[greeneyes]

Yeh, we had some property a few hundred miles away. I had hired a caretaker to come and look after it and make sure the outside looked good mow yard etc.

City health department sent me notice and threatened fines if I didn't get it mowed within a certain time frame. Most of the neighbors had my number, but the one that didn't had called the health dept. No one called me.

I knocked on the doors of everyone, and apologized for what had happened, told them I fired the guy, and to let me know if the new one fell down on the job.

It was embarrassing, and of course they track the number of incidences and become less and less tolerant even if the recurrence is many years later.

[trisham]

I would never have called the health department without making multiple calls to whoever owned the land. I would never call the health department because someone didn't mow their lawn. I'm very sorry about what happened to you, because imho, it was not right.

We try very hard to respect the rights of our neighbors, and we hope that they do the same. It's not easy, but we believe in individual freedom.