"A group meeting with Patrick Noonan, John Bugge, and Mary Hinkel. That would be a good place to start!"
~(Simply Jim: Neighbor)~
"John Bugge... He still alive..?"
~(David: Nextdoor.com Member)~
"Maybe not! He was Mason Mill Civic Association's Fall picnic. Maybe not!"
~(Simply Jim: Neighbor)~
"If only there was some bible verse we could use!"
~(Leigh: Nextdoor.com Member)~
"There is! Isaiah 6:9!
"~(Simply Jim: Neighbor)~
Hello John,
This is the mentally disturbed resident of 1840 Mason Mill Road.
From: Bugge, John M
Sent: Thursday, October 18,20129:23 AM
To: Lorena, Barbara
Subject: Code violations at 1840 Mason Mill Road
Dear Ms. Lorena,
I am writing as the President of the Mason Mill Civic Association, whose membership is made up of residents who live on, or on streets adjoining, Mason Mill Road in DeKalb County. Our hundreds of members are essentially unanimous in hoping that something can be done about the deplorable situation at 1840 Mason Mill Road, a property where the owner has filled his front yard with huge inflatable balloon characters, hung tasteless and offensive signs from large trees, and erected crosses with toy monkeys hung in nooses from the horizontal members.
This ongoing display -- it only seems to get more flagrant as time goes on -- is a clear safety hazard for motorists passing along Mason Mill, as many drivers will come to an abrupt halt in front of the property to look at the weird figures and signs. Drivers following behind down the steep hill at this point are in danger of rear-ending the stopped cars.
Of even more concern to our civic association, the bizarre display at 1840 Mason Mill has made the immediate area less attractive to prospective home buyers and renters. The elderly couple directly across the street (at 1841 Mason Mill) have moved to a retirement home, but still cannot sell or rent their house because whenever people come to look at their property they cannot fail to see what is just across the road. And they have invariably said that, no thanks, they wanted no part of what they saw there.
The owner of the property, Mr. James Edward Avery, should at the very least be legally enjoined from continuing with these displays, and immediately.
More important, perhaps, he should be required to submit to psychological or psychiatric therapy. There is ample eVidence, which I won't go into here, that he is severely mentally disturbed and (apparently by his own admission before a DeKalb County judge) a user of illegal drugs. His internet blog, which is available for anyone to read, contains disturbing suggestions about his possibly violent intentions toward his neighbors and the community at large. And his behavior to some of those same neighbors has seemed at times borderline psychotic.
It is the duty of the County government to take action in this case for the common good, and before the situation escalates.
Yours sincerely,
John Bugge
Professor Emeritus of English
I do not know what state of mind this email will find you, but if possible, we really do need to talk.
Can this be arraigned?
Sincerely yours,
James E. Avery, D.V.M.
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John Bugge is professor emeritus of English. As a medievalist, John specialized in Chaucer, the Arthurian tradition, Middle English devotional literature of female spirituality, and the alliterative style. He is author of Virginitas: An Essay in the History of a Medieval Ideal (1975) and co-editor of The Arthurian Tradition: Essays in Convergence (1988), along with numerous essays on medieval literature. John's holds a BA from Marquette University (1963) and and MA and PhD from Harvard (1966, 1970). Chair of the executive committee, he works with a varied group of constituents to implement the EUEC’s strategic plan and to address opportunities and challenges related to faculty retirement. Contact John via email.
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