"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in message
>>>> All well and good, but she wouldn't be pleased if someone decided to
>>>> steal from her. What I'm talking about is flat out stealing. If
>>>> someone wants to paint it with a different brush, that's their
>>>> problem.
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>>>they're 'stealing' something *you've already thrown away*.
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>> *BING* *BING* *BING*
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>> and have placed on PUBLIC PROPERTY, i.e., the sidewalk/curb.
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>> Now if they take the recycling bin along with it ... THAT's stealing.
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> Your opinion does not matter. Ask your town attorney what the law is.
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Very true... it's not on public property, it's on town property. There
really is no such thing as "public property", not in the US.... there's
'public use' lands (like parks, roadways, seashores, etc.) but only so long
as the public follows the rules... even on private lands one must follow the
rules, and there are many.... a lot of new property owners get into big
trouble because they think since they now own a piece of property they can
do with it as they will, WRONG! There are Town, County, State, and Federal
laws that dictate what one can and cannot do on one's own property.... it's
smart to apprise oneself or there are consequences, sometimes quite
serious.... get caught dumping spent automobile fluids on your own property
and you well may no longer own that property.