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In Missouri you get fined for having mismatched blinds, and not having money to pay that fine will get you into court/ private prison.

kaybe 10y ago
Is that enforced at all? Regularly?
- Cacti 10y ago
  No
- deleted 10y ago
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mac01021 10y ago
It makes sense that the "show me" state would prefer not to have any blinds at all.
- hga 10y ago
  Heh, but not true, speaking as a native of the state (born, raised, and retired to it). Nor is it a widespread law, certainly such a proposal wouldn't go down well here in the SW corner of it (especially in the very SW part I'm in that's culturally Southern), nor, outside of HOA procedural/contractual insanity can I see our Missouri Plan picked higher level judges approving of it.
kwhitefoot 10y ago
How does anything like that ever become law? Or are you just winding us up?
- falcolas 10y ago
  Usually, it's a HOA that levies the fines, and then takes the person to court for failing to pay. The court orders payment, and has jailed some for "Contempt of Court" when they fail to do so. I hadn't heard the blinds version, but a lawn care version made its way onto a "Penn and Tellers Bullshit" episode.
driverdan 10y ago
Citation needed
- WesternStar 10y ago
  http://watchdog.org/252413/nanny-state-pagedale-missouri-fines/ http://watchdog.org/252413/nanny-state-pagedale-missouri-fin...
cocktailpeanuts 10y ago
So this is how false rumors spread. According to the article someone mentioned below, it is true that something like this happens in one small town in Missouri. In fact it's so ridiculous that the New York Times wrote an article on it. But it's not right to say this happens "in Missouri", that's as false as saying "In America you get fined for having mismatched blinds"
jessaustin 10y ago
Whenever you hear something batshit insane about Missouri, it's probably safe to assume it happened in St. Louis County. Since splitting from the City in 1877, but especially since the Depression, the County has been an ongoing experiment in racism, poor governance, and predatory enforcement. There is no square meter of the County that isn't already oppressed by so many cities and villages and districts and commissions that it couldn't be split up for additional oppression. For decades, the first response to any political dispute has been to create another tiny little village or district or whatever. It's no surprise to find that one of these tin-pot dictators has been inspired to send people to jail for landscaping he doesn't like. I'm not saying that we don't have problems in the rest of the state, but somehow we generally avoid reports like the following: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/09/03/how-st-louis-county-missouri-profits-from-poverty/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/09/03/... (I don't feel about disclaiming St. Louis County: just ask them if they'd like to be associated with us hillbillies in the Ozarks.)

kaybe 10y ago

Is that enforced at all? Regularly?

Cacti 10y ago
No
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mac01021 10y ago

It makes sense that the "show me" state would prefer not to have any blinds at all.

hga 10y ago
Heh, but not true, speaking as a native of the state (born, raised, and retired to it). Nor is it a widespread law, certainly such a proposal wouldn't go down well here in the SW corner of it (especially in the very SW part I'm in that's culturally Southern), nor, outside of HOA procedural/contractual insanity can I see our Missouri Plan picked higher level judges approving of it.

kwhitefoot 10y ago

How does anything like that ever become law? Or are you just winding us up?

falcolas 10y ago
Usually, it's a HOA that levies the fines, and then takes the person to court for failing to pay. The court orders payment, and has jailed some for "Contempt of Court" when they fail to do so. I hadn't heard the blinds version, but a lawn care version made its way onto a "Penn and Tellers Bullshit" episode.

driverdan 10y ago

Citation needed

WesternStar 10y ago
http://watchdog.org/252413/nanny-state-pagedale-missouri-fines/ http://watchdog.org/252413/nanny-state-pagedale-missouri-fin...

cocktailpeanuts 10y ago

So this is how false rumors spread. According to the article someone mentioned below, it is true that something like this happens in one small town in Missouri. In fact it's so ridiculous that the New York Times wrote an article on it. But it's not right to say this happens "in Missouri", that's as false as saying "In America you get fined for having mismatched blinds"

jessaustin 10y ago

Whenever you hear something batshit insane about Missouri, it's probably safe to assume it happened in St. Louis County. Since splitting from the City in 1877, but especially since the Depression, the County has been an ongoing experiment in racism, poor governance, and predatory enforcement. There is no square meter of the County that isn't already oppressed by so many cities and villages and districts and commissions that it couldn't be split up for additional oppression. For decades, the first response to any political dispute has been to create another tiny little village or district or whatever. It's no surprise to find that one of these tin-pot dictators has been inspired to send people to jail for landscaping he doesn't like. I'm not saying that we don't have problems in the rest of the state, but somehow we generally avoid reports like the following: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/09/03/how-st-louis-county-missouri-profits-from-poverty/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/09/03/... (I don't feel about disclaiming St. Louis County: just ask them if they'd like to be associated with us hillbillies in the Ozarks.)