gomer pyle
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You just can't please some people!
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?
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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?
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