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The Janice and Carl Duffner issue. Not having all the information but if they started the non-grass yard prior to 2008 wouldn’t the ordinance be able to be challenged under the Missouri Constitution’s prohibition of Retrospective Laws?
Just a thought. I think the retrospective clause is way under used in Constitutional challenges.
This is an excellent question. The difficulty would be proving that, as of 2008, there was no grass in the yard. In the state court proceedings the City showed pictures that appeared to show grass in part of the yard around that time fram. Carl and Janice would have testified that the City was misinterpreting the photos – after all, some of the ornamental greenery they have planted looks similar to grass without actually being grass – but it really would boil down to what a judge wanted to believe. Not only would this be something of a gamble in terms of success, it would divert a ton of resources and attention that we really need to have focused on the constitutional issues that led us to take the case on in the first place.
thanks for movie in kc-wish more would have come. tried to encourage others to come. still fighting smart meters in Indep.-new resolution in 2 weeks-appreciate any advice-they dont listen
great work of informing and representing our rights under the constitution and on world wide views.