20070531 Neighbors

Neighbors

May 31^st, 2007

Hat Tip: CJ

I received this in an e-mail. It is, as noted in the e-mail, a “true story.” If it isn’t it doesn’t matter, because it illustrates a great point: It has often been said that the pursuit of world peace begins with getting along with your neighbors…

Yeah, we’ve all been there – although for the past several years, I’ve been very fortunate to have a great group of neighbors…

Once upon a time, in a previous life when I was an elected official, playing referee with the neighbor disputes in the community was quite time consuming and often profoundly unpleasant…

Anyway:

This is a true story, it happened in Utah and was on the news!

No doubt, each of you could use a little comic relief today.

Here's the story.

A city councilman, Mark Easton, lives in an upscale neighborhood. He had a beautiful view of the east mountains, until a new neighbor purchased the lot below his house and built.

Apparently, the new home was 18 inches higher than the ordinances would allow, so Mark Easton, mad about his lost view, went to the city to make sure they enforced the lower roof line ordinance. Mark and his new neighbor had some great arguments about this as you can imagine - not great feelings.

The new neighbor had to drop the roof line - no doubt at great expense.

Recently, Mark Easton called the city and informed them that this same new neighbor had installed some vents on the side of his home. Mark didn't like the look of these vents and asked the city to investigate. When they went to Mark's home to see the vent view, this is what they found...