Comments on: Snowzilla Declared a “Public Nuisance”. Decapitated. http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/ Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: austintx http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5445 austintx Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:56:35 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5445 Sarah has Joe the Plumber .......we have Billy Ray....let's get it on!!!!! Sarah has Joe the Plumber …….we have Billy Ray….let’s get it on!!!!!

]]> By: Terpsichore http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5402 Terpsichore Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:11:03 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5402 I wonder ... and I am really wondering, I have not formed my own opinion yet. If it had been a giant Jesus snow sculpture instead of a snowman, or a sprawling snow nativity scene, would the neighbors have still complained? Would the city officials have handled the matter in the same way? I wonder … and I am really wondering, I have not formed my own opinion yet.

If it had been a giant Jesus snow sculpture instead of a snowman, or a sprawling snow nativity scene, would the neighbors have still complained? Would the city officials have handled the matter in the same way?

]]> By: austintx http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5401 austintx Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:19:47 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5401 Does the dump truck run ??? If so.....run out to the infamous turkey farm and fill that sucker up with turkey poo and park it right on the shared property line with Ms. Hall Monitor.....is there a rule against storing fertilizer for spring planting ?? Does the dump truck run ??? If so…..run out to the infamous turkey farm and fill that sucker up with turkey poo and park it right on the shared property line with Ms. Hall Monitor…..is there a rule against storing fertilizer for spring planting ??

]]> By: crystalwolf a.k.a. caligrl http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5399 crystalwolf a.k.a. caligrl Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:45:09 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5399 Yeah! Like the phoenix rising! Go Snowzilla, and the elves that helped! :D Bah humbug to you coal eaters! :( Yeah! Like the phoenix rising! Go Snowzilla, and the elves that helped! :D
Bah humbug to you coal eaters! :(

]]> By: jimstaro http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5398 jimstaro Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:37:18 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5398 <b>UPDATE: Snowzilla Reborn</b> <a href="http://www.adn.com/front/story/632231.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Snowzilla rises from the dead</b></a> <blockquote>Snowzilla, the giant snowman city officials tried to prevent from being built this year, appeared suddenly this morning at his usual winter home in East Anchorage. Someone built Snowzilla overnight despite a grinchy ruling that the 16-foot construction was a public nuisance and could not make its now traditional appearance on Columbine Street in front of the Powers family home. <i>Check back for more information as it becomes available.</i></blockquote> <i><b>There wasn't a picture of the rebirth, yet!!</b></i> UPDATE: Snowzilla Reborn

Snowzilla rises from the dead

Snowzilla, the giant snowman city officials tried to prevent from being built this year, appeared suddenly this morning at his usual winter home in East Anchorage.

Someone built Snowzilla overnight despite a grinchy ruling that the 16-foot construction was a public nuisance and could not make its now traditional appearance on Columbine Street in front of the Powers family home.

Check back for more information as it becomes available.

There wasn’t a picture of the rebirth, yet!!

]]> By: crystalwolf a.k.a. caligrl http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5397 crystalwolf a.k.a. caligrl Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:32:59 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5397 Ok reading on Alaska Dispatch this stands out: <b>Billy Ray says. “My old house is a rough old house. I’m a welder and I’m a blacksmith. I have hobbies. I’m on the poor-boy program here. I’ve had beyond the normal amount of stuff in my yard. I admit that. But this issue with the city is all because one of my neighbors has made it her career to cause me problems.” Alaska Dispatch’s headquarters aren’t far from Billy Ray’s home and we can attest to the fact that more than one neighbor doesn’t care for his yard or Snowzilla. On the other hand, this is Anchorage, Alaska, as Billy Ray says. Residents aren’t particularly known for keeping up their yards. </b> I had parents like that. If they didn't like someone they would harass the hell out of them, calling the city, the police anyone, until they could get them to move...Yes move. People need to MYOB!!!! Billy, who can I send the multiple chucks of COAL to???? :( Ok reading on Alaska Dispatch this stands out:
Billy Ray says. “My old house is a rough old house. I’m a welder and I’m a blacksmith. I have hobbies. I’m on the poor-boy program here. I’ve had beyond the normal amount of stuff in my yard. I admit that. But this issue with the city is all because one of my neighbors has made it her career to cause me problems.” Alaska Dispatch’s headquarters aren’t far from Billy Ray’s home and we can attest to the fact that more than one neighbor doesn’t care for his yard or Snowzilla. On the other hand, this is Anchorage, Alaska, as Billy Ray says. Residents aren’t particularly known for keeping up their yards.
I had parents like that. If they didn’t like someone they would harass the hell out of them, calling the city, the police anyone, until they could get them to move…Yes move. People need to MYOB!!!! Billy, who can I send the multiple chucks of COAL to???? :(

]]> By: phnxrising http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5396 phnxrising Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:22:52 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5396 Whether or not the city was right since it is already done is now sort of a mute point. They did it. But it will be interesting to see what Anchorage has welcomed in the way of people applying for permits to build snowmen or decorate their homes within the city limits to make sure they too are not the next house policed in some way or another for having been on the wrong side of their neighbors or the city! By lacking compassion and creativity in their solution, they just opened up a big fat can of paranoia on the part of those citizens who may not feel inclined to receive a pass from the city on anything for being different in anyway! It is sad but not surprising! SP in Wasilla managed to work around city codes and somehow did not get shut down. Yet an eccentric man who may or may not have some extenuating social/personal issues which might constitute a need for community support is treated like a nuisance rather than a human being! Even sadder is that people use to move to Alaska because it was the one place that did not behave like the lower 48 with over-legislation and a nasty spirit toward its fellow man. It is taking people like AKmuckraker to keep the national arena from believing that the state has totally lost its mind!! It is stuff like "Snowzilla" and "Govzilla" that make what used to be a great place to get away to in need of the make over those seeking change and truth are now fighting to achieve. (Rant off) Whether or not the city was right since it is already done is now sort of a mute point. They did it.
But it will be interesting to see what Anchorage has welcomed in the way of people applying for permits to build snowmen or decorate their homes within the city limits to make sure they too are not the next house policed in some way or another for having been on the wrong side of their neighbors or the city!
By lacking compassion and creativity in their solution, they just opened up a big fat can of paranoia on the part of those citizens who may not feel inclined to receive a pass from the city on anything for being different in anyway!
It is sad but not surprising!

SP in Wasilla managed to work around city codes and somehow did not get shut down. Yet an eccentric man who may or may not have some extenuating social/personal issues which might constitute a need for community support is treated like a nuisance rather than a human being!
Even sadder is that people use to move to Alaska because it was the one place that did not behave like the lower 48 with over-legislation and a nasty spirit toward its fellow man. It is taking people like AKmuckraker to keep the national arena from believing that the state has totally lost its mind!!
It is stuff like “Snowzilla” and “Govzilla” that make what used to be a great place to get away to in need of the make over those seeking change and truth are now fighting to achieve.
(Rant off)

]]> By: crystalwolf a.k.a. caligrl http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5395 crystalwolf a.k.a. caligrl Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:04:47 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5395 Who wants to join me in sending Snowzilla's neighbor's lumps of coal for their stocking's? Someone says "oh he doesn't have all his junk in one little place like everyone else" ugh, that pretty much says it all, snowzilla's homeowner isn't like "Everyone else" And for the "sky is falling" what if this happens and that happens? It up to people to keep their children or cars away from what they perceive as a unsafe place. Meaning you should pretty much garage your car and keep it there, b/c the roads are really unsafe places. I see many trees in the picture that are quite tall, if loaded with snow could quite possibly fall on a car, a neighbor's house, so better cut all the gosh darn tree's down, just in case. No AKM right....<i> For Frosty the Snowman, had to hurry on his way, But he waved good-by sayin’ “Don’t you cry, I’ll be back again some day.” (and add the new verse) “Unless he lives in Anchorage, in which case the traffic cop becomes a City Code Enforcement Officer, and Frosty will be declared a nuisance and decapitated in front of the children who brought him back to liiiiiiife…..”</i> Lumps of coal delievered to Anchorage.....via "Bah humbug!" Who wants to join me in sending Snowzilla’s neighbor’s lumps of coal for their stocking’s?
Someone says “oh he doesn’t have all his junk in one little place like everyone else” ugh, that pretty much says it all, snowzilla’s homeowner isn’t like “Everyone else” And for the “sky is falling” what if this happens and that happens? It up to people to keep their children or cars away from what they perceive as a unsafe place. Meaning you should pretty much garage your car and keep it there, b/c the roads are really unsafe places.
I see many trees in the picture that are quite tall, if loaded with snow could quite possibly fall on a car, a neighbor’s house, so better cut all the gosh darn tree’s down, just in case.
No AKM right…. For Frosty the Snowman, had to hurry on his way,

But he waved good-by sayin’ “Don’t you cry, I’ll be back again some day.”

(and add the new verse) “Unless he lives in Anchorage, in which case the traffic cop becomes a City Code Enforcement Officer, and Frosty will be declared a nuisance and decapitated in front of the children who brought him back to liiiiiiife…..”
Lumps of coal delievered to Anchorage…..via “Bah humbug!”

]]> By: Renee http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5394 Renee Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:51:27 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5394 I had occasion to visit a neighboring property to Power's home a few days ago. His new start of "Snowzilla" spills onto the sidewalk and into the public street. This neighborhood has little on-site parking, so homeowners must park on the snow-cramped street, creating a 1-lane thoroughfare in front of his home at the best of times. There is so little room in Power's front yard to begin with, and he has it crammed with junk cars and debris. Add a 16' snowman, and there is absolutely no fall zone for this thing that wouldn't involve a crushing ice mass falling into the public street or neighboring yards and houses. I'm all for the Christmas spirit, but you have to see this site and really use your brains and think about what happens if this falls on a kid, a neighbors house, parked cars, etc. The city is right. I had occasion to visit a neighboring property to Power’s home a few days ago. His new start of “Snowzilla” spills onto the sidewalk and into the public street. This neighborhood has little on-site parking, so homeowners must park on the snow-cramped street, creating a 1-lane thoroughfare in front of his home at the best of times. There is so little room in Power’s front yard to begin with, and he has it crammed with junk cars and debris. Add a 16′ snowman, and there is absolutely no fall zone for this thing that wouldn’t involve a crushing ice mass falling into the public street or neighboring yards and houses. I’m all for the Christmas spirit, but you have to see this site and really use your brains and think about what happens if this falls on a kid, a neighbors house, parked cars, etc. The city is right.

]]> By: crystalwolf a.k.a. caligrl http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/22/snowzilla-declared-a-public-nuisance-decapitated/#comment-5393 crystalwolf a.k.a. caligrl Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:51:01 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=595#comment-5393 Akoura:Admittedly, Snowzilla improved the looks of his place as it hid some of the eyesores, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One mans "eyesore" is another's "Christmas tree" as reported by a mudflatter his/her landlord chopped their tree down for the mayor. ***** austintxNo Gravatar (07:09:17) : After reading about this fella…..who has OCD obviously…..he and the city are in pissing contest that really has no winner.If it were another person who had a nice yard and paid their taxes……..we would not even be talking here about this……… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EXACTLY! If this guys home was "shiny brite" there wouldn't be a issue. Who knows he might be disabled, whatever, if he owes back taxes (and who would know unless they actually checked!) :( He's having enough problems. Live and let live, thank god he's not a renter, b/c y'all run him out of town. Merry christmas! Akoura:Admittedly, Snowzilla improved the looks of his place as it hid some of the eyesores,
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One mans “eyesore” is another’s “Christmas tree” as reported by a mudflatter his/her landlord chopped their tree down for the mayor.
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austintxNo Gravatar (07:09:17) :

After reading about this fella…..who has OCD obviously…..he and the city are in pissing contest that really has no winner.If it were another person who had a nice yard and paid their taxes……..we would not even be talking here about this………
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EXACTLY! If this guys home was “shiny brite” there wouldn’t be a issue. Who knows he might be disabled, whatever, if he owes back taxes (and who would know unless they actually checked!) :( He’s having enough problems.
Live and let live, thank god he’s not a renter, b/c y’all run him out of town. Merry christmas!

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