Property Rights Bill Introduced After Va. Woman Threatened with Fines for Kids'

[Ptarmigan]

Property Rights Bill Introduced After Va. Woman Threatened with Fines for Kids' Birthday Party
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/mark-fitzgibbons/property-rights-bill-introduced-after-va-woman-threatened-fines-kids

"Local officials who abuse zoning authority powers to cower citizens into submission and deprive land owners of Constitutional rights in the enjoyment of their land must be subject to fines and actual damages they cause including attorney fees," Delegate Bob Marshall noted in support of his HB 1219 recently introduced in the Virginia General Assembly.

Marshall introduced his bill in direct response to incidents precipitated by county officials who threatened Virginia citizen farmer Martha Boneta. Boneta gained national attention after she was cited and threatened with $5,000 per-day fines for hosting such 'menacing activities' as a birthday party for eight 10-year old girls without a permit and advertising pumpkin carvings. Virginians rallied at two "pitchfork protests" in support of Boneta.

Time to curtail government power by regulating them.

[vesta111]

Property Rights Bill Introduced After Va. Woman Threatened with Fines for Kids' Birthday Party
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/mark-fitzgibbons/property-rights-bill-introduced-after-va-woman-threatened-fines-kids

Time to curtail government power by regulating them.

WTF, was this woman in some way involved with a HOA, or was she living in a town with strange zoning and town laws ?

[Dori]

WTF, was this woman in some way involved with a HOA, or was she living in a town with strange zoning and town laws ?

Some kind of town ordinances. 

She has a farm and had a kids birthday party on her property and she also had a pumpkin carving event, plus she makes soaps and sells them on her property.

Sounds like the town doesn't want people having events or selling things without first getting a permit.