4/7/2015 Dad In Hot Water for Building Cool Fort for Kids

Joey and the kids have been with us for the past 3 nights.  I hope Sherri will realize what she will be missing out on.

Here is something I just read and responded to.  Our government has gotten to far out of control.

In Utah, Jeremy Trentelman’s kids, including 2-year-old Story, have been loving the cardboard fort he built for them in the yard. Town officials? Not so much. (Photo: Jeremy Trentelman)

A father in Utah who expressed his playful side by building a massive cardboard-box fort in the yard for his kids last week has since been dealing with a serious killjoy: his city of Ogden, which has warned him to disassemble the fort by April 13 or face fines for the structure being in violation of building codes.

“The whole thing is just ridiculous,” Jeremy Trentelman, a professional floral designer and father of two, tells Yahoo Parenting. “I thought I was just building a fort out of cardboard, tape and a little love, but apparently it’s making a statement.”

Trentelman built the fort for his kids, Max 3 ½ and Story, 2, after collecting several five-foot-by-four-foot boxes, which had held botanical trees, from the home and garden center where he works. “I had warm, positive memories from my childhood about forts, and thought it was a great way to spark imagination, away from the TV,” he says.

But shortly after finishing the construction, which features a centerpiece of a yellow plastic slide, the city of Ogden delivered a warning, signed by code enforcer Gordon Sant. Though not a citation, the official letter noted that Trentelman was in violation for having “waste materials or junk” in his yard. It gave him 14 days to remove the fort or pay a $125 fee; he also had the option of paying $25 to contest it. He considered that at first, but then had a change of heart


MY COMMENT:

Building Codes????  Are you kidding me?  It's a temporary play fort for children.  Do they need a permit to set up a swingset?  This whole town should get together and march on the town square.  GET OUT OF OUR DAILY LIVES GOVERNMENT!!!!  I think it is time the American people take back our lives and make the government realize who they work for.  We pay their salaries.  Therefore, we ARE the boss and it is high time we started behaving as such.  I hear more and more ridiculous stuff each and every day of how the government is inserting themselves into our lives.  GET OUT!!!!  GET OUT!!!!