WELL, IT SEEMS MY IDIOT NEIGHBOR WENT TO THE TOWN MEETING LAST NIGHT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF MY DECORATIVE FENCE. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS AT THE MEETING, SO I CALLED THE POLICE CHIEF TO FIND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. MY WIFE WON'T LET ME WATCH THE TAPED REPLAY OF THE MEETING ON LOCAL TV.

HE CAME OVER AND IT SEEMS I'M ONE HALF INCH HIGHER THAN THE THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES ALLOWED. BUT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS INFRACTION. THIS TOWN IS A CESSPOOL OF IGNORED ORDINANCES. I'M WONDERING WHAT "TOOL" HE USED TO MEASURE THE PICKETS. CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF HIS BRAIN, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.

AT FIRST, HE GOT THE BEST OF ME AND I COULD FEEL MY BLOOD PRESSURE RISING. BUT AFTER I CONSIDER THE SOURCE, IT'S NOT WORTH IT. I HAVE TO LEARN MODERATION.

SO, I MAY REDUCE THE PRICE OF MY HOUSE JUST TO GET OUT. MY DAUGHTER IS SAVING HER COCKER SPANIEL'S DOO DOO FOR A FOND FAREWELL, IF I EVER SELL THIS THING.

MARTY