[Sonny M]

The neighbor was probably your garden variety anti-business liberal.

More likely then not, the neighbor probably had a grudge with the girls mother, and this was a way to get back at the mother.

Why, who knows, maybe she parked in her driveway, maybe she didn't give her milk one day, but sometimes neigbhors do petty things on spite to each other.

[steelie]

I growed" up in Berkeley , California in the 60's, and sold fruit and wreaths in front of my familiy,s store.
The police came by one day and said I needed a permit to do so
Well, the very next day I dragged my 10 year old brother down to city hall, and started the process of getting a D@#$mm permit.

After 4-5 hours of total occupation of their time, they just said "we'll call you"

We made good money for the next several years.