Putting the Sovereigns in their place

Ohio man arrested for obstruction for mowing unkempt grass at public park

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio man arrested for obstruction for mowing unkempt grass said he just wanted to make his city look nice. John Hamilton said he took control of the situation because the grass in Sandusky's Central Park was about a foot high....

Police said they arrested 48-year-old Hamilton after he refused to stop mowing and charged him with obstructing official business and disorderly conduct.

City Manager Matt Kline...said budget cuts have left Sandusky understaffed for seasonal maintenance work.

And just what official business did he obstruct? The official business of letting the grass grow? Disobeying a ridiculous order from one of his servants? Disorderly conduct: Mowing the people's grass? Threatening non-existent park workers' non-existent jobs? Violating a municipal ordinance against doing servants' jobs for them? Except that mowing the grass wasn't the servants' job because there was no money to pay them for it?