Farmer H's Rumpus Must Be Breathing A Sigh Of Relief

Hopefully, Farmer H's rumpus has one less check to cash. You may recall when he got a bit mouthy about the "nuisance" notice he got from Sis-Town about the state of The Pony's yard, and trees growing in the gutter. Farmer H had a phone "discussion" with the guy from the city who wrote the nuisance letter. And went to city hall and asked to speak to someone in the street department, and was turned away. Then he left a message for his councilman to call him back, with no response.

Well. Farmer H tricked the mayor!

The regular monthly meeting for the city was last week. Farmer H presented his report on the apartments for the elderlies, including his lock box plan. The rest of the meeting continued. The mayor spoke last. As she closed the meeting, Farmer H said, 

"Do you have a minute so I can ask a question?"

She said of course. So Farmer H said it was about his property over on Pony Street, and the nuisance letter he had received from the city.

"I ended up mowing the yard that same afternoon that he wrote the letter. I don't have no problem about the weeds out front between the sidewalk and the road. I cut them as soon as I got the letter. My problem is with them trees growing in the gutter. He said I'm supposed to clear them out. I'm not going to cut those trees out of the gutter."

There were murmurs from the "crowd" of other city officials."

"You shouldn't have to do that."

"That's not your job to maintain."

"I talked to the guy who wrote the letter. He said he would talk to the street department and see. I never heard anything back from him, even though I called him. I went to city hall, and they said I should go out to the street department myself to talk to them. I also called my city councilman, and never got a response."

The mayor said that this guy HAD been out writing nuisance letters, so Farmer H wasn't the only person who got one. But the mayor also said that removing those trees in the gutter should not be Farmer H's responsibility. That she would drive by and have a look.

Whether she did or not is unknown. We'll see if Farmer H gets another letter. He is quite proud of himself for his cunning.

"I knew if I asked her right there in front of everybody, she'd have to listen to me, or look like a jerk. And when them other people said I shouldn't have to cut those trees, she agreed with them. Maybe I'll get an answer now."