Lawns are dumb. Arresting people for poor lawn care is dumber

Grist
By Katie HerzogAug 21, 2015, 1:24 pm35 pts
In 2008, Joe Prudente, a 66-year-old man from Hudson, Fla., turned himself into the Pasco County jail wearing a “Grandpa Gone Wild” T-shirt. His crime? Failing to properly maintain his lawn. Joe wasn’t a deadbeat who hated mowing or even an environmentalist who refused to water on principle — he was…

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