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Title: Michigan Woman Jailed for Failing to Renew $10 Dog License On Time
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Reason
URL Source: http://reason.com/blog/2015/07/08/m ... oman-jailed-for-failing-to-ren
Published: Jul 9, 2015
Author: Nick Gillespie
Post Date: 2015-07-09 08:44:38 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 784
Comments: 15
Author's note: Jacob Sullum blogged this story first yesterday. To read his writeup, go here. Via IJ Review (and the Twitter feed of G60TimbersFan) comes this true tale of petty tyranny in the Great Lakes State: Her name is Becky Rehr. She may look like a mild-mannered, upstanding citizen. But in the eyes of the law enforcers in the State of Michigan, she is a fugitive outlaw who had to be brought to justice. Her hideous crime? Not renewing a $10 dog license.... Rehr’s license for her 11-year-old border collie/ springer mix Dexter was set to expire on May 28th. Disastrously for the Michigan mother, she missed the deadline. Her lax payment must have driven the bureaucrats at the county clerk’s office apoplectic, for when she appeared with proof of licensing – dated 26 days late – she wasn’t treated with a handshake and a smile. She was led out to be fingerprinted, get her mugshot taken, and be thrown in the county slammer. Rehr spent three hours in jail and released on a $100 bond. She'll appear in court next week, where she faces up to $100 in fines and 90 days in the slammer. Because. A. Dog. License. Expired. Which brings me to this: Here's a story from MLive.com: Nick Gillespie is the editor in chief of Reason.com and Reason TV and the co-author of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America, just out in paperback. Does anyone really wonder why attitudes toward government are in the shitter?
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
From another article: "Both Lawrence and Klein said a warrant isn't issued until the agency has given multiple warnings about an overdue license renewal, including letters, a notice posted on the dog owner's front door and typically a phone call." "Rehr admits she got those warnings." "I had every intention of taking care of it, but with the end of the school year and my job, it just totally got put on the back burner," said Rehr, who has two teenage daughters and a husband who travels on business." Wanna bet she'll find the time when the next renewal comes up?
I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a fully armed SWAT raid on her house if that happened again. And you would be cheering the police state as they killed her. Over a $10 license fee. You and the rest of your repulsive totalitarian ilk are pathetic.
#5. To: Deckard (#2)
I would strongly condemn that. How would they collect the money? "The county has 32,000 licensed dogs." 31,999 dog owners in Kalamazoo manage to renew their licenses on time, but this lazy-assed, excuse-ridden, whiney POS can't make the time, despite the numerous warnings. She's special, you see. We have to make accommodations just for her. Throw her sorry ass in jail.
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