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Originally Posted by Bonanza
I am in agreement with you VT2TV, and I am south of 466.
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It was determined that all residents south of 466 will pay the tree fine. However, they easily could have "determined" that the four people who would benefit from a better lake view should pay the fine. Of course those four families would bitch and moan, "why us?" Divided by four, the fine isn't chump change.
Take a deposition from the four of them, that they had no knowledge or any part in this. Logic tells me that THAT is the way to get some real answers. My guess is two of the four will probably fold and a couple more homes might be on the market soon!
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You can't make someone pay the tree fine if the trees are not on their property and there is no proof they cut them down or had them cut down. I think it is called circumstantial evidence. The circumstances make it look like so and so happened. But the burden of proof is not met. I don't know, I am not a lawyer and I haven't ever sued anyone or been sued or broke any law that I know of. I did break the speed limit law and got caught twice and admitted I did it, but I wasn't drinking...... and I try to stay away from lawyers except at family gatherings
If they didn't have laws like that folks would be going around saying it looks like you did it...your fanny is going to jail. That is the reason we have the law of the land.
Unfortunately it protects the innocent and the guilty.
I need coffee. Probably this is all wrong.
I mean, I know it is all wrong for people to hack down trees and their town gets fined and they don't have to be in the soup personally.
Good morning everyone. It's gonna be another beautiful day in The Villages.