Saturday, May 24, 2008

BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Local concerns over Indian utopia

BBC NEWS: Local concerns over Indian utopia: "Auroville sounds like a throwback to the 60s, advocating no rules and leaders and promising peace and harmony, but Rachel Wright hears claims of exploitation and abuse at the southern Indian community."
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Utopia never turns out to be as utopian as advertised.

Great Wall of Fleetwood: Man builds 16ft garden wall in protest at neighbour's sun terrace ... and now it's a tourist attraction | Mail Online

Great Wall of Fleetwood: Man builds 16ft garden wall in protest at neighbour's sun terrace ... and now it's a tourist attraction | Mail Online: "After spending two months building a sun terrace on the kitchen roof of their seaside home, Dennis and Sandra Hawes settled down to enjoy the view. But not for long. Next-door neighbour Charles Hart was disgruntled that he was not consulted about the terrace, which overlooked his garden. So he decided to exact revenge - and built what is known locally as the Great Wall of Fleetwood. The view from the terrace is now obstructed by a barrier 16ft high and 26ft long between the properties in the Lancashire former fishing port. The wall has caused so much controversy that it has even become a tourist attraction, with taxi drivers pointing it out to their passengers."
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Complete with photo of very high wall and very ticked off man.

Another HOA in decline?

News: Lawsuit pitting homeowners against subdivision manager | homeowners, kanan, plantation : TheMonitor.com: "The upscale gated community has fallen on hard times since its heady beginnings in the 1980s as a country club subdivision with streets named for characters and places in Gone with the Wind.

At the back, decrepit trailers and garden-sized shacks house families, and pricier houses are surrounded by tall weeds."

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Fred Pilot sent this link about another HOA that seems to be in decline.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Canton Council proposes jail time for tall grass

Canton Council proposes jail time for tall grass: "For residents tired of that overgrown lot that resembles a minijungle next door, the city wants to help by trying to put high-grass violators behind bars.

City Council wants to beef up its existing high-grass and weeds law by making a second offense a fourth-degree misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine of up to $250 and up to 30 days in jail."

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I guess the HOAs and condo associations may as well surrender. They can't top this.