Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: warrior]
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05/24/21 12:21 PM
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Show us a picture of your property.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: hippie]
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05/24/21 12:25 PM
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I've never understood how we got to the point that people believe the city has the authority to dictate whether or not your grass is too tall.
I don't really have any legal advice... Best I can offer is to catch him isolated and unawares and beat the whiz out of him. Then make him prove it was you that did it.
Sorry, but I'm a firm believer that if more people were taken to the Gus McRae "School of Bartending" they would be polite and keep to their own business a lot more.
Mike The fear of God put into people changes their behaviour, that's for sure. I'm not a violent person. But this notion of "civilized behavior" has brought us to the point that bullies just utilize whatever ordinances they can to terrorize other citizens. The only ones that win are the bureaucrats and the lawyers. I fight it here in my town every time they propose a code officer and code enforcement. People need to realize exactly what they're asking for before they hand over that kind of authority to someone who wants it. Mike
One man with a gun may control 100 others who have none.
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: Nittany Lion]
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05/24/21 12:32 PM
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Show us a picture of your property. Why, so you can be nosy, too?
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
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05/24/21 12:38 PM
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I don't hold with the devalue argument as that gets into coercive takings where one or more can take the labor and property of another for their own purposes.
How that was ever allowed to stand on constitutional grounds is beyond me. I know you don't wanna hear this but... Like it or not it's going to be hard on your property value (no matter how nice your yard is), if you're living in a area where the others' yards in the area look like crap. It's because people don't want to live near that. We have a neighbor that's got junk all over, he mows but only a wide path around everything. I'm not the type to turn him in for it but I can certainly see why someone would want to. Your absolutely right. I know property values and fully understand that I do myself no favors by not keeping my pig's ear looking like a silk purse but I'm not looking to sell or borrow. Besides the better looking it is the more the county will tax it. Maybe I just hit on the why. Folks are strange when it comes to property values. They want it high as possible for going into debt purposes but complain when that same value gets taxed.
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: warrior]
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05/24/21 12:39 PM
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As said check ordinances. If you're in the clear, Then post them on a sign for the neighbor to see
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: white17]
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05/24/21 12:45 PM
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Get a couple of sheep. See how they like that. That or put feed out for geese like a guy does at the lake. He has attracted a lot of Canadian Honkers to his yard. He never has to cut his grass and it's really green probably because they do poop a lot. I've never seen the man go barefoot in his yard.....
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: warrior]
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05/24/21 01:11 PM
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I'm not in the same situation but am having a little fun with a neighbor. He's actually a good neighbor but a little nosy. He is retired and he cuts his grass 7 days a week twice a day. I'm letting mine grow just to have some fun with him. I can tell it's driving him nuts but he hasn't said anything. Don't misunderstand, I have a 60" X Mark parked under the shed so I'm gonna have to lament before too long cause it's starting to bug me maybe more than him. I don't think so though.
"Skin that smokewagon and see what happens"
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: warrior]
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05/24/21 01:18 PM
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Show us a picture of your property. Why, so you can be nosy, too? Call it what you want, I would like to see if the neighbor has a legitimate gripe or not.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: Wanna Be]
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05/24/21 02:00 PM
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You either live in a fancy neighborhood or keep a real bad yard, lol. That's what gets me the most. It's not fancy at all just rural county incorporated into a one mile circle map dot so the complaining neighbor can be mayor. Seriously, he is a mayor without pay or staff the county provides all services. About half of the community has gone over to rentals and he's heck on them with the landlords on his speed dial. The rest are older homeowners who struggle to keep up their yards or newcomers like myself who took advantage of lower priced older homes, many are hispanic. The nice homes are mostly outside of the map dot on older family larger farm tracts in the county. His big beef is his legacy as an old family an inability to direct how his community goes. I actually feel sorry for him and to some degree empathize in his desire to have some influence.
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Re: Question, what legal recourse do I have?
[Re: warrior]
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05/24/21 02:49 PM
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Warrior, that sounds like my old neighbor. Cops said it's a civil court issue and since he was nextdoor putting a restraining order on him would be impossible to obey with a minimum of 100 yards. Those are 2 of 5 options. The 3rd is file reports of harassment. 4th is let him try to cash the check his mouth is writing. 5 try to mend your relationship with him.
He called city in me numerous times for everything. City only gave me 1 issue because I didn't drive a truck often enough so I had to put in the backyard. My yard was xeriscaped (meaning drought tolerant plants) except 2 trees and a patch of grass in the backyard. Other than that both yards were gravel. He still called the city about 4 timmy weeds that just sprouted even though I use vegetation killer and weed preventer.
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