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Friday, October 21st, 2011Pet Peek could solve Southern Hills fence problem
Friday, November 21st, 2008
I’d need at least 100 – two for each pup, installed every 10 feet. Heck, if we install enough of them the neighbors won’t be able to see the massive fence!
Hat tip to Mark. Source: http://www.petpeek.info/
Welcome to Southern Hills in Fairport, NY
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008I didn’t think I was the type to post to RottenNeighbors.com but that was before I checked the mail yesterday.
I opened letter that included signatures from two of our neighbors, Barbara and Jeff Barteld who, since July have been publicly stating displeasure over the fact that Tracy and I fenced in our back yard.
The Bartelds have had county officials from the building and permits office and from the public works department out to visit the property and the fence project on multiple occasions. Everything was legal and cool with the town each time.
Read on… Below the photo of our yard is the text of the petition that arrived yesterday along with a link to the .pdf version.
November 14, 2008
Mr. & Mrs. Blevins
6 Brackley Circle
Fairport, NY 14450
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Blevins,
In the 20 years since our community, Southern Hills, was developed, we have enjoyed a proud tradition of family oriented community, full of friendly neighbors, and with lots of children and pets enjoying each others company while respectful of each others properties. It is with this proud tradition in mind, that we, your neighbors, are so disappointed with your choice to install such a massive fence.
As you may have noticed, Southern Hills is largely void of fences. The ample yards and the beautiful rolling landscape create a lovely “park-like” setting that has come to identify Southern Hills. Any fences that have been installed are typically small and/or close-set to the house. Usually as small yards for pet safety. Of course, many others have chosen to use invisible fences for pet safety. The stark contrast created by your fence, however, creates a disruption to the Southern Hills identity. Especially a stockade fence, which creates isolation, and gives the impression that you don’t wish to be part of our community. This fence divides our once-beautiful open area in the dozens of back yards bordered by Cannock Drive, Kirkby Trail, Brackley Circle, Chenin Run and Chardonnay Drive.
Neighbors spoke with you as you were considering installing your fence, and shared the community view on fences. Still others felt strongly enough to create and sign a petition, which we have attached to this letter. [Download the .pdf file of the letter and petition.] In the spirit of maintaining the proud tradition of Southern Hills, we respectfully request that you remove this fence. If you are unwilling to consider this, please at least landscape around the fence to soften its stark appearance.
We hope you will view this note and petition in the manner it was intended, as candid and honest feedback from neighbors who care deeply about their community. Most of all, we are hopeful you will act on this feedback.
Sincerely,
Your Neighbors
cc: Jim Smith, Perinton Town Supervisor
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Southern Hills Petition
FREEDOM KNOWS NO FENCES
We, the undersigned neighbors of Southern Hills, hereby protest the installation of a stockade style fence at 6 Brackley Circle. The Southern Hills neighborhood has a proud 20+ year tradition, built upon respect of each other, our families and our properties. Throughout these years, the Southern Hills neighbors have enjoyed the bonds of community, while free of the bonds brought by fences or boundaries. Each of our neighborhood members has taken great pride in their properties, attentive to details of lawn and garden, yet open for all to enjoy.
The undersigned neighbors of Southern Hills, respectfully request the immediate removal of this fence.
Karen Wilson
1 Brackley Circle
Fairport, NY 14450
Lee Jacobs
2 Brackley Circle
Fairport, NY 14450
Denise Rainey
4 Brackley Circle
Fairport, NY 14450
John Holloway
40 Cannock Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Amy Holloway
40 Cannock Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Mary Posella
48 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Michelle Brienzi
58 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Barb Barteld
59 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Jeffery Barteld
59 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Danielle Barteld
59 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Meghan Barteld
59 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Corinne Dercola
60 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Mike Dercola
60 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Alicia Culpepper
61 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Jonathan Culpepper
61 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Susan Lewis
63 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Paul Lewis
63 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Jeff Stanek
64 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Nancy Pallatto
65 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Robert Frustaci
69 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Stacey Pollack
71 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Joseph Dragicevich
90 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Cerise Dragicevich
90 Chardonnay Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Janet Sary (Lang)
67 Chenin Run
Fairport, NY 14450
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69 Chenin Run
Fairport, NY 14450
Catherine Gilligan
71 Chenin Run
Fairport, NY 14450
B. J. Y
73 Chenin Run
Fairport, NY 14450
Lori Webster
5 Kirkby Trail
Fairport, NY 14450
Lee Jones
11 Kirkby Trail
Fairport, NY 14450
Donna-Sue Cianciotto
12 Kirkby Trail
Fairport, NY 14450
Cris Betlem
2 Kirkby Trail
Fairport, NY 14450
Cindy DeRusso
20 Kirkby Trail
Fairport, NY 14450
Doris Nowicki
21 Kirkby Trail
Fairport, NY 14450
Gail Grant
4 Kirkby Trail
Fairport, NY 14450
Andy Jasie
14 Wedmore Road
Fairport, NY 14450
Sue Jasie
14 Wedmore Road
Fairport, NY 14450
Shopped in person, buying online
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Yesterday, Tracy and I bought a new house in Fairport, NY. Over the past two years while we have been living up here, we’ve been saving money in case we needed to do upgrades to the house before we moved, rather than after we got settled in to the new place.
After the closing we drove over to Henrietta, NY with our checkbook in-hand and visited Lowes, Home Depot, Sears and Best Buy to buy a refrigerator, double oven and microwave. (We could have been talked into a cook-top stove too).
We spent at least four hours shopping.
Tracy had a folder with fliers, brochures and printouts from the computer of all of the items she had picked out. We walked the aisles and rows of appliances comparing items and cross-checking with all of Tracy’s paperwork, finding the things she wanted to buy.
We moved from store to store comparing sales offers and prices throughout the late afternoon and into the evening.
We ended up not making a purchase but not really because we didn’t find everything…
Not one store associate or salesperson offered any help. None of them said, “Hello”, and believe me, after that long in several stores, we saw at least ten employees in those sections doing “something”, though I’m not sure it was “work”. We weren’t the only shoppers in the sections either and only at Best Buy did I see one of them getting assistance.
At Sears, where I believe the sales associates are on commission, three of them were sitting on the washing machines across from where we were browsing!
When we got home, we went online to do more comparison with the data we picked up during our trip and we’re now ordering online and having everything shipped directly to the house.
Special forces
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007I watched an episode of “The Unit” last night on CBS.
The first story line involved three members of the Army’s secret Rangers unit going into a foreign country to rescue workers at an American embassy that was under fire.
Bullets were hitting the building and breaking out the newspaper-covered windows as the group was exiting to a waiting bus.
The ambassador and some of the workers were not following orders and were very resistant to leaving.
One of “the unit” members was hit by a bullet in the arm in the first scene because of a delay by the ambassador.
After several other embassy workers were killed because they weren’t listening to the instruction of the experts there to help them escape, my wife said, “I couldn’t do a job like that where the people I was helping didn’t want to be saved”.
I responded, “It is all in a day’s work.”
Oppressively hot
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
We finally got packed up and moved out of AL last week. This pic was shot from the front porch at my in-law’s house one day when we weren’t packing. 98 degrees!!
One-for-Ten Rule
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007I don’t think I’m a messy person. In fact, there’s this odd behavior where I pick up things found in the wrong place, and when I’m finished, I end up putting whatever it is back in the same wrong place.
My wife has been out of town for ten days, tending to our house that is still for sale in Birmingham, AL and visiting with her parents.
Maxine and I have been buddies in and around the house for the past week-and-a-half. We walked to Fairport several times. We went to the park several times. We climbed a small mountain in a snowstorm to go take pictures on Sunday. We’ve tracked in dirt, birdseed, snow and what appears to be about a half-bale of straw. As far as I can tell, we’ve only killed one house plant.
I’ve accumulated a pile of dirty clothes and two loads of dishes (surprisingly, I did not order pizza one time).
I’ve figured that it takes me about one day to clean up for ten days left on my own.