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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
>
> 1-Buy property that has little value to anyone with power or big money;

His was land that had been in the family for several generations. It's
hard to plan that far ahead.

>
> 2-Keep a low profile;

I've seen no evidence that he didn't.

>
> 3-Don't give anyone any reason to believe you are doing anything
> illegal;

That seems to have been manufactured out of whole cloth by the
anonymous caller. No drugs were found.

>
> 4-Keep dogs that provide warning. This is the first version where it
> was written that he had sold a puppy. No mention of adult dogs. If he
> had heard warning barks he might be alive and having great fun suing
> various government agencies.

I'm all for that. The video shows at least two large dogs. Maybe they
are recent additions or he was a heavy sleeper or -- he lived in a
area where the dogs barked a lot because of wild animals.

Until we get the drug laws under control, anyone can have this kind of
invasion, given even a single neighbor with a grudge and a judge with
a loose pen. At least a warrant is still needed. Or it was last I
heard.

Marie