Neighborly Drama over the weekend and some legal advice...

My main priority right now is to contact my councilman and get the "No Parking" signs taken down that are in front of my house.   That's gonna chap his ass more than the vulgarities that I will be throwing at him every time I see he and his wife.   Every neighbor 5 houses on either side and across the street dislike these people and I'm sure they will have no issues signing a petition to take the signs down.   They equally extend their crap to everyone on the street but it seems that I'm the only one to now be vocal about it and call them out.   Like I said earlier if I was having wild parties and running around naked through the streets I would undestand his disdain.  That's not the case though because we have a very quiet street.  My "good" neighbors and I occasionally have people over and parking space is very limited because of the way our houses are built.  The people that actually park in the street don't even cause traffic congestion so I don't get the point in the first place.   Nobody bothers these people but they see fit to bother everyone else and be the "keeper of the parking ordinance".  

You know when you leave the grocery store and all those little postcards for suscribing to various things are in the exit way? Sign them up for everything! Do they have problems wetting the bed? send them free information. Have a army,navy,marine and air force recuiter contact them about joining up. Send them a free trail issue of High Times (a marijuana magazine). Just make sure they are mailed from the same town that the recipient lives in. Any or all of these make life very aggrevating for the receiver as it is VERY difficult to get off some of these mailing lists once you are in their system. Not that I have any experience in doing any of these things. Ok, thats the childish, get 'em back Rich. The mature logical Rich says go to the police department and sit down with an officer. Have them pull the file with all your neighbors complaints and ask what they advise you to do. Good luck!

what the heck, you can't even park in your own diveway? What the heck kind of homeowners assoc do you have? I can see people who have junk cars in their driveways or such, but visiting friends? I think I would move. who needs his aggrivation?

SMILE alot....be friendly..send him a Christmas card...smile and the whole world smiles with you! and get a conceal carry permit, incase he gets physical one day. skinny kenny

You need to get his phone number. You can get through Zabbasearch or searching his address.  once you get that start selling cars on Craigslist for cheap and leaaving his number as the contact. place personal adds, give his addy for a HUGE yardsale  etc.....  then when all the people show up call the cops because they will have to be illelgally parked

 Well, not putting my legal suit on at this time (I'll analyze this more for you later when I have more time) ..  a couple of quick notes/suggestions:   (1) a prophet is never respected in his hometown (or something like that, the Bible says) ..   I don't know how long you and the neighbor have known each other, but if he knew you from your pre-op days he apparently has no respect for you, based on weight bias (e.g. the "fat boy" comments, etc. )   I run across this problem all the time from some people (esp. the secretary where I work - UGH) ..   It sometimes makes me want to move to some place where NOBODY knew me from before ...   &:-/)   (and, come to think of it, that may be your only solution  - you move or your neighbor move!)   (2) if nothing else works, try reading some of George Hayduke's "Book Of Revenge" series .  Some really sneaky, nasty things you can pull on your neighbors to pizz them off ..   LOL!    More later, dude ...

Wait... Umm...  You are comparing me to some women that are drinking root beer for breakfast on the main board?   Ok.  That's interesting.    I would hardly make that comparison but ok, I'll roll with it.   I have tried the reasonable approach with these people on more than one occasion.   I've told the ass clown (male, 1 each) and ass clown (female , 1 each) a day prior to what I would hardly call an event (my buddy and his wife and one other friend) that I would have a couple extra cars parked in MY DRIVEWAY from around 7PM to 10PM on a Saturday evening. (this was around a year ago I think)   Now mind you I approached him while he was doing yardwork and even played the 'small talk' game before I told him about my so called 'event'.   Can you guess the response?   Wait for it...    Waaaait for it....   "Oh, I'm definately calling the cops buddy.   I'm definately calling the cops.   This isn't a party street and I will call the cops and get them towed if I can."   I just shook my head and walked back to my house.  Now you tell me how the f*&# was this bothering him?   CARS IN MY DRIVEWAY!  If ANYONE on the planet can give me an answer to that question I will be eternally grateful.    I guess I'm never supposed to have the illusive 3rd guest over because their back tire will touch the sidewalk.   That's the backstory and that's where it all started.   He's pulled the same exact bull**** with every other neighbor around me and around him.  

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your post Paul but alas I am a man and I am a man with a bad attitude.  If some jackass that lived near you was threatening your guests every time they visited your home I bet you would have a different outlook on the situation as well.  

*EDIT*  Oh and as far as taking a different approach I have contacted my coucilman to get the signs taken down.   He hasn't returned my call yet but I'm fortunate that he and I attend the same church and are in the same Knights of Columbus council.   My neighbors aren't going to have any problems signing a petition or whatever I've gotta do to start that process.  In the meantime if ass clown wants to take a swing then I welcome it.   I'd never start an altercation but you can bet your ass I'll fini****  

Oh it's city.   The homeowners association is pretty much defunct and hasn't had a meeting or any kind of gathering in 25 years from what I understand.  It's there on paper but nothing else.  

The city passed an ordinance which I can guarantee wasn't really intended for my neighborhood which prohibits any vehicles from blocking the sidewalk or any cars from parking in the grass (even if it's in their own yards).    The ordinance is intended for the downtown, garden district areas where the streets are narrow and a car parked in the street would seriously impede traffic.  As for the grass in the yard.... Yeah, I understand that one.   I wouldn't want a neighbor to park his junker in the front yard and leave it there forever.   All that is fine and good but since the no parking signs got put up I cannot have guests over to my house without being in violation of the ordinance.   The signs have no purpose whatsoever other than to, as my neighbor put it, prevent the street from being a 'party street'.   It's just silly and aggravating to say the least.   Having ass clown (male, 1 each) yell and threaten my guests every time I have a visitor just exacerbates the situation even more. 

I hope my councilman can do something.