Posted on 04/09/2020 2:53:46 PM PDT by Rebelbase
Suit comes after Civitas exposed harsh treatment of non-resident homeowners during virus crisis People who own homes and pay property taxes on the Outer Banks but are permanent residents elsewhere filed a lawsuit in federal court April 7th, 2020 to order Dare County to re-open points of entry to the Outer Banks to non-resident owners.
The six plaintiffs, from Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland use their property as second homes, and at times as beach and vacation rentals. As noted in a recent Civitas article:
“Non-permanent resident property owners are currently barred from accessing their land and homes in Currituck, Dare and parts of Hyde Counties.
Sheriff deputies are manning check points at the bridges leading into Dare and Currituck counties. They are checking proof of permanent residence including addresses on drivers’ licenses and checking for entry access permits. Citizens literally must show their papers to enter these counties. In Hyde County, state Department of Transportation ferry workers enforce the county’s restrictive entry into Ocracoke.”
The complaint, filed in North Carolina’s Eastern District, alleges that an estimated 20,000 non-resident owners, are currently deprived of the quiet enjoyment of their homes, although Dare continues to allow permanent residents to enter Dare, Currituck, Hyde and Tyrrell counties. Additionally, Dare County continues to allow permanent residents to freely leave and re-enter the Outer Banks, without regard to where the resident has traveled in the U.S., and without regard to physical contacts made. Dare County performs no temperature or fever check of incoming residents and makes no effort to ascertain the sickness or wellness of re-entering residents.
(Excerpt) Read more at nccivitas.org ...
They wonder why nobody likes them. More communism.
Hope they keep their powder dry and squeeze, not jerk that trigger.
The cops may just be following directives from the Desk Sgt. but so did the Nazis when they went into a community. If you don’t believe in the Constitution, you are lost.
I hope they win.
The hell with where their drivers license address is. Any property owner has a right to go be on his property. The police state is really showing their fangs. People need to start pushing back.
Geez, didn’t anyone teach those five Nazi soldiers in the rear anything about muzzle discipline?
“Good to see people fighting back against “authority”. “
FINALLY!
What about illegal aliens?
Those two counties pretty much wipe out road access to the coast in that area if they guarding the county lines.
The first case of caronavirus on the Outer Banks was a guy from Manhattan, NY, he got there before the road blocks went up.
Incidentally, the banning of visitors was initiated by a citizens movement as it became clear New Yorkers were fleeing to places like the Outer Banks bringing the virus with them.
Good to see folks keeping out diseased outsiders.
You think it's a good thing to prevent people from going to their property?
Maybe they just don’t like the officer very much?
Either way, it’s a lesson for people who THINK they have a big out location.
They have another home that they have the right to go to.
Deport them to where they came from. Bunch of them are probably half-backs.
They’re people that just live in another state.
Lately I can’t be sure if I’m on FR or DU.
We can hope you just forgot the /sarc tag.
We have friends with a family cottage on the OBX. They are furious that they are not allowed to go to their house, because they are not year round residents.
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