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Voting Question: Blocking a established drain . . . can you do it?
This is a good one, and one that not many people can answer. There’s not even a mention to this question in my state’s property legislation.
My neighborhood has a little problem that occurs maybe 4 to 5 times a year. The area, especially that of myself and my neighbors on each side, slightly slopes down from the road. Today we received 3 to 4 inches of rain in a 12 hour period. My neighbors and I get the rain run off from our neighbors across the street (if the ground will no longer absorbed the rain) as well as the rain off the street. The rain from the street is a result of the street drains inability to take in so much rain at one time. When this happens my backyard forms a few puddles. The neighbor behind me is the real loser here. Their yard becomes a small lake.
Let’s start where this whole problem began. When I purchased my home from the estate of some dear friends (the house never went on the market, we settled on a price and a attorney conducted the close). There was also a piece of land the original owner owned that I had the option to buy. The .25 acre lot falls behind my neighbors home, and everybody around here knows what goes on with the lot when it rains . . . it becomes a lake. For that reason, plus I didn’t won’t to pay city/county taxes on it and because I knew the many restrictions the town and the subdivision placed on the lot. Because I didn’t want it, the lot was tossed into the estate auction. The auctioneer disclosed the restrictions and the bidding began. It was also pointed out that the lot turned into the neighborhood reservoir when it rained There was some interest in the lot by my two neighbors who’s property also adjoined the small lot, but when the price went above $1,000 they stopped. Some woman that lives an hour away was bound and determined she was going to get that lot (I believe she went bid crazy) and got it for $1,500. Some time later she finally came back down to earth and got a reality check. She wanted to store firewood on the lot, couldn’t do that. She was going to place a mobile home on the lot, couldn’t do that. When she ran out of options, she mailed letters to the neighborhood offering to sell the lot for $3,000. She didn’t get any takers and a “For Sale” sign sat on the property of six months with no buyer. We can only guess her next action was done in some sort of retaliation. Between my property and my next door neighbor runs a ditch. No one dug this ditch. It was formed over the years by rain water. The ditch is actually the property line. In August, she dumped a load of mulch onto the ditch to prevent water from continuing down the ditch to her lot. She blocked the waters right of way that had been in place for over 40 years. First can she do that? Second, if the ditch is the property line how do you half it? After noticing the large amount of mulch building up in my backyard, I went, in the pouring rain, with my shovel and opened up the ditch, so the water could flow as always.
Has anyone else had to deal with this? If need be I’ll address my councilman and put it to a vote.
Thank you for reading this lengthy post, but I want to arm myself with as much knowledge as possible.
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Resolved Question: Does my story sound okay? Is there anything that I should change or fix?
Alright, so my story is about these 5 girls who are best friends. Faye, kinda like the leader. She’s the creative one and is the most adventurous and confident. Ivy, also creative but shy. Vivian, the quiet one who likes to watch, not do. Jackie, the one who is fun and the total good girl. And the last one is Dana, the extremely hyper and crazy one, also the bad girl. Anyways, Faye, Ivy, Vivian, Jackie, and Dana all go the northern Michigan and go for a little vacation together at Dana’s cottage Up North. But when they stay up late at night, something keeps whispering to them and telling them to go outside to the dock by the lake. They go out together and the moon turns red, while something whispers to them to swim in the moonlight. So they swim in the lake, in the reflection of the blood moon.
Then, 4 years later, the girls are 15. Here’s a part from the story (P.S I wasn’t sure about what to name them at the time, so Christina is Faye, Kenzie is Jackie, Piper is Vivian, Allie is Ivy, and Claire is Dana):
During the middle of the night, she woke up with a start, sweating bullets. Her body felt sore. Her legs felt stiff as she stepped out of bed. It must be three o’clock in the morning! She thought. She needed to get away, fast. She didn’t know what force was driving her, but something was driving her to the window. She opened it much easier than the day before when she needed fresh air. She shivered as the cold night air kissed her skin gently.
She peered into the calm darkness. Her only light was a couple street lights that rimmed the street a couple houses down and the stars that shone brightly up above her.
Her backyard was a deep forest, with a river at the bottom of the hill that ended her property.
She started to climb down her window. What the hell am I DOING?! She screamed inside her head, but part of her told her that she must go on.
She thought of her friends. What would they be thinking if she told them she was climbing out a window? No matter, that part of her said.
Ugh! It was taking far too much time to get down this way. She crouched in a ball and sprung off the side of her house, landing on her feet on the lawn in her backyard.
She fought her need to scream. Did…did I just jump off the side of my house?! She had always known that she was agile, strong, and very athletic, but that didn’t start until she turned eleven. She realized that she was lying down, and the grass tickled her arms, reminding her she must go on to this unknown destination.
Christina didn’t feel as cold as she thought she would. But she shivered anyways. Whatever was happening to her now was starting to seriously scare her. But she knew that the pull that was making her do unusual things was part of her. That didn’t make her go crazy.
She thought of her friends again as she stepped over the root of a tree. Weird stuff never happens to them, she thought. But she was wrong. What was happening to her was happening to them. Suddenly her moon-dream flashed through her head, overwhelming her and making her crash to the ground. She felt a fire surge through her as she rolled into her deep forest.
Chapter 2
Allie was having a tough time. She thought she was mad, a total freak of nature. I just escaped from my house, through the window. That’s not normal! She thought to herself.
She was still in her pajamas, with her blue T-shirt and blue pajama pants. Her blue fluffy slippers were comforting.
That stupid pull was so annoying! “Alright, alright!” she whispered into the darkness. “I’m coming! If you would just tell me where we were going, that might help a little!” she told the pull. But nothing answered. Just her quiet footsteps on the asphalt. Her brown, long, wavy hair kept blowing in her face.
She turned the corner onto the sidewalk, into the glow of the street lamps. She didn’t know how long she was walking when she saw someone she knew crossing the street to her. She looked harder. “Piper!” she exclaimed, and ran to Piper from across the street. “Allie!” cried Piper. “What on earth are you doing here at three o’clock in the morning?” asked Allie as they were walking across to the sidewalk.
“I should ask you the same question!” said Piper.
“I’m not sure. It’s really kind of scaring me. I woke up all sore, and climbed out my window!”
“That’s just what I did!”
“T…that’s so…so…weird!”
“Do you feel…a…um.. pull?”
“YES! That’s…just not normal.”
“But…why is it…us? What’s the…uh…force?”
“I have no clue, but it’s really odd.”
“I know.”
“I’m so scared, Piper.”
“Me too.”
Allie hugged her best friend Piper and they kept walking, side by side, through the cool night air.
“Do you see something up ahead?” asked Piper, pointing to two lumps ahead. “Yeah…they’re people!”
Continued story is in the other question, Does my story sound okay? Is there anything I should change or fix? (continued)
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Resolved Question: World Geography ?????’s NEED HELP! im failing the class 
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Time Remaining:
1. What is sovereignty?
The power exercised by a police state or other repressive government
Exclusive power to determine political, economic, and social systems
When other governments recognize someone’s right to rule
Power that is recognized as legitimate by the people
2. Match the description in column 1 with the term in column 2.
Matching:
Answer Potential Matches:
: Control of people
1: Authority
2: Nation-state
3: Power
4: Legitimacy
: Recognized right to rule
: Power recognized as legitimate
: People in a territory ruled by sovereign power
3. Which of the following are characteristics of a state?
Check all that apply.
The land is populated with a group of people.
There are at least 500,000 people.
There is power over the people.
There is a government ruling land and people.
4. Which of the following statements about political maps are true?
Check all that apply.
They never show any physical features of land.
They may show how areas are broken into countries and states.
They will show capital cities, major cities, and large lakes or rivers.
They are the most common type of map.
5. Power and legitimacy existing together in a state is defined as _____.
power
democracy
authority
sovereignty
6. What is the most common political unit in our world today?
Aristocracies
Oligarchies
Sovereign nation-states
Single-party rule
7. The ancient Athenians developed the first form of democracy, called:
direct democracy.
representative democracy.
indirect representation.
the Great Charter.
8. Match the government term in column 1 to the definition in column 2.
Matching:
Answer Potential Matches:
: Decolonization
1: Economic system based on free markets and private ownership
2: Groups that disagree with each other
3: Only one political party is allowed by government
4: Former colonies governing themselves
: Capitalism
: Single-party rule
: Factions
9. Match the government term in column 1 to the definition in column 2.
Matching:
Answer Potential Matches:
: Parliamentary democracy
1: State ownership
2: Democracy where executive branch members are chosen from legislative branch
3: Sovereignty exercised by assembly of all of the citizens
4: Executive branch is elected separate of other officeholders
: Presidential republic
: Communism
: Direct democracy
10. Do you know how governments maintain power? Match the term in column 1 with the definition in column 2.
Matching:
Answer Potential Matches:
: Totalitarianism
1: Claiming a god-given right to rule
2: Claiming to be the only group capable of doing right
3: Maintaining absolute control over the lives of the people
4: Keeping citizens in line through fear and violence
: Ideology
: Divine right
: Fear
11. How well do you know the language of Communism? Match the term in column 1 with the definition in column 2.
(Points: 1)
Matching:
Answer Potential Matches:
: Bourgeoisie
1: State ownership of the means of production
2: Exploited working class
3: Rich property owners who exploit the working class
4: Political doctrine of social and economic equality and cooperation
: Proletariat
: Communism
: Socialism
12. How do nongovernmental organizations contribute to society?
Check all that apply.
Fill gaps between government-provided services
Minimize police corruption
Provide assistance to enhance education, health care, and many other services
Help everyday citizens make a positive impact
13. How does a representative democracy differ from an oligarchy?
Check all that apply.
Only a few people directly exercise political power.
People elect the small group in power.
Almost anyone can run for office.
Government positions are open to many people.
14. What is a typical result of the existence of clans and tribes in a given territory?
Nationalization
Unification
Ethnic tension and conflict
Large-scale change and merging of power
15. What often happens when there are attempts to unify groups in places that have culturally traditional governments and deeply rooted tribal and ethnic divisions?
Check all that apply.
Violence takes the place of diplomacy and peace.
Leaders resi
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