To Allen, Have you tried to call the Imagration office? Surely there is something that could be done about the illegals. Here where we live the imagration makes a regular visit to a large factory and they usually haul out several. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen and Judy Merten" <jbmerten@swbell.net> To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [gardeners] firecrackers > Penny, > It happens every time that fireworks are sold. Two of the worst > offenders are also continuous nuisances when it comes to loud music. Our > house is over 800 yards from the offenders. The music actually rattles > the windows in our house. It is particularly disturbing to my next door > neighbor who is in her 80's. She is a few hundred feet closer to the > source. I have some trees as a buffer. The noise comes to Mary straight > across a pasture with nothing to buffer the noise. > We have called the sheriffs dept. on numerous occasions. The > offenders are illegal immigrants, they do not have a septic tank, house > hold wastes run out on the ground. The health dept. will not enforce the > regulations against them. The sheriffs dept. has never made an arrest. > They have several vicious dogs that have attacked kids on bikes, and > other dogs. They do not have as many dogs as they used to have. I have > shot several that have attacked my dogs on my property. One little girl > was bitten severely on the leg. The county had no dog laws at the time. > The girl's father later shot two of the dogs. The wetback wanted the > sheriffs dept. to arrest the father. I got in the middle of that one, > some other neighbors joined in and no arrests were made. The wetback > threatened the girl's father, another neighbor and me in front of the > deputy. When we asked the deputy to arrest this guy for threatening to > shoot us he refused. If this kind of deal keeps up, someone will get > shot one of these days. > Once again money talks. The wetback is foreman on one of the big > ranches in Bastrop County. The rancher also owns a lot of commercial > property in the county. > This wetback understands the danger to other peoples property, he > just doesn't give a damn. One of his son's is so bad that the school bus > driver refused to pick him up anymore. She was told to pick him up or be > fired. She quit driving the bus. One of the things she objected to was > the boy grabbing her breasts while she was driving. My son would be in > juvy. > Something bad is going to come of this one of these days. > Allen > > penny x stamm wrote: > > > . > > Allen & George, I would also be having an unbelievable fit if my > > neighbors were endangering my property... It is impossible to > > believe that they do not understand the dangers involved. > > > > Does this also happen on the 4th of July...? > > > > I can only hope that you will both find a solution before the next > > celebration. > > > > Penny, NY > > . > > . > > .-- > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >