tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508894650834872844.post1409331755730888973..comments2024-02-20T13:39:45.872-05:00Comments on Little Merry Sunshine: I Need Your AdviceLittle Merry Sunshinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260823112620938983noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508894650834872844.post-3234644970397097592008-12-11T13:57:00.000-05:002008-12-11T13:57:00.000-05:00Err, what is this ice and snow you speak of? I'd ...Err, what is this ice and snow you speak of? <BR/><BR/>I'd blow it back into his driveway. What's he going to do? Call the cops?Brave Sir Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885043536453757210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508894650834872844.post-79116358933263843842008-12-10T13:02:00.000-05:002008-12-10T13:02:00.000-05:00I agree with the parts of the first and fifth comm...I agree with the parts of the first and fifth comments. Video tape it because otherwise it's your word against theirs and you should not be put in that position. If you feel uncomfortable video taping them in the act, at least get a tape of the result--the snow blown in the street and their plowed driveway apron. Make sure it's time and date stamped in your camera. Then, go to the village. The only thing I'd do differently than Northern Trustee said is that first I'd call the Village and without telling them the identity of whom you are complaining against, ask if there is a procedure for making a formal complaint on the particular issue. Then, I'd follow that procedure following up by going to the village meeting. It seems to me unless you follow their procedure, they could prevent you from speaking at their meeting and they'll treat you like you did something wrong, a position you should not be forced into because you are not the perp here. It's classic northern suburbs GOP behavior to believe they own the place.Ellen Beth Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437707135406101498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508894650834872844.post-9135798373777102222008-12-09T08:34:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:34:00.000-05:00Go to the next village meeting and speak to the Bo...Go to the next village meeting and speak to the Board of Trustees and Mayor about this problem Village wide and your incident with calling PW and being told that they do not enforce the code. Then ask them what other codes they do not enforce so we all know which ones we are allowed to break. Media won't touch this kind of thing but to go on record saying that they told you they do not enforce will put the board and administration on thin ice. I wouldn't mention the trustee specifically at that point. But the next time it happens after the meeting I would hold nothing back. Attend another meeting, be professional and compliment them on something well done and then bring up the one that lives across the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508894650834872844.post-581035180664969752008-12-09T00:03:00.000-05:002008-12-09T00:03:00.000-05:00What a dick. I'm not polite enough to offer you a...What a dick. I'm not polite enough to offer you advice that would be helpful in any sense.American Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695903315307400123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508894650834872844.post-45535706213894441482008-12-08T14:37:00.000-05:002008-12-08T14:37:00.000-05:00Hah! Personal responsibility is all well and good ...Hah! Personal responsibility is all well and good until you actually have to do it. Most of the GOPers I know have the mindset of "give nothing, get all." Taxes are teh EVIL, but I want smooth roads with no potholes and a oplice officer to rescue my $1000 pillows when I leave them on my porch when I go on my 3 month round the world cruise! ugh ugh!GourmetGoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673545397406871152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508894650834872844.post-44161205805147297862008-12-08T10:04:00.000-05:002008-12-08T10:04:00.000-05:00GG,You give GREAT advice!I agree with you that the...GG,<BR/><BR/>You give GREAT advice!<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that they smack of entitlement. The ironic part? They are staunch GOPers (which may explain why they dislike me) and we all know how much the GOP hates government handouts (except to big banks!). So that they are so hell bent on waiting for the government to clean up their mess (e.g., "the Village will salt") really irritates me. Isn't personal responsibility and taking care of your own the foundation of the GOP?Little Merry Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260823112620938983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508894650834872844.post-50505926503244413892008-12-08T09:59:00.000-05:002008-12-08T09:59:00.000-05:00This couple smacks of entitlement... elected offic...This couple smacks of entitlement... elected official and a former firefighter? Have to obey the law? Pishtaw! And I highly doubt the manly man would be inclined to listen to the little woman, aka his wife, should you find her a more receptive audience. They are never going to change their ways unless forced to do so. Which means you, if so inclined, are going to need to cause trouble.<BR/><BR/>As a former journalist, may I suggest videotaping his snowblowing idiocy and then sending the tape to the local media outlet most likely to want to give an elected official a blackeye? Or to the town board and show up to speak a complaint during open comment time? Or, more drastically, hit the black ice in front of their house one day and make an unanticipated visit inside their house? having to rebuild part of their house would sure get them to change their ways....GourmetGoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673545397406871152noreply@blogger.com