22nd anniversary of Killdozer

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Wasn't this just about him paying for a sewer line he needed, and then he sued and sued just to find out he wasn't going to get his way so he killed himself?

Edit: I watched the videos but it was a while ago. He didn't want the concrete plant behind his shop.

At least it wasn't a data center.
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So' where is our loonie liberal to school us on how wrong he was?
If he had not hung that final up on the stem wall..... oh the havoc, :rockon:
 
Provience said:
Yup, that's all it was. No big deal, move along and stay appeased :flipoff2:

OKC bombing was just some military nut with PTSD :flipoff2:
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Quick research says he didn't want the concrete plant, he kept raising the price to sell the land, and 22 years later the dirt road to his shop still isn't blocked. I forget why this was important enough to watch the video. Some guy killed himself because he could t get a building, or block construction?
Public schools didn't teach about this and sti don't so I'm trying to find out why I should care about someone committing suicide. Honestly.

wasn't OKC payback for something like Ruby Ridge or Waco?


Off to go read some stuff again

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Thread 'June 4th, 2004: Killdozer.'

"I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things." ~ Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004)
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RunningProblem said:
Quick research says he didn't want the concrete plant, he kept raising the price to sell the land, and 22 years later the dirt road to his shop still isn't blocked. I forget why this was important enough to watch the video. Some guy killed himself because he could t get a building, or block construction?


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There is ALOT more to it than that. City council decided one day that his pre-existing septic system was no longer legal, and was then making it nearly impossible to connect to the city sewer. Then they wanted an easement across his property for a road to the concrete plant, but weren't willing to pay his price. Everytime they tried screwing him, he raised the price. Marv was on the wrong side of the good ole boys club, and whether you think he was right or wrong, at least he got off the porch.
 
Johnny Longrifle said:
There is ALOT more to it than that. City council decided one day that his pre-existing septic system was no longer legal, and was then making it nearly impossible to connect to the city sewer. Then they wanted an easement across his property for a road to the concrete plant, but weren't willing to pay his price. Everytime they tried screwing him, he raised the price. Marv was on the wrong side of the good ole boys club, and whether you think he was right or wrong, at least he got off the porch.
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This. I've seen several different accounts of what happened leading up to the rampage. Each story is tainted with the perspective of the person telling the story. For instance, the concrete plant people have an entirely different version of the story. I'm inclined to believe Marvin's version of the story based on my experiences with small, local government entities and the good ole boy mentality.
 
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