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Little Girl's Playset Is in Her Own Backyard, City Wants It Destroyed Anyway
Reason.com ^ | October 8,2014 | Robby Soave

Posted on 10/08/2014 9:30:42 PM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: Norm Lenhart

We should bribe Charlie Crist into becoming a Pubbie again and nominate him just for cherry.


21 posted on 10/08/2014 9:51:48 PM PDT by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Ray76
Absolutely right. When I was a kid a neighbor down the street complained that my dog bit him. Cops were called- asked the guy where he was when he got bit. He said that he was in my parents back yard. cop asks WTF are you doing in their back yard?. The cop goes and checks our back yard, finds an open can of paint next to the pool. Turns out the kid got caught peeping in neighbors windows by my mom, who called the cops on him. He was going to get back at her by ruining the pool liner. He got arrested for trespassing and attempted vandalism. As he's being led away the kid asks “what about the dog bite?” The cop laughs and says “serves you right, you idiot!” The kid definitely had a room temperature IQ.

CC

22 posted on 10/08/2014 9:52:05 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: TigersEye

How about just getting her a user account on DU where her ‘conservatism’ would be a better fit?

That way only the Dummies would suffer.


23 posted on 10/08/2014 9:54:24 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: RegulatorCountry

I agree. There are quite a number of statist Freepers. I guess they are just trying to keep free thinkers on the plantation.


24 posted on 10/08/2014 9:54:49 PM PDT by WMarshal (Free citizen, never a subject or a civilian)
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To: Califreak

actually they should have gone after make a wish, they built it.

would have loved the negative press they’d have gotten over that.

so they went after the people that make a wish helped.


25 posted on 10/08/2014 9:54:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Check their govt page on the city site. Looks like a homeowner association reject meeting.


26 posted on 10/08/2014 9:56:17 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Hojczyk

backyards are not open to the public.

unless it has a ramp flying into the neighbor’s backyard, or has blaring sirens and lights, or like my crazy neighbor screams for their g-damn cats to come home,

it isn’t a public nuisance.


27 posted on 10/08/2014 9:56:34 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

good thing you got a good cop.


28 posted on 10/08/2014 9:58:16 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: cherry
see you libertarians and you third partiers and you constitutionalists and you perot-idiots....you think you’re so damn smart in foiling a pubs chance thus electing rats every year.....so this kind of statist govt is what you get....enjoy...

Yup. That's the ticket. Insulting people makes them want to support your party blindly!

Can you do it some more please?

29 posted on 10/08/2014 9:59:37 PM PDT by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: bgill
Some neighbor obviously kept turning her in.

A couple decades ago at another home, I had terrible neighbors next door. Their kid kept playing on my front yard and driveway. I came home from work and had to clear his toys from my driveway. Neighbors ignored my complaints. I asked the kid why he didn't stay in his own front yard. Said because his grandpa and uncle had too much junk there (lots of junk auto parts).

I came home to find a muddy mess because the 7-year-old boy was playing with my garden hose. The next day he complained because I put away the hose. So I built a fence enclosing the entire front of the house, built and completed it in one weekend. City building inspectors started hassling me to tear it down after complaints from the neighbor. So I went to war with the building inspectors. I wrote up a bunch of complaints about the neighbor - junk in his yard, illegal room in the garage, illegal washtub hose draining across the sidewalk to the sewer, etc. Told the inspectors I would do nothing unless they first handled the neighbors infractions, and the inspectors could pound sand.

Neighbor apologized but still had to fix their infractions. My fence stayed (is still there now after selling house long ago). You can fight city hall and win.

30 posted on 10/08/2014 10:00:31 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: zeugma

I hope she does. I get email from time to time from people her personal idiocy converted to the evil purist side. As much as I bitch about her and a couple others, they have dome wonders for getting people OFF the GOP rez.


31 posted on 10/08/2014 10:02:43 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

You know, that’s your problem, Norm. You want to simplify everything and apply logic to it all. Ain’t nobody got time fo dat! ;^)


32 posted on 10/08/2014 10:04:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well, the fact that the chief of police lived two doors down and was good friends with my mom didn’t hurt. And the cops were familiar with the kid from numerous previous contacts. So really it was a slam dunk.

CC


33 posted on 10/08/2014 10:05:14 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: Celtic Conservative

thank God.


34 posted on 10/08/2014 10:05:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: cherry

In Santa Fe Springs the political allocation consists of 28.820% Republicans, 69.190% Democrats, and 1.988% Independents

http://www.poedit.org/state/california/cities/santa_fe_springs.html

Apparently the people there are in love with their tyrants


35 posted on 10/08/2014 10:06:11 PM PDT by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: TigersEye

I write in cursive too. I am a bad man.

Someday I will stand before Gaia and atone for setting the earth on fire I suppose. but for now...I cling bitterly ;)


36 posted on 10/08/2014 10:06:40 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: tumblindice
The point has to be made, especially this election, though: GOP-e and RINOs can at least be reasoned with, and occasionally will vote sanely. Democrats CANNOT be reasoned with, PERIOD, and almost NEVER vote sanely. It's getting late, and facts have to be faced. No matter how lousy the other candidate might be, DO NOT LET THE DEMOCRAT BE ELECTED!
37 posted on 10/08/2014 10:08:42 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: Norm Lenhart
Someday I will stand before Gaia and atone for setting the earth on fire I suppose.

Well...

Need a match?

38 posted on 10/08/2014 10:13:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Hojczyk

Was a POS Home Owners Association involved?

Any one IGNORANT enough to purchase any property that has a HOA ... sheesh

Stupid is as Stupid does

Pity the kid

TT


39 posted on 10/08/2014 10:14:55 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: Hojczyk
Something tells me that the "public nuisance" was that the PC officials felt that the other children would feel left out because it wasn't fair that this girl had her own private playground and the others had to use the public park.

-PJ

40 posted on 10/08/2014 10:18:08 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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