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wrote:
On 21-Jun-2005, wrote:

But really, Susie, you need to move to a nice controlled community,
like a condo development or a homeowner's association area, where the
rulemakers think like you.

Oh please. I suspect very few of us wouldn't get a bit peeved if a neighbor
decided to continually park in front of our house. What's the matter with
the street in front of their house? You feel that because granny across the
street has trouble backing out of her driveway because there is now a car
cutting off her turning radius by 6 feet that she should be denied the
privilege of driving? As opposed to the neighbor parking their car a few
feet further down the road? Sheesh, community is just that, community. And
finding the appropriate balance of compromises that minimizes the
inconvenience the entire community suffers. In this case it's almost
certainly the neighbor parking a few feet down the road.

ml

I put up with a dickhead tenant who lived next door to a previous house
I owned once, who left his pos Vanagan parked there for 2-1/2 months.
Reason? I had a huge old Ash tree in the parkstrip which provided
excellent shade. Boxing him in with our cars didn't matter because he
had no intention of moving it anyway.

After tiring of looking at his pos car out of my living room picture
window I asked him one day to please move it so I could at least sweep
the gutter. He gave me a ration of **** - I gave him 15 minutes to move
it. He slammed his door on me.

15 minutes later a PD officer and a tow truck were 'hooking' it up and
the officer was writing him a ticket. Reason? His tags were over six
months expired and the pos couldn't be in the public right of way. He
begged the cop to let him move it - then. The cop said no and handed him
the ticket.

He had to not only pay the ticket, but also the tow, impound fee and a
days storage to the tow guy, also show proof of current reg and
insurance, etc. Cost him around $400.

He never parked there again and moved about a month later.