New Charges in the Oak Park Veggie Garden Madness

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Charges against the woman who planted a vegetable garden in her front yard have been dropped, her attorney said Thursday.

But other charges against Julie Bass have been resurrected for not having licenses for her two dogs — even though she took care of that issue, lawyer Solomon Radner said.

“This is really nothing other than a personal vendetta against the Basses either because somebody doesn’t like them, or because they had the nerve to fight this unjust prosecution,” said Radner, who plans to file a motion to dismiss . . .

. . . Bass got licenses for her dogs after she was charged in June, and showed the paperwork to officials. Typically, cases are closed after the issue is addressed.

But Radner spoke to an Oak Park city attorney colleague who informed him that the dog license charge is not dead against Bass, something he called “a very dirty move.”

Misdemeanor charges — including failure to have a dog license — typically carry a 93-day jail sentence, Radner said.

If a bureaucrat wants to make your life hell, they’ll find a reason.

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Permalink Reply by 2p4plpyayj8y3 on July 15, 2011 at 4:05pm

I agree and when it has been determined that is the case a reopened case should be dismissed that was closed previously and restitution should be made against the party wronged. In this case the Basses!

Paul

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Permalink Reply by J. L. Lucas on July 15, 2011 at 5:11pm

build the gallows

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Permalink Reply by Marvin on July 15, 2011 at 7:45pm

....and set those gallows in the front yard of the White House.

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Permalink Reply by Jose Villarreal on July 15, 2011 at 5:25pm

This is truly sad. Welcome to Amerika.

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Permalink Reply by ShieldBreaker on July 15, 2011 at 7:56pm

Thank you Site ADMIN--for the info--I'm sure we are all headed that way--everything we knew once will be gone--With the GMO food,The Chem-trails and the fluoridated water,we are all lucky to be breathing right now in my opinion--

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Permalink Reply by Goddessofm51 on July 16, 2011 at 12:15pm

Really! So why do they want these people out of the picture for 93 days??? I mean what do they have planned that the feds don't want them to be doing? It just seemed weird when I read the article that the "jail term" for growing carrots and missing dog tags carried the same sentance. I really wonder if the "enforcers" in this town don't have anything else to do with their time. Maybe time for some layoffs or transfers to other police departments that could use the help?