I didn't want to leave the house with them out front and knowing we were gone. I unscrewed the muffler from my mower and started working on knocking down the weeds first from the far part of the driveway from them. I kept working toward them, with the open exhaust port almost always pointed directly at them. It was making a god awful amount of noise. Fortunately, I had a good pair of hearing protectors on. It was also throwing up a bunch of dust as I went over dirt portions of the driveway.
Their dog was barking and growling at me to begin with and tugging at his chain. When I just ignored him he turned his attention on them and was barking at the car. They had rolled their windows up to keep the noise down and keep the cloud of dust out. I kept getting closer. But before I got right up to them I went across the driveway and started mowing in front of the street. They packed up most of their crap and left.
They were trespassing but the police around here probably wouldn't have done anything about it. I figured my best chance to get rid of them was to convince them that it would be better to go settle in some better place. Unfortunately, our big tree makes some nice shade and tends to attract this type of vermin.
No more ‘living in a van down by the river’.
That’s a crazy story man.
I dont like the old lady that goes through our trash looking for bottles and cans, no less loiterers like what you’re talking about.
SMH
That’s bad
Nice. You get bonus points for getting some actual work done, as well.
LA hasn’t figured out to assess property taxes for someone living in a car yet?
It’s definitely a security issue.
And there it is. Austin, TX is more liberal than LA.
But, they can still poop on the sidewalk, right?
But if they are living in their car, they are not homeless.
Unless you mean a “home” is a house. But what about those million dollar malibu trailers? Those shipping container “houses”?
If one can call a man a woman, joe scarborough a conservative and hillary clintoon not a convict, then one can call a car a home.
The liberal courts is a big part of this.
The courts have been siding with the bums ‘rights’ over city regulations to limit begging, vagrancy, and trying to limit their trashing of streets sidewalks, etc.
Meh, they can just block out their windows. If the police can’t see inside, they have no probable cause to search the vehicle, so they can’t enforce this. It may be illegal to drive with windows blocked, but it can’t be illegal to park like that, or sunshades and car covers would be contraband.
Too bad LA banned Walmart from the city.
Good plan, fireman.
I used to do similar stuff— tend flowerbeds, pick up litter, change bulbs in security lights— as a way to encourage the dope dealers to move along.
Smile big & say, “hey, how y’all doing?”
Then walk behind their cars & pointedly eyeball their license plates.