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After his (nonworking) low rider Olds was towed on July 1, MAD LUV (as his license tag says) reappeared the next day and got the car back. It now is parked in the slot behind the Shirley Manor.
The towing, we hear, was quite an event. When the wrecker showed up, the neighbors lined the curb, grinning and nodding their heads.
At the Safety Committee meeting on July 22, we all met Henry Briggs, the Realtor who manages the Shirley Manor. Briggs told us that they keep the rents in Shirley Manor slightly high, to discourage folks they and we wouldn't want there, and they try hard to run a decent place. It seems that MAD LUV has been living with a tenant who passed the usual credit check and reference screen.
In any event, the eviction proceedings are underway, and Briggs expects MAD LUV and his inamorata to be gone by mid-August. On July 24, Briggs got his court order. He says he'll wait the ten-day appeal period and then ask the sheriff to evict the tenant. In the meantime, he says he has discussed this with the tenant, and she says she is preparing to move. The June eviction was yet another fellow living with a tenant and selling things on the side.
Briggs seems to be a decent guy, and he seems to be trying hard. We'll let you know.
Capt. Larry Beadles at the Third Precinct also goes on our list of Good Friends. You may recall that his community relations officer, Doug Wacker, was responsible for the towing of MAD LUV on July 1. Doug was at the July 22 meeting, where he received a Certificate of Tow from the Association (for providing a tow to a guy who really needed it). Capt. Beadles also sent along two bike cops who are working our neighborhood: Dexter Gaston and Steve Dunfee. We liked these guys and we liked their attitude. Even better, those of us who drove home down MacArthur from the meeting liked the sight of Dexter and Steve interviewing MAD LUV and his buddies on the sidewalk.
There is some really Good News in this. Beadles plainly wants to build a relationship with the neighborhood, and he plainly is willing to hear and act on what the neighborhood wants to be fixed. This is a different relationship, folks, and it holds a lot of promise.
In the meantime, MAD LUV will be with us for a few more weeks. If you see him on the street with the hood up (he's now driving a maroon Ford pickup), please stop and stare: The hood is his signal to come buy some goodies. The buyers mostly don't like being stared at.
Last updated 02/24/02
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