Letter to the Editor: Be a good neighbor

To the Editor:

I thought about writing this letter - I wasn’t going to. But I’m tired of coming to my home after working all night to find one red reflector, or maybe two, or even the wood sign which is way up the bank on my rock and cement wall in front of my property, laying down, broken off or completely mashed.

It’s really disgusting that a neighbor doesn’t have any respect for somebody else’s property. That rock and cement bank cost this owner a lot of money. No one has destroyed any part of it - until a new neighbor moved into the neighborhood. The people who completed the rock and cement wall worked very hard on it and did a very good job.

The police came once and told the neighbor to stay off it. Then, not once but twice, he ran across the red reflectors where I usually park my vehicle. The first time he went through there, he hit both red reflectors and I didn’t say anything; I just put new reflectors in and let it be.

This is why I’m very upset, as the next morning I came home from work and one red reflector is totally broken up. These red reflectors aren’t on the road area. The next morning I came home (it was a Sunday and I was getting home later because I took a client to church), and the wood sign was broken off that is way up the bank, almost placed on the sidewalk. Plus, I could see tire tracks from a four-wheeler.

I had respect for this neighbor’s dad when he lived here. I was told not to burn leaves or yard waste because it bothered his mother’s health and then his dad’s health. I put the yard waste and leaves in bags, and then I had to hire somebody to take them out to the dump.

I would like this guy to wake up and be a good neighbor, as he is also a parent. I would rather he damage his own property and then see how he likes it.

Very disgusted neighbor,

Ruth Stewart
Lansing