JEEES, I'm sure glad I decided to leave all that
urban, suburban, yuppie crap behind when I
retired and bought a farm in Texas!
Dick J
--- john robinson <john@engr.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Howdy,
> Here in Madison, this liberal capitol
> of the midwest, its'
> illegal to have an unregistered vehicle in the
> garage!!! last fall I
> swapped the Pig body, (76 chevy truck) rusty,
> for an 82 texas rustfree
> body, got in trouble for having the body parts
> in my back yard for 1
> day!!!, neighbors called.....and I can't even
> confront my accuser, they
> take anonymous calls...
> in your case, the polaroids were
> probably taken by the city, they
> have the right to enter....
>
> At 06:27 PM 6/8/00 , you wrote:
> >Hey everyone,
> >We had a hearing downtown this morning. I
> reside in a fourplex, I'm in one
> >unit, my brother in another, mom, in one, and
> our tenant in the remaining
> >one. Basically everyone here is into cars one
> way or another, but here is
> >where it gets interesting. We were cited two
> weeks ago and at the hearing,
> >we are supposed to be violating several laws,
> so by June 30th, all vehicles
> >must be removed as it is against the law to
> have, on residential property,
> >any vehicle that is not running and/or
> currently registered (I didn't know
> >your car had to be registered to be parked in
> your backyard). They said
> >someone was complaining because Eddie (our
> tenant) was operating a business
> >out of his place (true). Over the last two
> years, the city has impounded
> >about 17 of his vehicles due to improper
> registration, no problem there, they
> >shouldn't have been on the street. But
> whoever was complaining, had to have
> >been trespassing, because they went in the
> backyard and took polaroids of
> >everything back there. What really got me was
> that they said that Eddie
> >could no longer have anymore yard sales as
> that was a zoning violation. I'm
> >curious, so if you have stuff you want to get
> rid of, you can't have a yard
> >sale? If your car isn't running or
> registered, you have to scrap it? What
> >if the car isn't legal for road use, you can't
> keep it at your house? I'm
> >glad they couldn't get into the garages.
>
>
> John Robinson, Mechanician
> Mechanical Engineering University of
> Wisconsin
> 1513 University Ave.
> Madison, Wi. 53706
> 608-262-3606
> FAX 608-265-2316
> Current World Land Speed Record Holder
> Bonneville Salt Flats
> H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
> 131.333 MPH set 1995
> 136.666 MPH set 1996
>
>
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..........Dick J.............
......(In East Texas)........
..........# 729..............
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