Shall I tell you a story about my Repug neighbor (with pics) very long

[merbex]

I live in a nice residential neighborhood in a relatively small town just south of Boston.

Our town has strict zoning bylaws. One of the most important of which is that our town is divided into zones(I'm sure most people have this in their communities also)Industrial,business,residential and I'm sure there are sub categories with the ones mentioned.

Now to my Repug neighbor. A retired Army officer who came back home and went to work for his family. Only he didn't get along with his family and set off to find another way. 2 jobs later and he found it that it wasn't just his family he didn't get along with. So,3 years ago he started his own business.

He refills vending machines. He started off small did all the work himself and he found a lucrative market. He was quickly able to expand. He operates this out of his home and 18 months ago he was hiring drivers and went from one truck to a small fleet(3-5). 14 months ago 18 wheel trucks started making deliveries to his house/garage in our quiet residential neighborhood. Coca cola and Pepsi 4 times a week

No- one complained. Not even me. I fumed but I have to confess he scares me. He always boasted about guns and took his next door neighbor to court over what I consider a stupid reason,and he basically has a vicious temper. Luckily, I don't live that close and I have nothing to do with him or his family.

6weeks ago a Pepsi truck knocked down wires and took out one neighbors cable line and another neighbors phone line. That did it. An elderly neighbor called the Building Commissioner and told the official what occurred. The Official leaves Town Hall and drives to Repug 's house - not in time - and they flat out lied and said "What truck?" My poor elderly neighbor consequently called every single time a delivery was made and the Building Commisioner was always too late to "catch "them

And then yesterday:



This photo was taken by me in my driveway



Heading toward Repugs home



It has arrived and is the process of backing in to Repu'g driveway to unload

4 minutes later I am in Building Commissioner's Office with pictures and while the official is looking at them my elderly neighbor is calling again.

3hours later everyone got a letter in their mailbox "apologizing" for the deliveries that it was simply a "mistake" simply sent to billing address rather than delivery address

A 14 month mistake

[madeline_con]

1. Document it every time. Also...

I'm no legal expert, but the companies making the deliveries may be "discouraged" by zoning laws concerning where they can deliver.

Just a thought, play both ends against the middle.

[xray s]

2. Is this guys property zoned for commercial activity?

Sounds to me like he's running a warehouse/distribution center. Not exactly R1 use.

[merbex]

6. No, we are in a residential neighborhood

Zoned strictly residentail

[B Calm]

3. Actually it's a single drive axle 14 wheel truck, not an 18 wheeler.

But you still have every reason to be mad!

[B Calm]

You will be doing the truck driver a favor by stopping this. I'd hate

to drive down that narrow street and blind side back into his driveway! You might want to check the trees for limb damage too...

[merbex]

9. When the Pepsi truck took down the wires just where the second image is he

slammed on the breaks so hard that all the cases in the truck must have been thrown forward

It made the worst noise

The thing is this guy is very intimidating and I admit I'm afraid.
I think it's telling that his immediate neighbors never called. He scares people

[B Calm]

11. I once made a delivery in a Chicago neighborhood very similar

to this. I also tore down some wires and the cops were called. The company I was driving for was given a ticket. Not sure if they fought the customer over it, but no one else had to go there again, thank god!

[bleedingheart]

4. and when those Semi's tear up your roads and make them a mess

I wonder if the bastard will pay to repair them.

There is a reason why many residential neighborhoods ban this type of consistent traffic.

[SW FL Dem]

5. I have a similar problem with a neighbor that runs an

appliance business out of his home. We have covenants that prevent the use of a home for a business that brings customers or trucks into the community. The guy has 18 wheelers loading and unloading refrigerators, stoves, etc in and out of his garage 24/7. When comfronted, his wife wrote a letter complaining about neighbors watching her and reporting her for having a refrigerator delivered for her personal use. The neighbors are now documenting their complaint with their digi cameras.

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7. Consider yourself fortunate.

There used to be a time when vending machine operations in the Boston area were mob related/connected... "What"? "You gott'a problem with my freaking trucks"?

[merbex]

10. I still think that although the mob wouldn't be able to stand this

know it all

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13. Well... on the plus side...

at least back then you could have decided between busted knee-caps, crime free cul-de-sacs and kick ass block parties.

Now you just have (or had), the constant sound of back-up alarms <beep-beep-beep-beep...> downed wires and nothing else to show for it.

:smoke:

[nankerphelge]

8. Rules only apply to you and me...

Repugs do whatever they want; it's the sense of entitlement.

[Ikonoklast]

12. Absolute bullshit

I am an o/o of a t/t and do p/u and del. all over the lower 48. Sometimes the billing address would be, say, Chicago, and the delivery address is in Oakland. It is a fairly common billing process.


Not very likely that a local p/d driver would make that mistake as it would cost him his job. He goes where he was dispatched to deliver, as requested by the customer, end of story. Your neighbor is a criminal infringing on you and your neighbors' property rights.


In my neighborhood I can't even drive my tractor to my house, even if I wanted to wash and wax her. The neighbors would call the gendarmes toute suite and I would be cited, no questions asked. I have no problem with that as they also cannot park boats or motorhomes in their driveways; they must be garaged if they are on the property overnight. These rules apply to all of us equally; if I had a problem with that I would have bought some commercial property or some acreage in a more rural setting.

I love people like your neighbor as they all assume that they are above the law and can bully their way through life. It is amazing what detailed documentation and verifiable statements from other witnesses can do to make the local responsible governing authorities actually do their job.

[kcass1954]

14. "3hours later everyone got a letter in their mailbox"

Did those letters have postage on them? It's illegal to place correspondence of any type either in or on a mailbox without stamping it. If you want to cause a little more trouble for the idiot, call your local post office and ask for the postal inspectors.