fossten
Dedicated LVC Member
Accompanied by this email...
My neighbor is a "lefty" of sorts (Obama bumper stickers, gung-
ho Socialized Medicine, "guns should be banned", etc.). So this
past spring I put this sign up in my yard after one of his anti-
gun rants at a neighborhood cocktail party.
The sign wasn't up more than an hour before he called the police
and wanted them to make me take down the sign. Fortunately, the
officer politely informed him that he'd need a court order and
that he had to file a complaint. First, which would then be
reviewed by the city attorney to see if it violated any city,
county, or state ordinances. Then if there was a violation a
court order would be sent to the offending party (me) to remove
the sign within seven days.
He huffily filed the complaint and several weeks later was
informed that the sign was legal (by a quarter of a square inch
in area - my attorney hunting-buddy had tipped me-off) and there
was nothing the city could do, which obviously made him madder I
tried to smooth things over by inviting him to go shooting with
me and my friends at the hunt club but that seemed to make him
even more angry. I then asked him if he wanted to go to a Tea
Party Rally but again he declined my outreach efforts to bring
about a better understanding between political and social
opponents. I am at a loss how to reconcile our long relationship
(notice I did not say friendship), any suggestions would be welcome.
Maybe I'll ask him if he wants to go deer hunting, which opens
up November 1st, you know just a bunch of guys running through
the woods chasing Bambi then sitting around the campfire
roasting marshmallows and singing our favorite country songs to
the accompaniment of Jake's harmonica (he is a better lawyer
than a harmonica player but don't tell him I said that).
Anyway, that's life in our neck of the woods, how about yours?
