KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman heads to court Tuesday after being arrested for failing to renew her dog’s license.
Becky Rehr says she drove to the Kalamazoo County sheriff’s office June 23 to prove that she’s recently renewed the license for the family’s 11-year-old dog, Dexter. Rehr’s 14-year-old daughter waited in the car as her mother was arrested, fingerprinted and held for three hours, The Kalamazoo Gazette said.
“They frisked me and put me in this intake cell with all these inmates in orange jumpsuits,” Rehr said. “I was pretty nervous.”
Failure to license a dog is punishable by up to 90 days in jail and $100 fine.
County animal control Director Steve Lawrence said his office gave the 47-year-old Cooper Township woman numerous phone, mail and in-person notices of the need to renew the license. The last was a phone warning that a warrant would be requested unless she got a license by May 28.
A hearing on the misdemeanor case is scheduled Tuesday before District Judge Christopher Haenicke.
“We prefer not for this stuff to go to court,” Lawrence told The Associated Press. “It’s just a $10 license. For some reason, some people like to make it hard for themselves.”
Rehr said she had “every intention of taking care of it. But with the end of the school year and my job, it just totally got put on the back burner.”
http://news.yahoo.com/michigan-woman-frisked-jailed-not-renewing-dog-license-195636653.html
$10 dog tax!
And you get jail?
Only a complete asshole would even consider arresting someone
over such pettiness.
YES I SAID ASSHOLE.
TOO MANY ASSHOLES RUNNING AROUND FREE
ANNOYING THE REST OF US.
This is solely about GREED….and IGNORANCE.
When it is $10 it is not about greed. It is about making an example out of someone who didn’t do what they were told be the local quarter masters. We can’t have the slaves running around thinking that they are freemen.
Exactly!
I was just sitting down and explaining to my kids two days ago about how disgustingly perverted this so called “land of the free” is compared to how it started and was intended to be. We started this discussion about me having to go register our RV before we went camping. I pay taxes on my salary, taxes on what I buy with my taxed salary, then have to pay more taxes and fees to register what I paid bought and paid taxes on already with my taxed salary. Disgusting abuses we have been trained to accept.
Not only is the penalty a damn shame, but the fact that a person has to have a license to own a dog?? Our freedom is a sham. Every day it gets proven.
Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table At which he’s fed.
Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes Are the rule.
Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts Anyway!
Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat.
Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries, then tax his tears.
Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways To tax his ass.
Tax all he has Then let him know, That you won’t be done till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers Then tax him more,
Tax him till he’s good and sore.
Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in Which he’s laid.
Put these words Upon his tomb, ‘Taxes drove me to my doom.. . ‘
When he’s gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44. 75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most > prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell ‘politicians?’
Deb, I have never seen this before. Are you the poet and I didn’t know it?
LOL Millard! Nah, it’s been around for awhile. It was actually featured in the Aaron Russo film “freedom to fascism”, I don’t know who wrote it, but I found a quick copy of it here: http://1funny.com/the-tax-poem/
It’s attributed to George Harrison (http://godfatherpolitics.com/5684/tax-his-land-tax-his-bed-tax-table-which-hes-fed/). Could be that type of thinking led to his untimely death from cancer at age 58.
Thanks Enbe, wow, George Harrison. I would not have guessed that. His early demise may have been helped along. Look at John Lennon’s killer and CIA trained Manchurian candidate!
Two dogs,oldest is 15 other 8, there has been no shots,tags etc.We even lived in KaZoo for a few yrs. Since have found greener pastures.Their human does not get any shots and has not renewed his I.D. in 4 yrs.Somehow we still don’t feel free. I wonder how many hrs. and $ was used to get that women to comply.
exactly.. this is going to cost the tax payers more then the dam 10 dollar fee (especiaally if they incarcerate her ) .. not to mention they will surely financially ruin this lady and ruin her life while they are at it .. this should not be allowed , and everyone in that town should boycott licencing any animal until they back the F off!
only way to wake them up is cut off thier supply to our money ,, hard and fast is all they understand
It’s about time to bring back the blood feud.
“Failure to license a dog is punishable by up to 90 days in jail and $100 fine.”
They’d prefer the $100 to the $10.
WOW! With all of the crime in Michigan, you’d think they’d have better things to do. However, since many of the cities in the state are bankrupt, I guess they need to get money from taxpayers any way they can. Pathetic.
I always tell them to just max me out,.cause I don’t pay fines,do probation or pay court costs,on any punk-ass charges.Can’t plead guilty either.