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"Travis" wrote in message
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David Martel wrote:
Mail,

Such technical flaws in a citation won't affect the merit of the
citation. If you raise the issue of the date the date will be
corrected. Mow your lawn.

Dave M.

It could be something other than the lawn. Shrubs/trees blocking the
sidewalk or interfering with traffic.

That's true. I walk 4 nights a week. A few neighbors have stuff growing
in
such a way that it pokes pedestrians in the face. I like wild gardens,
but
that's just plain stupid.

Around here, people seem to move every two or three years. People move in
and get an urge to mark their territory by planting something. Often it
is
a small tree or shrub that they plop down in an inappropriate spot. They
move in a couple of years and the cycle repeats. After about 15 years,
you
get stuff growing over the sidewalks and blocking your vision at the
intersection. It's too much work for people to remove or prune overgrown
pants, and most people seem to be allergic to the outdoors. They drive
down
the street, push the garage door transmitter, drive into the garage, close
the door, and don't come outside again until it's time for the next work
day. They seem oblivious to the fact that their landscape needs some
attention. I suspect that most of the younger people who do this are
conditioned by their parents catering to their every need that it isn't in
their scope of thought to do anything themselves.

The way some people "think" about their yards is truly bizarre. My neighbor
across the street has done a pretty nice job of landscaping. It's the type
of setup you'd expect from a guy who doesn't really like plants THAT much,
so it's designed for minimal maintenance. Not sterile, but plants that need
little attention. Then, last week, he started applying that hideous,
artificially colored red mulch. :-) We got to talking and he asked if I
wanted some extra mulch. I commented that I didn't like the red stuff. His
response: "I know it's not natural looking, but when people see it, it's
obvious that someone's been landscaping".

????? scratching head If 5 sheets of paper are stapled together, it's
obvious that someone's been stapling, but so what? :-)