Only difference, is most were legal and

• Did you see that OJ got kicked out of a restaurant - PAMT~MDM
  • they interviewed the owner - looks like he "runs" things - no message
  • I live in Louisville and restaurant owners all over town are - jo
  • Business owners are usually private citizens - sm
    • that's right, they have the right to refuse - service to anybody for any reason whatsoever...sm
    • Not arguing about the right for a business owner--sm - DumDum
      • I believe it's called integrity and dignity, - nm
  • YEAH RIGHT! - me
    • I am not defending OJ or anything that he --sm - DumDum
      • Difference between judgment and discrimination - mtqueenB
      • They can refuse service to anyone at will. - Thank God for free enterprise!
      • it was 1994 and not 20 yrs ago, it was 13 yrs ago... - Owner's right to refuse ANYBODY!!! NM
      • If the owner feels their being there could cause a problem - he can ask them to leave........nm
      • I think - Sammi
    • The only way he would win in a suit would be - Sammie
      • get the same what? - Margaret
      • it's a restauranteur.............N/M - r u racist?
        • You are soooooo wrong, mixed marriage - Sammie
          • You are sooooooo RIGHT! - PAMT~MDM
        • ya think? (nm) - lol
      • Ummm... Americans can also be Muslim, or are you - just attacking the Muslim faith, not illegals?NM
        • I've been following the same story.... - sm
          • I think the main idea - Margaret
            • Unless you are a citizen, this is not your country - Sammie
              • I am in Miami and it's much more than Cubans now - nearly 20 million in this state....sm
              • From what I understand - Margaret
                • Only difference, is most were legal and - Sammie
                • not *all* - not the Native Americans.... - some of us ARE descendants of immigrants..sm
                  • Good point- - Margaret
                    • We can also learn from... - netta
          • That's all well and fine but it goes both ways - me again
            • You would not be welcome at a "mosque"....the true Muslim leaders - would never let you participate.......sm
              • excellent common sense post! - Correct!
              • completely agree w/your point on legal/illegal, but sm - me again
                • I'm not aware of any standards at public places - for any particular faith.....but Muslims...sm
                  • think they are MS-13 and are out of Colombia..NM - not Mexico...though they may now be in Mexico..
                    • They are a largely Hispanic group though. My brother - TM
                    • That is why they are here... Mexican government wants them out - and expects us to take them
                      • oh how I know - they are the most dangerous gang - not Mexico...though they may now be in Mexico..
                        • According to undercover journalist... - sm
                    • see link inside, originated from El Salvador!..SM - not Mexico...though they may now be in Mexico..
                      • They have recruited thousands of Mexican youth - and then in turn, right across the border they com
                        • very scary indeed - (I used to live in AZ)....no msg - not Mexico...though they may now be in Mexico..
                • tell the govt that, what with the wet-foot-dry-foot - policy to let any Cubano in but nobody else..nm
                  • It's OUR place to tell our government that - and I do....keep yelling until they hear....sm
                    • Been telling the govt since 1967, m'dear..sm - policy to let any Cubano in but nobody else
                      • exactly! and the main reason why a certain--sm - anon
                        • exactly!!! long wars are more $$ for warmongers.. - policy to let any Cubano in but nobody else
                          • No kidding- at least now - Margaret
                      • I agree! I could puke to hear people defend that name. - nm
              • Oh wait, let me.......I meant sovereign - sm
      • All I know is of course they have to wash their feet - sm
        • ROFL! Good one! nm - Margaret
        • Really strange response, are you on their side or - Sammie
          • The strange response is actually yours - sm
            • No, reallly didn’t - Sammie
              • Okay, that explains it,........ - sm
                • too bad - Margaret
                • And to think I knew all of these - Sammie

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you might want to just call any CPA's office or H&R Block office to ask that question and I don't think it varies state by state because it's the federales!  *grin*

As long as it is ALL paid in by 4/15 - I think you're 100% fine.  Why should they keep my $$ and use it all year? I can use it until then...*giggles*

But I watch gardening shows all the time. There is a special metal barrier you can get that as I recall comes in different sizes, as much as 3' deep, so once you eradicate the vines on your side of the fence you can put the barrier down right along the fence line to keep the vines from growing in your yard again.

You will probably just have to cut the vines that come over on your side of the fence yourself. Obviously the neighbors aren't going to do anything about it.

If it were me, I would get several estimates from local landscaping firms and take these people to small claims court for the amount it would take to fix the problem. Even if you win, I don't know if you will actually get any money from them. It depends on the laws in your state and how responsive the courts are about enforcing their rulings. I really don't know enough to say anything about that.

Again, if it were me, when I was getting the landscaping done, I would tell the landscaper to spray Roundup or whatever kind of herbicide will kill trumpet vines right along the fence and through the slats as much as possible. If it kills the neighbor's trumpet vine, too bad. My heart bleeds.

Am I a mean person? No. But I think people should take responsibility for the messes they make and take care of recitfying them.

JMHO

I didn't know this was going on.....

The article is long so I didn't copy all of it. See the link below:

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.

The movement called the Amethyst Initiative began quietly recruiting presidents more than a year ago to provoke national debate about the drinking age.

"This is a law that is routinely evaded," said John McCardell, former president of Middlebury College in Vermont who started the organization.

"It is a law that the people at whom it is directed believe is unjust and unfair and discriminatory."

I was wondering if anybody has had this happen to them or someone they know.  I have a problem with neighbors to one side of me who have trumpet vines. These are very invasive and they grow very fast.  When I first moved into my house 10 years ago, they were confined to a very small area along our shared fence.  Now, 10 years later, they are all along the length of the fence, are not being kept trimmed or confined, are reaching the roof of my house, growing inside my garage, behind the washer/dryer, etc.  When I pull them off the side of my house (the side out front where I never go except to wash the windows in the garage once a year) the paint comes off with the leaves, leaving bare spots on the wood.  This is a spot the neighbors can clearly see when they are doing their lawn work.  They sit there and watch the vines grow up the side of my house without even pulling them out, knowing what it does to my paint. 

The roots from the vines are now invading most of my back yard, and they grow about a foot (no joke) a week, so by the time I mow the lawn again, they are way above the height of the grass, sticking out all over.  Now my lawn is ruined, and every year it is just getting worse.  In order to get rid of the vines completely from my yard and property, it will have to be dug up and replaced, and even then it won't do any good because the neighbors have them all over their property and don't care if they have them growing on their roof. 

I have contacted the city, and there is no law on this sort of thing, they told me it would be a civil matter, i.e., small claims court.  I have asked the neighbors countless numbers of times to at least make an effort to keep them contained, and they may cut a little here and there, but a week later, there they are again.  I'm done asking. 

My question is this, has anybody actually gone through with a small claims suit against somebody for this or similar reasons, and what was the outcome?  I have been checking around and it falls under destruction of property and lowering the value of my home.  Thanks for all comments.

 who has always paid the rent on time, simply because they want to 'remodel'?  I've lived here for close to 20 years, and just today out of the blue, the manager walks up and hands me an eviction notice!  I was like, "Huh????" and he said they wanted to "renovate".   But my unit, only.   I guess others have gotten new rugs, appliances, etc. as tenants have come and go, but I've been here forever (and pay rent that is considerbly below market).   I've lived here forever, don't drink, never had a party, keep it pretty clean, etc.   The heater, oven, fridge, bathroom fixtures, etc., are old, but still in perfectly good working condition.  So, I asked if I'd be able to come back afterward, and the manager said they were going to raise the rent (to far more than I can afford) once the renovation is complete. 

So my question is --  Do you think it's legal to evict a tenant just because you want to put in a new rug, new paint, etc., and charge more to the next tenant?  I'm thinking about calling a lawyer, but don't know if I have a case or not.  If I move, I'm going to have to go at least 60-70 miles away, in order to find affordable rent. 

mentally challenged is a PC word to describe anyone with a mental illness  - (does it also mean, or instead mean, someone with mental retardation?)

Autistic is specifically someone with one of the autistic spectrum disorders.  They may be mentally challenged, but all MC are not autistic. 

Then there is physically challenged, the PC word for the physically disabled, which I personally hate... because I am physically disabled...  disabled will do just fine....