Ohio man arrested for cutting grass in his local park.

international | miscellaneous | other press Tuesday June 02, 2009 16:28 by Susan Boyle

"a tale of human interest, rules, citizenry & the material from which vigilantes are wrought"

Sandusky is a small city of about 70,000 citizens which is in the news because John Hamilton (48) tired of the unkempt grass in his local park decided to mow it himself & when he refuse to desist at the suggestion of the police, they arrested him and are charging him with obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct.

He was also inspired it seems by Carty Finkbeinerthe mayor of nearby Toledo city Ohio who spends his time off cutting the grass in his local parks. Which is probably a good thing for many of his constituents, when he is at work he makes suggestions like housing the deaf and hearing impaired community next to the airport to reduce noise complaints.

"I was only trying to save the city some money," said Hamilton to FOX 8 in Cleveland. As Hamilton was cutting the grass, city workers attempted to stop him, showing him a list of lawns they were going to cut, including the one he was mowing. Hamilton told the worker to go cut another lawn while he finished cutting the one in Sandusky Central Park.

http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-arrested-for-cutting-...story
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ohio_man_arrested_for_cutti...26954