KABC-TV in Los Angeles ran a story Friday about an actress who was fighting city hall over the height of her privacy gate. Three years ago a stalker started sending letters to actress Eva La Rue that were frighteningly detailed. She responded by having her gate and columns made taller, among other things. She started the work without permits, but later got a variance and went on with her life.
Then a neighbor complained, and the variance was overturned. Le Rue appealed, and her private address became part of public court records. She received a letter from the old stalker saying, "I know where you live now."
The neighbors complain that the height is not allowed by city ordinance (La Rue was given a variance) and they like the opennes of their neighberhood.
La Rue has had to move out of her house because of the stalker.
Is it right that these people endanger the life of anyone, because they want to be able to see into her yard? NO!!!
It's too late now. The cats out and Miss La Rue is out a house. The nosy neighbors should have to buy her house at fair market, splitting the cost between them.
Maybe they could rent it to the stalker.
Perhaps those whiny neighbors can be pallbearers at the funeral when Whackjob Stalkerboy catches up with Ms. LaRue.
ReplyDeleteNah, a funeral would ruin the mood of the neighborhood. You know aesthetics are more important than safety, or even common decency.
ReplyDeleteYou know... there is something not right with this situation (besides Whackjob Stalkerboy). When a person owns a property, they should be able to do with that property what they wish - within reasonable health and safety guidelines. Le Rue got a variance for her gate/wall. If the neighbors don't like the taller wall, they can just deal with it (and talk about La Rue behind her back). La Rue had a valid reason to raise the height of her gate, restricting the view of Stalkerboy. They should not have the power to force the city to revoke an issued variance. A variance would not have been issued if the height would pose a potential safety hazzard; so there really wasn't a reason to have it revoked.
ReplyDeleteIf Stalkerboy eventually does something to La Rue, the neighbors should be held accountalbe (possibly as accomplices) as their whining about how La Rue "decorated/developed" HER OWN property enabled Stalkerboy to do his thing.
I agree completely. I know some communities have rules about what can be done, but that is what variances are for, and if a persons safety is less important than the community guidelines, there is a great need for some reprioritization - even if that means knocking a few heads together.
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