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March 9, 2007

Retired Banker Threatened With Prison For Returning Sand to Beach

Posted by Dave Blount at March 9, 2007 10:39 AM

Today's featured victim of environmental totalitarianism is retired banker Arthur Bulmer of Saint Annes, England, who has been threatened with a £50,000 fine or six months in prison if he returns windblown sand from his garden to the beach across the road. They've also threatened to take away his wheelbarrow.

Putting the sand back on the beach where it belongs constitutes "fly-tipping" (British for dumping), according to the local council. Bulmer ended up paying a private firm £500 to take away the sand. But the next time the wind blows, it will be back — and so will the bureaucrats.

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