Grandma living in Miami treehouse for 24 years in showdown with county

Where can I sign a petition to let her stay?

Whose the fucker in control of that area and what is his or hers e-mail?

I like this lady and her freedom.

This is the best I can do for ya at the moment



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“This has got to be my first time ever of somebody living in a tree house,” said Ricardo Roig, Miami-Dade’s code enforcement division director and a 26-year county employee.

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I know she loves her tree house but if she really wants to continue her lifestyle in peace, she should consider moving to Hawaii. Good portion of the population on all islands choose to live like that. We've got lots of tree dwellers.

Where did you get that picture of my Dad?
Not only does it look exactly like him it matches his spirit perfectly. He could make friends with even the meanest dogs in 10 minutes.

Poor woman, why do these cities have to screw with everyone who wants to live a little differently. So long as no neighbors are complaining they should leave her the hell alone.

I to had a dad just like him.:)

The Sheriff of Nottingham wants his three pieces of silver.

So because she doesn't want to be a Lemming in today's society , and has broke out of the pack, and the Lemmings mentality, just as we did back on 07/04/1776 the day that the United States of America made our Declaration of Independence. We issued the proclamation with these words: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—

She broke free, yet TPTB, the MAN won't allow such freedom, we must all work and toil and submit to the AUTHORITIES our all.

She should be grandfathered/ I mean grandmothered in to this and any future actions so she can stay!!!!!

If there were do overs I would deeply consider living like this. I would probably go with a hobbit hole rather than a treehouse.

a treehouse in a beech tree would be awesome

I just sent the mayor the following e mail:

Dear Mister Gimenez,

I would like your attention for the following matter.

It came to my attention that your city plans to evict a nice lady from her lovely tree house.
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I do not know that lady and have no association with her, in any way or form. I am Dutch and live happily in the Netherlands. I never visited the USA and do not intend to do that either. Dutch is my first language. So, if there are any mistakes in my text, please blame it on that.

Still I want to ask you too look at this judicial matter in another way. A more creative way and a way more in tune with the spirit of the law. It is obvious that the law never anticipated that this lady would live so long, happily, and without causing trouble to anyone, in a treehouse in the middle of an urban area.

You might be able to label it an art project, a demonstration project of urban green zones or what not. Just try to be creative.

I totally understand the your civil servants do not always have the room to manoeuvre that wide.

But you, as being the mayor certainly must have that manoeuvring space. Why otherwise would people all over the planet want to have a mayor?

Besides when you solve this problem elegant and fast you prevent it from blowing up further on the internet with petitions and such. I that in that case everyone would look silly and nobody wins.

I hope you will find the time and the creativity to solve this in an elegant way.

My best wishes,

Hurricane Andrew didn't even affect that area.

Nicely put. I hope it strikes a cord.

You want to know why this country is on the verge of a violent revolution ?

Just take a look at the fascistic thug tactics of the local so-called "code enforcement" agencies, that's why...

I was threatened to be put in jail b/c I violated the city's lease ordinance when I let my cat outside to "free roam" without a leash.

I repeat: My fucking cat!

They dragged my ass to court and made it seem like I committed a capital offense....

Thanks, I do too.

You want to know why this country is on the verge of a violent revolution ?

Just take a look at the fascistic thug tactics of the local so-called "code enforcement" agencies, that's why...

I was threatened to be put in jail b/c I violated the city's lease ordinance when I let my cat outside to "free roam" without a leash.

I repeat: My fucking cat!

They dragged my ass to court and made it seem like I committed a capital offense....

Never heard of that absurdity before.

Did I mention that this is also in Florida where this happened to me ?

Yeah, a fucked up state that USED to be heaven on Earth 30 years ago...

“This has got to be my first time ever of somebody living in a tree house,” said Ricardo Roig, Miami-Dade’s code enforcement division director and a 26-year county employee.

So, she lived there for 24 of his 26 years as a county employee and he never knew the treehouse was there? So, he gets paid to do nothing...alrighty then.


The county’s issue with Chasser’s abode isn’t specifically that she lives there, Roig said, but that it’s unsafe.

Yet, it survived Hurricane Andrew while other 'county approved' buildings didn't.


“They’re creating a campground out there. You just can’t go into a residential property and start charging outsiders to come in. We’ve got neighbors who we’ve got to protect their rights also,” Roig said. “It’s just a combination of situations that haven’t been well thought out.”

Yet, the tree house is treated like a landmark and included in official marketing material from the county’s tourism bureau.

Money and power. Power and money. They force her to tear it down, charge her to rebuild, with many many paid permits and inspections of course, but only AFTER she has submitted professionally drawn up plans and requested zoning changes for county approval. At completion, the city can then charge business taxes, enforce quarterly inspections and reap higher profits from 'legally' drawn tourism.

How did that court setting end?

very well done!!!

I was issued a fine of a few hundred dollars and I never paid it. I won't either. Fuck the city.

FWIW, I have not heard anything from them in the few years that this happened so maybe they just wanted to fuck with me and then let it go afterwards, not sure...

I'm sure Meeeeeeester... Giminez... will most certainly take time out from his busy day of dealing drugs and taking kickbacks to get right on that.

Is this how people end up on the no fly list?

That is exactly what I expect him to do.

Good for you. Never break, never bend, fuck em' all to the very end.