control every move. They (the government) lies, cheats & steals. I don’t trust hardly any of them anymore. 60% of jobs here are government jobs.
I am former Army and Law Enforcement. Thank you for your service! I have a story that would blow your mind, that we are going through with our new home taxes, that the county had completely screwed up, to long and detailed to write about here, plus it may go to court. Justed wanted to let you know your not alone. Typical with local goverment. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. You will always pay the price for their mistakes or misunderstandings. I hope your issue was resolved to your liking and the problem has gone away. Best wishes... We have enjoyed your videos...
Think you nailed it in the final statements. They're trying to choke out the average decent person. We do live in a time of massive distrust, and it is dangerous.
First and foremost, Thank You Josh for your service to your community in policing and for your loyal service to your country while serving in the Air Force. Having spent 36 years in policing north of the border, I'm retired and living on the east coast of Canada in Nova Scotia. Like you, I purchased 50 acres to enjoy my sawmill and to build our retirement home. We share the same attitude by doing things right. After applying for our permit and milling all the lumber, the building inspector advised the lumber could not be used in residential construction if it was not graded. I got around this loop hole by taking the lumber grading course and getting my certification to stamp and grade my own lumber. Problem solved. Ironically, I now get the same inspector dropping by to purchase graded lumber for his own personal use. I know you can relate to the affects of stress during your times in policing and the air force. I also am the proud owner of a Wood-Mizer LT35 mill and use my mill to help our first responders as a form of therapy to help them get through some rough times. Keep doing what your doing. Wishing you great success on your new farm. Warmest regards,
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You're a Genuine Blessing!
As a State level code enforcement type and dealing with all sorts of Federal, State, and Municipal types, the level of "busybodyness" is astounding.
"Karens" are everywhere, these troublemakers are on a mission, put to them by the great spaghetti monster in the swamp, to spread hate a discontent across this great land.
I know it is easier said than done, but pay them no attention. Giving them any attention only fuels their misguided insaness. Whoever called this in has taken great joy in seeing how much this has bothered you and how much unnecessary extra work they caused the county to do.
Extremely well said!
And the worst part? Whoever called this in will be dead-set in their belief that they did the "right" thing. They believe they have done a great service to their county, and probably even to Stoney Ridge Farmer by making sure everything was done right. "Stay in your lane" is a completely foreign concept to these folk.
This gave me a great idea, since I believe the person that turned him in was probably someone that saw his video. I'd invite all the local leaders over for an "open house" BBQ and film them all having a great time eating and enjoying FREEDOM! Then, I'd post it with some catchy title to really piss off the "Karens"!
I have met a few, very few people who take pleasure in seeing me in discontent. My ex wife was one of them.
I live in Arizona in a rural part outside of Phoenix. The county here tried to force getting permits for anything done inside your house, even changing a toilet. Yes, we are becoming way over regulated. The thing that bothers me the most is that if you get permits and pass, and something catastrophic happens, you can't go after planning and zoning about it. We have to follow their rules, but they don't have to stand behind their regulations. Kinda crazy!
Banks. Mammon.
We are NOT "becoming" over-regulated. We already ARE over-regulated. We've passed that already and you must understand that in order to fight back properly.
@@electrickrypt We have to try and understand the transition that is underway.
@davidgood7621 we've already transitioned and are now under full attack to take full control of not only the United States, but the world. So much, in fact, that they are now publicly admitting it. Cmon man!!!
You can fire them! Or sue them into poverty!!
Thank you for serving in law enforcement and in serving me and my country. 🇺🇸
Here in NY we were being threatened for not paying water bill, etc. I talked with my husband about calling to straighten them out- we owed nothing- our water came from the middle of a lake and we complied with all regulations.
My husband suggested that we wait.
When the officials came to shut off our town water, we told them to go ahead - if they could fine something to shut off.
They could not- of course. No apology!
At a town council meeting, a woman wrote that her bill was wrong etc. The rep on the board instructed the secretary to write back and say- the woman ( older widow) was wrong. They checked nothing- just a power play.
My regret is that I didn’t do a bigger fuss and follow through to help the woman. I went to meeting but didn’t know enough about how to make the board actually find out and follow through rightfully.
The sad part is, I live in Gonzales County, TX, and let me tell you, you are correct. Had to get a permit to put in a septic system in. Raised my property values by $15, 000. Only paid $7500 for the system. No one came to inspect it from the county. Just one example. I have to pay school taxes to a county I have never lived in and have never had a child attend school in that county.
Thank you for sharing your story. You are a real American hero. You served your country, you followed the spirit of the law and it would seem the letter of the law as well. You experienced righteous indignation, and yet kept it from becoming personal, and you made an appeal to the public for support of the very spirit which created this great land. God bless you and yours.🙏
I live in Panola County Texas. When I first moved out here 23 years ago, it was me (single Mom, nurse), my son (7th grade), and my daughter (6th grade). About 2 yrs later, it was just me and my daughter because my son went to live with his dad in town. I only have 2 acres. My daughter and I put up t-post and cattle panels around an approximately one acre pasture for our dogs. We worked hard..red clay dirt banging in t-post. My neighbor hung my gate for me on an oilfield pipe he had laying around. He was a great neighbor. Unfortunately, they moved back to west Texas years ago. We'll, my daughter and I decided to build a shelter for our dogs out of 2x4s and old tin. So we could get rid of the old little dog houses. We had one ladder, a pickup truck we stood on, and, of course, a hammer and nails. We concreted the 2x4s in, 6 ft tall 2x4s 😂, because we did not have a saw to cut them down. It did not have a door to close, just an open entrance, and the sides did not go all the way to the top so that it would not get too hot in the Texas heat in the summer. Well, the county taxed me for a storage shed on my property taxes. I had to go to the appraisal office and explain it was a 6 ' tall dog house 😂😂 because we did not have a saw to cut the 2x4s. I can only imagine the laughs they got when we left. A city woman and her daughter building a 6' tall dog house! Sorry, it was such a long story, but the memory is great. Almost as good as me getting on the roof of my storage building last year (age 65) and being afraid to get back down and having to call my daughter to drive 17 miles to come hold the ladder for me to get down 😂. Yea. I got a lecture!
Enjoyed your story very much
I live in Texas County, Missouri. It’s a great place to live and build in. To build you are not required to have any permits, , it’s my land and I can do what ever I want with it. When my wife and I moved here we felt like we moved back to America! We are both vets and respect our freedoms.
BAM!!!! There ya go!!
Hey neighbor. I’m in Douglas country Missouri and I feel the same way
I served in the military too and I would not have been so polite. I'm permitted and inspected, so get out !
Being able to make a phone call and have your neighbor arrested is very empowering it makes your small insignificant life seam more substantial just like Russia when citizens where encouraged to report their neighbors
Or just like Nazi Germany would report Jews to the Gestapo..
The best advice I ever had was from my Grandad,a third generation farmer who really knew how to deal with county bureaucrats. His simple solution was to never talk too much to them when applying for permits. If they need a diagram,simply give them a bare bones diagram. Never get chatty,never give too much information and when it comes to busybody neighbors who feign friendship to get into your business,keep your trap shut. Always give them the mushroom treatment. Keep them in the dark and feed them sh....poop.
Mushroom treatment is definitely added to the list of things to teach my son, thank you.
Sadly, this approach does not win anyone over. I suggest the opposite. Be open, charitable, and friendly to everyone you meet. Eventually, you will accumulate allies and friends.
@@davidsaviano9012 Not a great idea when the risk is your family's freedom.
I am a veteran so is my wife, come from NC and WY we now live now in IA. Have property in all 3. North Carolina is a great state, but is the most pain in the butt to deal with as far as governing
As a fellow North Carolinian I have seen some of this over regulation you speak of. Part of it is because of people not doing the right thing but I think a bigger part of it is far too many busybodies that want to always be in everyone else’s business that have caused a lot of it. And it’s usually people that don’t understand why some folks want to live away from everyone and everything, and just want to be left alone and out of all the mess that happens in big cities.
we're very far down the road of communism
I live in CA. And let me tell you the state and local governments have completely over regulated the place with all there rules regulations policies and procedures. Not to mention the tyrannical over TAXATION!
@@jamesgidney8505 yeah the not so funny part of Cali is that’s where I’ve seen the most unpermitted and not to code building. I have no idea how they’ve gotten away with it!! Crazy that the ones trying to do it right get the run around.
In my opinion, in order for something to be a crime, there has to be a victim. If you can't point me toward the person who I wronged, it isn't a crime. I am a Libertarian at heart and I always ask myself " does this law make me more free or less" and 90% of the time it's an infringement on my liberty. We are going in the wrong direction. Thanks for your service, and thanks for sharing on your channel!
@mmccon2007 So speeding in your car is not a crime? It only matters if someone is injured or "wronged", not the fact that you put others in danger?
@rickcollins1825 that's not what I said. Reckless driving isn't victimless, that's your example not mine. The government telling you that you cannot install a toilet that flushes more than 1.5 gallons is an example of government over reach.
if there is a need to test for intrusion into a water table, that is not a test you have to dig anything up for. It is a paperwork test. the perc test is done before the septic system is installed, that ensure you will have proper outflow, you may have to extend the leach pipes, but as to whether you can, that is rarely an issue. the two can tell you whether the ground is suitable for a septic tank before you build it and stink up your place.
@@rickcollins1825do you honestly think going a couple mph over the speed limit should be a "crime"? Of course you don't, you do it all the time sometimes without realizing it. Reckless endangerment is what we're concerned about, but naturally the government creates a slew of legalistic bs around that legitimate concern and pushes it too far, sometimes out of overzealousness, sometimes to make money though fines, and sometimes just to screw with people they don't like.
yes, that wouldnt be a crime if no one was hurt. @@rickcollins1825
Josh, buddy I feel your pain! Same here in Virginia. I have come to realize we own nothing EVER. After we think it's all bought and paid for we still continue to pay. Try not paying the taxes or get behind on anything and our greedy government will seize it all and put us under the jail. But I hope you continue to aspire to inspire!
Hello and happy thanksgiving. I just bought 117 acres in Virginia (Scott county). I’m planning on living off grid and I have a ton of questions. Do you know of any off grid groups that share ideas in Virginia? I’m currently living off grid on the land in my campervan. I have been told that I can build a max 256 sq ft without a permit. But I need a septic system before I can get an address. Anyway I’m trying to connect with other off grid folks in Virginia and learn.
@@ldygzlle1291 256 sqft is a national code. For the Septic system you have to file for a perk test with the county to assess if the ground you want to put the leeching field in has sufficient drainage. You need an excavator to dig a trench where you want to put the leaching field in (you can rent one for a couple of days for DIY, or find a contractor to do it for you). The problem in VA is the clay soil which might run into drainage problems so I would plan to pick a couple of locations on your property for the leaching field location. You can look on-line to size your leeching field (usually based upon the number of bedrooms your home will have). If you going to just do a one bedroom home, I recommend sizing the sepic for at least 2 bedrooms, incase you choose to add an addtion to your home.
For the septic install you need a tank, You can probably order one from a local plumbing supply company (or they will know who can supply one for you).You need a contractor that can do septic installs, as your probably struggle DIY as a newbie. You might be able to save some $$$ by working with the contractor crew to get it installed. Plumbing supply company might be able to provide you with a contractor that does septic if you cannot find one.
You probably also want to get a well. Perhaps ask your neigbors about how deep their well is, that should give you an idea, and ask a well driller how much it would cost to drill approximate to the same depth as your neigbors.
Next I would get either get a small shipping container, or put up a small building to store your Inverter\batteries & well pressure tank. A small building would be better since you probably want to keep it long term and shipping containers are not the best. Keep this building under 256 sqft so no building permt is required
Next you need get the solar panels, inverter, & batteries. Usually you can find resellers that will sell you a complete package (PV + inverter + batteries). I would recommend sticking with a major brand for the inverter & the smallest I recommend is 8KW with 240VAS output (as you need something for the well, and can supply power tools (Table saw, Milter saw, etc). I am not sure if you need to file a permit for off grid solar, You can ask the county.
I would recommend seeing if it viable to get grid power. It doesn't hurt to ask the power company how much it costs. I would also recommend seeing if the septic contractor can help install a buried propane tank (since he will have the equipment on site anyway, You need to contact a propane company to get the tank. Depending on the size you want & your area, there might be a waiting list. Most Propane companies will try to rent you a tank, I recommend buying the tank, in the event you want to switch to a different propane company.
At that point your on to home design\build.
Who’s land was it 400 years ago. Oh and by the way fuck Biden and Trump i don’t want a political argument.
That's right. We have an illusion of property ownership. At the end of the day, we're all just renters. Beholden to the state.
Yeah, the taxes need to stop. We need to charge tariffs for other imports so that the country can maintain properly plus open up the fracking. We can be so independent again.
As a veteran I did a bit of research on property ownership. Most people have a title which states they are a tenant on the property. To gain ownership you must get a land patent. The IRS has videos saying as an owner you still have to pay taxes on your land.
As I went through this research I found the difference between between law & statutes as well as legal and lawful. That being said... These statutes while legal are unlawful. Once you understand how this can be you understand the method they have used to remove ownership and how to regain ownership.
how to regain ownership.
I am also a Veteran. Thank you for your service! In NE Oklahoma, there are many areas where there are no regulations or permits required. You can, for the most part, do whatever you want. For people, like you, who are going to do things correctly and keep your place squared away, that's fine. The problem comes when people, who don't have those personal standards are allowed to live as they choose. Some people need to be regulated. I never would have thought I'd say something like that until I lived here. Some people choose to live nasty and blame it on poverty. That's a lame excuse. It's because of those people, that others are over regulated. JMHO Semper Fi
I think for cases like that, and there are plenty of them around here as well. There needs to be a balanced, or a Citizens committee. The neighbors people need to get involved with their community. Some people just live harmful lives to themselves. Common sense should prevail I wish it could more community matters just as much as the food we eat
Yes, some ppl live in poverty and you may think that is nasty. They maybe legally blind.... get to know ppl in your community. Some ppl are prideful and won't ask for help. There are programs for ppl who need help to keep electricity on. Maybe they are disabled with a brain injury. For free they can get a caseworker that can help them put all their bills on autopay. Just get to know them. If they seem reluctant to have you inside their home offer to buy them a cup of coffee at the nearest Cafe. My life was really hard until a lady who lived in my apartment complex helped me learn everything I was qualified for. I was permanently disabled by a criminal... the hospital did the bare minimum to get me out. I really don't remember my 1st year after the incident. My friends 🧡 paid for an apartment and they brought me to the social security office. Anyway, this lady came into my life and helped me get help... and I could finally eat more than once a day since I had an aide who could drive to a cheaper supermarket. Anyway, I now know there is help out there for me. My place is very cluttered, but not nasty. I start to go through my possessions but get distracted or my physical pain gets to be too much. Have a good day!
We have regulations in theory - but really, getting a competent electrician to go over your wiring is a basic liability concern. .. if you don't want to do it, the insurance carrier is not obliged to cover you, and a lending institution is free to take liability into concern when deciding what sort of loan conditions they are comfortable with. As it turns out, I am SURROUNDED by competent electricians that are happy to work for a good pot of chili, a beer and a story. The city of Tulsa, now .. well, they leave me alone, and I am just fine with that, too. Navy, GMG BB63 .. give us a holler, and we'll send it 😎
It's their life. F u
@ChaplainRuf Wow! Struck a nerve didn't I chaplain. I'll add you to my prayers. I never said, nor did I imply, that I was better than anyone. As far as you caring about my military service, you should, but I served for those who care and those who don't. Either way, you're welcome.
I completely agree that we are over regulated! We had to move to TN to get away from all of that in NC. The taxes alone can bankrupt a family in NC. It is a complete racquet with the insurance companies and the county/ state. I love your channel. Keep up the good work!
I have over the last year started wondering about our ownership rights as property owners. When I hear nightmare stories about people that have owned and lived on their land for years, having their taxes double and triple to the point that retired persons cannot afford to stay on their own property and that governments that raised those unreasonable taxes want to take the property away and sell it. That is just wrong and says we are renting our property and not owning it. It's like a new mortgage we did not take out.
That's what happened to me 😭🤬😭
Welcome to socialism.
Josh, I appreciate your “color within the lines” attitude. As we said when I worked for the government,”document, document, document.” Being able to reach into your records and pull out the approved plans is sweet assurance when needed. Good luck with getting the septic permits and building permits to convert to living space. May God bless your efforts as you have blessed us with your videos.
I live in Arkansas and use to farm. Back in 1978 I got a standard information letter from ASCS office now know as FSA office. The header to the letter started Dear Land User, where before it was Dear Land Owner , I know it is just 1 word, but I wanted to know the meaning of the change. I was informed that I was allowed to use the land as long as I paid my taxes. I told them I had a certified registered deed to my property . I was told if I thought the land was totally mine , just stop paying your taxes , and see how long it will take the government to put it up for sale on the court house steps. So all said you do what the laws they make says to do.
I feel like I should correct you on one topic. I live in Connecticut, (sadly), but I am planning to move down south eventually. Here in Connecticut, zoning is so strict! I believe if the property has been in your family for many years, there may be some grandfathered laws in place, but those are quickly going away as well. Last year, I looked at several properties, intending on buying a home. What should have taken me a couple of months, took close to a year, because of all the red tape, and regulations. We ultimately settled on a quarter million dollar money pit, because it was all that was available. It was so bad, that one place we looked at, was built in 1760, did not have a septic. I said ok, I can put one in. No no no. Can't put a septic in, because the type of land it was on. (They never gave me full details). So I asked what I could do. Short answer was nothing. The home is not livable. So why is it for sale? You can purchase the property, but cannot live there. So this beautiful colonial home, with lots of American history, would have to be completely torn down, engineers would have to come reshape the land, and build new. $400,000 for 1.3 acre lot, that would cost another $500,000 to build a home, that would be worth $450,000 when all is said and done. But Connecticut will NOT tell you any of this unless you specifically inquire about it. This way, you buy it, then you're stuck paying them taxes, for property you cannot use, or sell.
And yes, you need a permit to build anything on your property. I just found out I have to get a $350 inspection, and permit to put in an 8x8 chicken coop! And even that could be denied. Sadly, Connecticut is a blue state, and they make it very difficult for local farmers here, since they hate the idea of Americans being self sufficient.
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Your comment was fine until you turned it into something stupidly political and made absurdist claims.
We don’t need any more Yankees stay where you are we’re crowded with belligerent northerners as it is !
Hello my friend. I am sixty-five, and thirty years ago I found out that the world is NOT a fair place, and this made my life a lot easier. I expect neither freedom or fairness, so I don't get hurt when it doesn't happen! Love, Tor.
Sounds like a true God loving vet
Sorry but, I am glad that our Founders did not share your opinion.. Had they, we would still be living under a tyrant King.. We have a Constitution for a reason.. Don't fight for what is yours,, and you will be the first one to loose it.. Keep your head down and don't build anything or have anything to upset any of your neighbors,, because, sounds like you are going to lay down and let them do what they want to do.. Not good!!.. Learn your Rights and Stand up for them, or let the winds blow you as they may.. Entirely up to you. Your property, your fight.. Just saying what I see.
Overregulated is exactly the point here. The owner followed the rules and the county wants to squeeze you till you bleed. We sold all of our family's heritage property in North Caroilna when my Dad and Uncle passed away. This property dated back to before the Civil War. We hated to see it go, but it is now one less thing to stress about.
Didn't realise you were ex US Air Force. No wonder I liked the way you worked and your whole attitude to life. I'm ex Royal Navy, UK and it takes a brother to see a brother. Hands across the ocean and all that malarkey. Now it makes sense!!
Having lived in Texas for three years back in 2000 to 2003, I'd bought a plot of land, had a home built on it on outskirts of Fort Worth, I can believe the hoops they have you trying to jump through. Vets in the USA get far more respect than we do over here in the UK.
It gets my goat when you try to do the right thing the right way but some jobsworth desk jockey sees paperwork rather than common sense!!
IMHO, you are far from being over sensitive. You actually put your own life on the line to protect the freedom & rights of not only your fellow countrymen, but your allies too.
Have a wee glass of something and take time to relax!! (not moonshine ;) ). I'll raise a tot over here and wish you all the best for the future. Hopefully said desk jockey will realise you're one of the good guys and apply some common sense going forward!!
There are some of us sir who have the up most respect for you and your service, Thank you for your sacrifices for my freedom today, Wish more people had the decency to respect those who deserve it, Thank you (UK based)
Unfortunately, those things we once took as "common," such as sense, courtesy, and decency; appear to have joined the ranks of 'oxymorons'. It's a sad commentary on today's society.
Freedom and "property ownership" is an illusion in most cases like this. I would be willing to bet that he registered the property with the "STATE" which gives them jurisdiction over his land unbeknownst to Stoney Ridge. "Owning" real estate "fee simple" is actually a British term which gives you "property right" to use the land, but in Britain, the King owns the land which gives him the right to tax its use by the peasantry and subservients. In America, the STATE is given authority to tax it's use by contract or registration with the county recorder. Supreme court caselaw demonstrates that when we separated from England, land owners had all the sovereign rights of the King of England which includes the right to do anything on the property without taxation, license, permit, etc... and any official would need permission to enter the property which is why officials need permission to enter Catholic properties unless they are registered. It's all about jurisdiction and contract law.
The devil is in the details my friend....literally. Sometimes, "doing the right thing" is obscured by peer pressure and societal norms which have been created and manipulated by government entities. It's all about controlling the masses without them really knowing it which is why you can get multiple degrees in various fields of mind control... like public relations, advertising, marketing, and a splattering of degrees within the school of psychology itself.
Hopefully, this event will be a red pill moment for Stoney Ridge and others to recognize it's not safe to play in the "Lion's cage" even if the Lion appears well fed.
Thank you brotha, ex US Army Sgt.
Thanks brother. Navy and served some time with the Marines as a Corpsman. I actually had a FB follower say to me “why do you feel you deserve any extra respect from a non veteran?”
What gets me is they could have easily looked in the computer to see if you pulled a permit.
Looking in the computer would REQUIRE WORK! Some people abhor working. Rather sit there, try to look pretty and collect BIG FAT PAY CHECKS!
You would think.
He said the clerk no longer works there and information was wrong. He went to the office to fix it before the Officer came to his house. So his project was not properly recorded. Checking the computer would of showed there was there are issues.
@@frankcastle7777 He said the size of the building was wrong. The permit was correct and should be in the system.
I do have to agree with you. I'm in Hilo, Hawaii. We own a small 3 acre homestead in the agricultural district. A new property owner came and bought the parcel next to us (all 3 acre pieces on our street), and that property was change to Residential Ag. Suddenly, the Planning department is up our butts and is now forcing us to shut down our piggery. Because the neighbor, who bought the property in the ag district and KNEW we raised pigs, made a complaint. Suddenly we need a special permit, which we applied for, and was denied. It's ludicrous. The laws and regulations in Hawaii infringes on our freedoms in most areas. Don't even get me started on our 2A. And yes, we have permits from the USDA to feed our pigs food waste, as well as from our State Vet. We also want to do things the right way, and pay our share. My husband is a veteran of the US Army, retired. So we feel you, friend.😔
You’re giving these people a whole lot more credit than they deserve. I’d be willing to bet that they knew what you were doing. Somebody took a disliking to you and figured they turn the dogs loose on you. The system is not designed to do the right thing it’s designed to collect taxes and any system, whose sole purpose is to collect taxes is a dishonorable system. Do you think they would spend one red cent to go after you if there would be no taxes generated? As far as I’m concerned, these people need to mind their own effing business.
Sorry for your experience. I have similar values. I have built in two locations. 90 acres In Granger County TN and 10 acres in Oakland County MI. I checked for permitting in Granger and they said "its your land, build what you want" but to live there you need a septic permit/inspection. In Oakland County MI, you need a permit for anything (such as a fence not on you property line???). The zoning is intense, with 10 acres, the max animals you can have is 25 chickens (an animal point system that makes no sense at all). I am 77yo now, so I will not move again. I will live and die on my 10acres (unless they jail me for some infraction - very possible! LOL). I have my gardens and chickens [may add some illegal rabbits some day] and that will have to do. We need to get smart about who we elect and how our kids are taught. Kids need to be taught critical thinking and not what to think. I worry for our future. Best wishes, Doug
I understand your frustration, but I couldn’t finish your video because of your proselytizing and constant repeating of your attempt to “do the right thing.” God bless you sir, and good luck going forward.
Here in Wisconsin I had to get a $400 permit for filling in a giant hole in my yard. Keep in mind I live out in the country. There is definitely a lot of things that the township has to much control over
ridiculous isn't it!
Small towns need some type of revenue stream when there is a limited tax base, as is the case in most rural areas. The money pays for city employees retirement funds and other city services, however limited they may be. Why not just fill the hole and play dumb if it becomes an issue? You probably could have avoided paying the $400 hole filling tax.
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer our ancestors flipped the tables over way less. Do you ever consider if we are cowards? todays "man", even the more capable one, seems hell-bent on avoiding conflict and constantly pretending that he has not been made a serf by process of covert conquest (see: Usury). I just wonder how bad it has to actually become for a man like you and many others to realize that we are actually fighting for our very lives now.
you can almost guarantee someone, sometime ago, probably in that very town (in Wisconsin, the rural subdivisions are called 'towns', not 'townships'---townships don't exist in Wisconsin), abused the freedom you once had to fill in holes whenever you like---perhaps someone filled in a big hole which changed drainage to other properties. What I would like to know, how'd the hole get there, and did it need a permit to dig out?
Bad neighbors always call in for anything you do. When you do the right things is hard for them to comprehend. Thanks to you to show people to do the right things. Great job.