That was an interesting read. The ruling on garbage is that, once taken to the curb, the property is considered abandoned and the property owner has given up his rights to it. This ruling was made originally in reference to whether a police officer needs a warrant to go through a person's garbage and recently used to uphold the rights of can collectors who take the aluminum cans and plastic bottles to recycle for cash rather than leave them in the bins for the city to recycle. For a while it was a big deal in Omaha but I haven't heard anything about it in recent months.

I am going to respect my neighbor's wishes and leave his manure on the curb plus I am not going to turn him in for illegally raising rabbits within the city limits. (The city claims to have jurisdiction for two miles outside the city limits--raised from 600 feet last year. That seems to me a bit of a jurisdictional stretch.)

I suspect it won't be long before the trash hauling company goes after him since he is bagging waste material that could contain disease organisms . . .Thus necessitating 'red bagging' and 'special handling'. . .composting, of course, heats up the waste so that it kills off the hazards little critters --why my letting it cook actually rendered it safer and pretty much odor free. And he is putting it out with the trash rather than with the yard waste which is a violation of the waste removal ordinances here.

So I go shovel horse manure. Horses are legal and the manure freely given. I will remember the case you pointed out and not leave it in piles along side the road.

This town outlawed the ice cream truck bell and gave me a ticket for a crooked license plate (the State Patrol told me that it was a bogus citation that no statute said it had to be level.) It's just a little slice of paradise here.