Quote Originally Posted by Scrappah View Post
I pretty much agree. What you do on your own property is your own business. The thing is .... it doesn't give you the right to harm others.

IDK ...i think i would try to look at both sides and weigh it fairly. I'm not there but i'm wondering of he's being selfish and inconsiderate to his neighbors. I would look at the nature of the charges against him and see if there's anything to it.

You know how it is with junk vehicles. The brake lines, fuel tanks, batteries,and cooling systems all eventually fail and dump the contents on the ground. That gets into the water table and pollutes the neighbor's well. The water table is pretty close to the surface in your part of the country.

It's a trend though .... today the tight arses are hassling the neighbor. A year from now it might be you. Better to stop it in it's tracks before it gets to be a problem.
He tells me the cars in the yard are tagged. My neighbor can drive a tagged clunker that he has to add a quart to drive every day, so I don't really see how they can cherry pick his cars for pollution. He is not doing anything other than collecting scrap on his yard, and truth be told, it is not like he is bringing in a ton of stuff that you would consider trouble. Stoves, DW's, MW's, sinks, fridges, AC's, just scrapper stuff.



That said, I was hoping for input on the note. Good idea? Bad idea? Too harsh? What do you think? If this guy lived down the street from you, would you stand up to give him a hand? It would seem to me that every one of you could run into the same kind of trouble.. I could. My place is the same as his. I have a corner lot.. Check. I have a fence... Check. I have a shop... Check. I can accumulate a load of scrap I keep in the yard... Check. Apart from my road being a little less traveled and the BS on the road, we are both in a similar situation.

If there is something glaring there I should not put in or something I left out, please feel free to let me know.