Trouble brewing in San Diego

First thing in the morning, got my coffee, am happily vaping my ecig, checking my Email and browsing thru local news. Came across this little jem:

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/15/1m15noise224854-neighbors-locked-dispute-over-nois/?metro

Started reading it and almost abandoned it cause it sounded like a boring neighbor dispute, but toward the end it got interesting. What do you think of this little tidbit of information that came from interviews with city officials:

“Budget cuts have eliminated a public information clerk and three compliance officers from Neighborhood Code Compliance, leaving it with two clerks and three compliance officers.
As a result, the department curtailed certain kinds of enforcement and now lists 14 complaints that won't result in any action. Last year, the list was half as long.
…the focus is now on the most serious code issues involving health and safety“ (1)

Whoa, I can see where that could lead. If they won’t come out for noise complaints, things could get out of hand. The fall-out could be disastrous.

Can you imagine the increase of loud parties going on into the wee hours of the morning. Bleary eyed people - that still have a job - getting into their vehicles heading to work., their concentration and reaction time down to less than half of normal. I see pile-ups in the future.

How about the reaction of cranky, sleep deprived people. Tempers will flare. Noise disputes could escalate from over the fence shouting matches to shovels and tire irons.

On the other hand, this does give us the opportunity of turning on the hose and flooding the neighbor’s yard, put up strobe lights directed toward the neighbor’s bedroom, put up outdoor speakers broadcasting our favorite Swiss yodeling mixes - earsplitting volume of course, how else would we be able to enjoy it inside our sound proofed home??

Who’s going to stop us from doing that?? As long as we keep to the health and safety code, there won't be any repercussions. The only thing we would have to worry about is the slightly off survivalist down the block, you know, .... the one with the loaded shotgun hanging in the entryway.



(1) San Diego Union Tribune, Feb 15, 2009 by Matthew T. Hall, Staff Writer