Tulsa Woman Sues City of For Destroying Her Edible Garden
By peavey
@peavey (16936)
United States
June 21, 2012 3:17pm CST
I )kind of) understand cities making laws against lawns that are full of just weeds or plain dirt, but this takes the cake:
http://www.offthegridnews.com/2012/06/21/tulsa-woman-sues-city-of-for-destroying-her-edible-garden/
”Not only are the plants my livelihood, they’re my food and I was unemployed at the time and had no food left, no medicine left, and I didn’t have insurance,” Morrison said.
Who gave any city the right to treat its citizens this way? I think we did... somehow. 
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10 responses
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
24 Jun 12
This is terrible! What can we expect from this world? I hope she wins the case. Even then, what she lost will take much time to rebuild. Just terrible!
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
25 Jun 12
I'm just wondering... do you think one can grow dandelions inside the house? Can one transplant dandelions? There's a park close by that has beautiful dandelions and I would want to take a few and put them near where I live. What is your experience?
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
24 Jun 12
This is horrible. This is one case in which sueing is justifiable. What they should do is to replant her garden, donate plants, trees that bear fruit and nuts, etc. and if the season is too plate for planting, donate not just any food, but organic, until the replanted plants have matured. Oh yes, the ones who pulled and destroyed her garden, should be the first ones to donate.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
24 Jun 12
I suppose they want the lady to go on social assistance so that they will feel good. Hypocrites. Anyway something should be done. Also if she cannot eat food that is sprayed with pesticides as is much food in grocery stores, maybe they should pay for the medicine she might have to take. Don't worry, I'll think of more punishments.
Do you suppose digging a new garden for her using toothpicks or teaspoons are bit harsh?
@GreenMoo (11833)
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28 Jun 12
I saw this news article too and it sounds outrageous. We never hear the full story from the media of course, so perhaps there is more to it than meets the eye. I would be hard pressed to come up with a reason why someone's garden would be posing such a threat to anyone that it needed razing to the ground however.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
25 Jun 12
Somehow..we did...but that still doesn't gove them the right to destroy anything that she has on her property. I have often wondered what I can get away with where I live. I pay both city and county taxes which should give me rights to both rules but I bet if I got chickens or something the city would throw a fit. I may do it just to see.
I know I can't have chickens here unless it's ONE "pet." And not a rooster.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
22 Jun 12
When government no longer serves the people it must be replaced. I wonder how she survived the winter without her food and medicine? I hope she not only wins, but they have to come plant her a new garden.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
23 Jun 12
Thanks for posting this. We need to be aware of all levels of government intrusion into our private lives. Laws on municiple books should be in line with the Constitution too, and people don't realize how many aren't. The channels to change this would be to take it to a county, then state level court. It's not impossible to do, but I'm sure if she was living on her garden she most likely does not have money to do anything about this. That in itself is wrong, but I have no idea how to go about changing it.
@abitosunshine (765)
• United States
22 Jun 12
The city of Tulsa workers and administrators are way out of hand, it would seem! I would love to know the outcome of this destruction of personal property.
In reading the article, it appears this incident occurred last fall, even though the article has a current date of June 21st, 2012.
@abitosunshine (765)
• United States
22 Jun 12
This is an example of one of my pet peeves about the news--I want to hear the rest of the story!
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
21 Jun 12
Hello peavy. I hope she wins. A person works to have a property and home. They take care of it and make it look nice and some jerk says she doesn't have any rights. She has gone to all the trouble to make sure she is following the codes and she gets shafted, I do understand that there has to be some codes to keep properties cleaned up to prevent rats and snakes from moving into the area but this is just a case of I do because I can.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
22 Jun 12
Wow, is all I can say. The government is getting so out of hand.
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
22 Jun 12
That is just beyond belief.... Terrible situation. I hope that she gets restitution from this lawsuit of hers. I would hate to live in an environment that dictated what I could and could not plant on my own property. I could understand if it were old junky cars lying around that the city wanted to get rid of but plants and trees? This poor woman!
@PageTurner (2825)
• United States
21 Jun 12
Wow, how horrible for this citizen! I am disgusted by how she was treated by the city. I am glad to hear that she is taking it to court. There was no reason for this.
