thanks...
Kabin
Konteyner

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I would think you have grounds for a lawsuit on your hands ... for criminal trespass with malicious mischief and destruction of private property, for starters. Get a lawyer or call your local chapter of the ACLU & see what they can advise. I sure as hell would NOT pay the $4000. Sue them for about 10 times that, and see how fast they retreat. I, too, often think we are an overly-litigious society, but when individual rights get tromped on by bureaucracies, it's time to fight back. You did not say, and I wonder: did they send you a notice of action prior to their mutilation of your property? If they did, and you did not respond within a specified time, that may have an impact on the strength of your claim.

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i have a home in Malverne,L.I. NY which is an inc. vill. in Nassau County...where the lawns seem to be one of the most important features. i had neighbors complain about my so called weeds and not severly overgrown grass. as soon as there is a rainfall...greenery grows fast. one neighbor calls the town everyday to complain (her husband admitted
she has a bug phobia). i use an old fashioned hand pushed mower...as not to polute my atmosphere or my body with toxic fumes. i will not mow unless the area has been dry for at least 2 days, so as not to
slice the lingering earth worms & beautiful hard shell snails that inhabit my property (rarely seen on neighborhood lawns). i had the rose of sharon growing along my fence for years & was told by
a town inspector that it was a weed
& then he said, okay so it's one step above a weed ???(either it is or isn't)
i could not figure out where he got his info from.late last year, the town came onto my property (without my permission and
"cleared" my front & back yard...
cutting down all the rose of sharon...an
old apple tree which was not producing
many apples, but was a harbor for birds & squirrels...all the azalea bushes...
the rose bushes,my mom(now deceased)cared
for over 20 yrs...a japanese maple tree,my
father(now deceased)planted 20 yrs.ago...
a healthy 50 yr.old pine tree(a bird haven)
privits i planted several yrs. ago...all my
ivy & various other shrubs & sent me a
bill for $4,000. PLEASE,I NEED HELP AND
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We stopped using pesticides and other chemicals on our lawn several years ago. Now everyone complains because our 'lawn' is all wild violets and clover. We don't have to mow as often as others and it's green.

Everyone else has ChemLawn or some other lawn care company spraying about every two weeks, with some fowl smelling crap. They have nice green lawns but at what price.

Then we moved into our present house, there wasn't a weed to be had. Nor were there any insects, butterflies, worms, or birds. Now we have them all. Our 'lawn' may not be grass but it's green and we like it.

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I always ask the employees or reps for lawn care companies if their product is safe. They invariably say Yes. So then I ask them, really? Then you'd drink this stuff, right? They squeal in terror at the thought. Then I say, my point exactly, so no thanks for the poison. Some time last week Asphlunt (sp) sprayed herbicide on 3 - young pine trees and some undergrowth right at our driveway entrance and main gate. I've cried, begged, threatened, tried to ignore, and written legislators and newspapers, and still they use poisons instead of a scythe or some elbow grease. I'm on hold right now with Gainesville Regional Utilities about what they did. I don't give up even though it's slowly killing me and many others. I miss the days of seeing people being gainfully employed by our governments and using "man" power to handle right of way maintenance and other public services. It was a low day in human history the day they replaced us with chemicals. And I mean that in lawn or garden care, too. I learned from my Grandmother, the daughter of 9 generations of farmers in The South -- you don't poison where you live or raise your food. You get out there and pull the weeds, or cover them pine straw, or other mulch. You cherish the topsoil because that is where your food comes from. So I say again, "If it is NOT safe enough to drink, then do NOT use it. EVER!"

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Don't buy poison...

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that's excellent news. Now we need the US to get with the program. thanks for sharing!

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