This can't happen in America

So, you are getting ready to go to church one beautiful Spring morning when you a hear knock on the door. Wondering to yourself who could be visiting this morning, you open the door to Boulder's finest.

"How can I help you officer?" you ask, trying to be cheerful, but a little afraid, unsure of why the police are here.

"Please step outside ma'am, we've some questions to ask you."

You are a little nervous, but you are sure that whatever the deal, it can be resolved. You just hope someone you know hasn't been killed in accident or something horrible. Being a good, trusting citizen you step outside...where you are immediately pushed to the wall, frisked, hands placed behind your back and cuffs slapped on your wrists.

"You are under arrest for replacing your garage door. You have the right to remain silent..."

This can't happen in America...but it has. It is being reported that a Boulder, CO woman was jailed for replacing her garage door.
Yes!!! In Boulder, Colorado you can be arrested...thrown into jail with hardened criminals (murders, rapists, burglars, etc...) for doing simple home maintenance. What a great country we live in!!!

One of my biggest rules of Law is that all laws should be discernible by intuition by reasonable people. In other words, I should be able to know, without studying law, whether a particular action is going to be against the law or not. So, it would never occur to me (or any reasonable person) to go and study the law to see if I could replace my garage door. Intuitevely, people believe they have the right to do whatever they want on their land.

Secondly, why in the heck is this a felony. While I am against restrictions and against needing permits and building certificates (once again, my land...I can do whatever I want on it), if you do happen to break that law...isn't a fine enough? Do we really need to remove people who don't obtain certificates from the rest of society? What danger are they?

Asinine...just completely stupid and asinine.