Neighborly Relationships

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Subject: Neighborly Relationships



See the attached photo after you read the letter....
From Florida :


Ralph, My neighbor is a "lefty" of sorts (Obama bumper stickers, gung-ho
socialized medicine, "guns should be banned", etc.). So last week 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 it was not
their job to take


such action without a court order and that he had to file a complaint
"downtown" first, which


would be reviewed by the city attorney to see if it violated any city,
county, or state


ordinances. If there was a violation, a court order would be sent to the
offending


party (me) to "remove the sign in seven days".


After several weeks he was informed that the sign was legal (by a quarter
of an inch) 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.

[katie]

I love it!