Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Maah]

@Maah - I may be picking your brain in regard to your cruise. DH has always said no way/no how, but he's softening a bit on it...I've NEVER been on one, and need to do a frugal one if we are able!

Pick away!

I have some travel books I can bring Saturday if you'd like to see them when I stop by your way to get the marans pullet. Maybe we'll let my DH chat it up with your DH to help convince.

 

[Wynette]

Pick away!

I have some travel books I can bring Saturday if you'd like to see them when I stop by your way to get the marans pullet. Maybe we'll let my DH chat it up with your DH to help convince.

Good idea on the DH hook-up. Dave will be flippin' burgers & hot dogs, and I'm sure would love the company to chat with!

Sorry for the confusing PMs.....

 

[preciouskitty]

Was anyone up really early this morning and see the utterly amazing light show that the storms put on?

I left for work at 4am (driving east on I-96).....I was simply mesmerized by the lightning...can't say I have really seen anything quite like it in a LONG time...
It was beautiful...
AND, I got to enjoy it cuz there was virtually NO traffic that early AND I timed my departure in between the major downpours of rain!

 

[RaZ]

Thank you for all the well wishes and good thoughts. You all should come to this court sometime and see just how crazy it can be. It is truly a theatre of the absurd.

Anyway, this is my write-up.
What can a person do when a local official and the judge are in cohoots together? When the ordinance officer is continually harassing you and the judge says that it is OK to do so.
Today's court proceeding pretty much said that the harassment can and and will continue. To paraphrase the judge, the ordinance officer can write me a ticket a day, 365 days a year. He can enter my property anytime he feels like it and do what he likes. Never mind due process. Never mind probable cause. Never mind Constitutional Rights.
Again that is a paraphrase and I'll need the transcripts for an accurate account. But because this is a "sealed" case, the transcripts are only permitted IF the judge allows them to be transcribes.
I did get a copy of last month's hearing transcript where on page 8, the court (judge) says, "ya' have a marijuana-grow operation out there" (sic). The entire transcript is a mere 12 pages including 3 title pages. On the last page, the court reporter notes that the transcript is "not certified". I'm not really sure what that means but I suspect that the court reported may not have been authorized to provide me with the requested file since this is a secret court action.
Back to today's events...there were no attorneys present in spite of one being listed on the Notice to Appear letter as being the defendant's attorney. There was no Probation Officer present in spite of one named on the complaint. (A person that I have never met).
I had a witness with me today and we both agreed that the judge and the OO appeared nervous that I had support in the courtroom. No sworn testimony was given but a general discussion took place, sort of. It is hard to get statements out when the judge kept interrupting the conversation and mentioning things that had nothing to do with the case. It was like having a conversation with an Alzheimer patient. But at the end of the chaotic discussion the judge set a SENTENCING Date for July 22, 2014 at 2:00 PM for the original charge of a building violation - "peeling paint" on the garage.
Is anyone confused? I hope the transcripts will shed some light on what is really taking place in this "sealed" court action. Provided of course that I am allowed access to the report and also 2-3 other court hearings held without my presence or knowledge.

 

[preciouskitty]

Quote:
I'm sitting here with my jaw dropped....I just don't even know what to say... "Absurd" doesn't even come close to describing this...

 

[aart]

I'm sitting here with my jaw dropped....I just don't even know what to say...
"Absurd" doesn't even come close to describing this...

Quote: Ditto on the jaw drop....RaZ, you seriously need a lawyer.

 

[gladahmae]

How old are they? I did a test on my littlers before letting them into the run them using a length of 2 x 4 fencing x2 feet high put in a circle, if the smallest could get out it was too soon to put them in the run. Finally gave up and put some chicken wire temporarily on the inside of the run to keep them in for a couple weeks until they were big enough not to get thru. I was sick of transferring them into a hardware cloth pen every day.

Ummmm...5 weeks? Somewhere around there I think. Maybe 6. We use chain-link for the runs, and I even zip-tied plastic 1x1 deer fence around the bottom 2ft of it, and they're still finding a spot to get out. There's only 5 of them (had 6, just found one dead yesterday with no obvious cause of death) so it's not TOO bug of a deal, mostly just an annoyance.

 

[RaZ]

Ummmm...5 weeks? Somewhere around there I think. Maybe 6. We use chain-link for the runs, and I even zip-tied plastic 1x1 deer fence around the bottom 2ft of it, and they're still finding a spot to get out. There's only 5 of them (had 6, just found one dead yesterday with no obvious cause of death) so it's not TOO bug of a deal, mostly just an annoyance.

I'm guessing an up and over escape.

 

[SillyChicken]

Does anyone going to CS want a goat?
If the two I have left aren't sold to a couple today, I may bring them along to CS. I have a Doeling (on right) and Buckling. $150.00 for the doeling, if unregistered. $100.00 for the buckling.




I hate this part about having dogs..... this will be the second dog this year that we had to say good bye too. I feel guilty that we have to "make arrangements" but DH wants to be home (he travels a lot). The last dog went down hill faster than expected and was sent home while he was traveling.

 

[Wynette]

I hate this part about having dogs..... this will be the second dog this year that we had to say good bye too. I feel guilty that we have to "make arrangements" but DH wants to be home (he travels a lot). The last dog went down hill faster than expected and was sent home while he was traveling.

What a beautiful face...those eyes are mesmerizing. I'm so sorry.