I'm totally befuddled today. Yes, I've read my Daily Bee, and yes, that was my brother who wrote the letter-to-the-editor about the grass-cutting situation in Sandpoint.
Three times, I asked Bill to re-read this morning's article about City Council passing its junk/noise ordinance, and, sure enough, they're still saying we can't mow our lawns after 6:30 every morning.
I'm at wits end. Should I call the mayor? Or, should I just go forth with my lawn mowing and take my chances?
After all, I do live out here right between the Sandpoint Airport and the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad. Maybe my Sears Craftsman grass-cutting sounds can be muffled by the lear jets and 50-plus trains that go by here every day.
But then again, the cop shop has taken to sitting over in that railroad parking area directly across from my house. Maybe he's not really there to catch speeders. Maybe, his presence is merely a ploy for catching bigger fish, namely Marianne, the lawn-mowing junkie.
Now, I'm wondering if the mayor has asked him to spy on me so that the moment I fire up my ear-shattering mower this spring, the cop can charge right over here and plop a ticket on me for abusing the city ordinance.
Maybe the mayor will make an example out of me, and I'll end up in the headlines of the Daily Bee: City Spurns Love for Ordinance Betrayal.
This is really going to be a problem in July when the fire department sends out their spies to see who's not cutting their weeds within 100 feet of the road.
Am I getting too paranoic? Help me. Should I quit reading the Bee every morning?
3 comments:
I haven't seen the Bee article but would it be safe to assume that it was a Bee error, not a City error?
Yup, Henry. You're dead on!
LOL (Laughing out Loud) - Keep up the good work, Mrs. Love! I always enjoy your writings.
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