Welcome to Idaho! After a winter snowstorm, an Idaho man was issued a $200 ticket by police for placing or depositing material on a public right of way. The material placed in the public right of way was snow that the man was shoveling from his and his elderly neighbor’s sidewalk. When the story received media attention, it created public outrage and the man fought his fine in court. The charges against him were dismissed, but he will still have to pay a $75 fine
Good Samaritan Cleared of “Criminal” Charges – Yet Fined Anyway – The Libertarian Institute
In the wake of a severe snowstorm last December, Pocatello, Idaho resident Mitch Fisher acted when city maintenance workers didn’t by clearing the sidewalks in front of his home and that of an elderly neighbor. This act was witnessed by a police officer who, in obedience to the universal government mandate to harass productive people …