Frances Barton's single-wide, the one she had fully paid $5,000 for and was hoping to move to a little piece of land she was buying on a $250-a-month
land contract, is now literally in pieces on Jim Gaunce's front lawn.
And, everyone agrees, that leaves some 12 people — four adults and eight children ranging from 3 months to 12 years — facing Thanksgiving with no
place to live.
Barton's boyfriend, Alan Gaunce, no relation to Jim, said somebody — he's not sure who — told him he'd be shot if he didn't get out of the
trailer before it was toppled. Barton, a grandma at 35 with gold streaks in red hair, tearfully contends that Nicholas County Sheriff Dick Garrett
"showed no respect for my home" when he ultimately ordered two tractors to ram the thing and set it on its side.
On the other hand, Garrett, a wiry chain-smoker who ran for re-election with the slogan of "More 'Dick' in 2006," maintains that anybody who
thinks it's a fine plan to pay somebody $200 to move their 25-year-old home, all their belongings, and a passel of pets with a farm tractor can't
exactly complain when things go wrong.
www.kentucky.com...
This has been in the news lately around here. I empathize with the lady I suppose, but the trailer was already falling apart while they were trying
to move it. The news is trying to make the sheriff sound like a bad guy, but it sounds like he tried to help the lady in the situation, but needed to
get the highway cleared. This lady needs to check out who she hires in the future. There are way too many people living in a tiny trailer, but
that's not really anyone's concern if they aren't bothering anyone. I find it interesting that the land owner is concerned about cows and their
possibly eating insulation. I've never heard of a cow yet doing that, but then again, this is Kentucky.
I think that trailer had probably about had it before it was moved.
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I live in the south and here is trailer park haven, while I feel sorry for the lady and having to lose her home in the move, I can only picture by
what I have seen around my neck of the woods the shape her mobile home.
We have an Entire trailer park area that has been condemn because the despicable shape of the mobile homes but people would not move out of the park
even when it was given to them for temporary shelter almost 14 years ago after the south big floods.
Sometimes people just can not get any better or just are so used to what they have that they can not part with what they think is theirs even if it is
falling over their heads.
Sad really.
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more "dick" in 2006....hahahahahahahahaahahahaha 
awesome
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Where I live the mover needs special insurance to move a mobile home. Also the owner needs insurance.
Obviously what she did was illegal and foolish. However, the sheriff handled it vary badly and he should be called to account for his destruction of
her home.
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You get what you pay for, talk to the movers and leave the sheriff alone. IMO, to bad for her though. Hopefully a non government mandated charity will
help out.
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A self-made billionaire in another state has purchased this lady a new mobile home. It was in the paper the other day. Not sure if it's online or
not.
This was a local story around here.
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WTF ???????????????????
the attempted " move " was stupid - but hey there are a lot of stupid people out there
but the sherrifs reaction is just mind boggling - 9 freaking hours ???????????
if the authorities are so incompetant that they cannot deal with such a simple situation - they are not fit to be left unsupervised - never mind in
charge
the sad fact is that the situation could have been dealt with competantly in under 4 hours
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How in the world do you get 12-people into a mobile home? I have never been in a mobile home and this sounds undoable to me. What am I missing?
"More 'Dick' in 2006" was the Sheriff's campaign slogan? Go Dick! 
Why didn't she question a fee of only $200? And hiring a guy nicknamed "pancake" is suspect at best.
This story is an episode of Jerry Springer on a good day.
I am happy she received help from a local billionaire. It was probably worth it to him for the laugh.
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I would add that his slogan should have said .......head. I am sure folks can figure that out.
Cheers!!!!
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