For the third time, Stewart resident Delvin Bethke's tires have been slashed. Bethke's tires were also slashed October 3, 2018 and October 30, 2018. Christian resident Bethke says that city officials have been harassing and persecuting him, and going out of their way to do so. Bethke suspects that a city official is likely the one slashing his tires.
Council member Kevin Klucas told the Central Minnesota News Network in November 2018 that a Stewart resident said he slashed Bethke's tires in October. However, that resident is now in jail. So who slashed Bethke's tires in April 2019? The day before Bethke's tires were slashed, he had loaded his shed on a trailer so he could move it. It is very difficult to change tires on a loaded trailer, this appears to be a clear act of sabotage.
If you've been following the story at all, the city officials appear to have been waging war against Bethke, demanding he move the shed, but refusing to give him a permit to do so, even prosecuting him in court for failing to move his shed. (In a small town of 500 people, why would such rigid regulation be needed?)
Finally, after Bethke made four permit applications to the city, the city finally granted Bethke a permit. The previous three permits were denied for reasons which Bethke believes was thinly veiled persecution. Now that the permit has been granted, the city has put up road blocks all over town, so Bethke is once again unable to move his shed
And permit or no permit, the city is still prosecuting Bethke for the trap they had apparently set for him. City officials still want to fine Bethke $300 for a zoning violation they basically appear to have created. Bethke was again in court Thursday April 25, 2019. City clerk Ronda Huls was there to testify against him. The judge said she will issue a ruling in the next 10 days.
What is the real motivation of the Stewart city officials to persecute a Christian resident? Is it because they have anti-Christian ties?
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