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From: Peter Johansson
Subject: Citation...
Date: June 24, 2004 14:04:28 EDT
To: rob@vees.net
Message-Id: 20040624180428.GA10752@elemental.org

So, Steve just told me about your citation...

I can't remember who it was that told me this story, but I did hear it directly from the person involved. It was in Southeast DC and it involved an empty lot. They had done substantial work to clear all of the trash that had been dumped there, and there was basically wild grasses growing in the lot. Suffice to say it looked far better than before they started cleaning it out. In any case, they got a warning, and came up with a very clever solution: They mowed a strip arround the edge, and claimed everything inside was a wildflower garden. When issued a formal citation, they took it to court and won!

-p.

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