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Instead of being the lost soul of a loner drifting aimlessly having a peripatetic wind, I'm now preferring something with more bite to it. As experience is just nature cruel way of giving the exams first followed by their lessons; you eventually reach a point where silence can no longer be contained no matter the cost.

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Saturday, August 20, 2016

PETITION SUPPORTERS - MOST RECENT AUGUST 20TH, 2016

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He scares me every time I drive by

MICHAEL ETHRIDGE, Atlanta, GA

I am opposed to any resident making such a visible display of their opinions such that the tone and property value of the whole neighborhood is negatively impacted.

margaret yoder, greensboro, NC

I support freedom of speech and expression however this display is not healthy discourse or constructive criticism of anything.

Ken Gilbert, Decatur, GA

Because no one should have to live next door, across the street or in the neighborhood with this type of crazy! If he wants to make a statement he should stand on a public street corner. He is also potentially dangerous as he threatened one of my friends' parents that live near him.

Hallie Edwards, Atlanta, GA

I grew up in the house across the street. My parents moved from the house in part because they were tired of dealing with Mr. Ed's signs, blow-up decorations, and his harassing nature both on a personal level as well as with my parents' prior employer and with their church. My parents and others have had to seek restraining orders to keep Mr. Ed from harassing them with his vulgar language and threatening comments. Unfortunately, this has not really slowed Mr. Ed down. I helped my parents rent the property after they moved. The property was impossible to rent to families. One family admitted they were concerned with Mr. Ed and his front yard antics (especially some of the vulgar language on some of the signs). We ended up renting to a company from out of state that needed a place in the area for its subcontractors to live temporarily. These guys were experienced gun owners and thus were not scared by Mr. Ed thankfully. Mr. Ed also distracts drivers with signs, waiving flags, costumes, and this is quite distracting to drivers and pedestrians rounding this known dangerous curve in the neighborhood.Mr. Ed has admitted in emails and postings on the internet to having used or presently using illegal drugs. His actions and behavior are, to be blunt, nothing less than scary. In this day and age where we see unstable people turning violent, his ongoing presence in the neighborhood I grew up in is quite concerning and needs to be aggressively fought by the county and/or state authorities.

Bill Gary, Decatur, GA

I agree with this petition.

Brooke Goodwin, Decatur, GA

The yard is offensive and can not be avoided. It deteriorates any quality of any neighborhood. Concern the owner is not of sound mind.

Amy Leiter, Decatur, GA

The F*** sign in the front by the driveway! There are a lot of families in this area and frankly.... He is scary to the children

Trisha Hedden, Decatur, GA

Make him stop! Not appropriate for children to read the "f" word as we ride by

Valorie Kozi, Decatur, GA

We are so offended and even frightened at the offensive language on the many signs and bizarre behavior of the occupant in front of the house on Mason Mill in Decatur. Surely there is something that can be done to end this. I have seen it for years but it seems it has increased significantly. We wonder where this will lead to and ask that steps be taken to cease this activity.
M. Thomas

M & J Thomas, Decatur, GA

Hate crimes and incitement of hatred and violence towards protected classes are ILLEGAL!

Jean De Oliveira, Atlanta, GA

Appalling. This man needs mental help.

Lori Cobbs, Atlanta, GA

Because such an abusive display has no place in the public eye.

Jennifer Brooks, Atlanta, GA

My children are exposed to frightening visuals. My daughter has nightmares about strangled monkeys. The foul language is horrible. House prices will go down,

Jill Cooper, Atlanta, GA

I was in that neighborhood looking at a home for sale. I chose not to pursue the home after seeing this guy and hearing he's been an ongoing problem.

Brett Clay, Decatur, GA

Distracting for drivers

Ashley Bryant, Atlanta, GA

This is a total distraction and disturbing situation

Amy Wilson, Decatur, GA

These signs in this man's yard were so offensive. I can't believe it is legal for him to write such obscene words. I had my children in the car with me. They were so upset by what they read. I am disgusted that he has not been arrested or stopped!!

cindy crouch, atlanta, GA

I am a kid and this made me very traumatized because he wrote such hateful things

Shayna Rabinovitz, Atlanta, GA

I'm a 13 year old girl and seeing this is traumatizing. This changed my life and how I look at it. I know the amendment says freedom of speech but that has this has gone too far . I know many people feel this way! This man come out and point guns at cars and yells at them! Kid will see this and it will ruin there life. I cry every night because of it! Make it stop please!
- Emma

Emma Crouch, Atlanta, GA

We are concerned with the message on the signs and pictures used on the signs of our staff with threatening comments.

Sandra Mullins, Decatur, GA

It is offensive to drive down the street, he at times seems to threaten cars and yells when you try to walk by. It is a shame that we cannot walk sown the street.
I actually looked at buying a house on this street and did not because of him.

marybeth HAYES, Decatur, GA

My grandparents live across the street from the house in question. They have faced years of harassment and they were in essence force from the home they lived in for over 60 years. I, and every other member of our family, simply want my grandparents to live their golden years in peace.

William Gary, Pearl, MS

This man is a nuisance and a hazard to traffic. His signs are frequently offensive.

Ron McCauley, Atlanta, GA

I would also note that when I drove down Mason Mill Road past his house on June 15, 2016 he pointed his right hand at me as if it were a gun and used his thumb to "pull the trigger." This is threatening behavior that cannot be allowed to escalate.

Lisa Kotora, Atlanta, GA

These signs and antics are a traffic hazard to MM motorists and offensive for children. Motorists are often captive to signs with disturbed no language and incoherent rants that are a reflection of the resident's mental illness.

Jason Goldstein, Decatur, GA

Ordinances should be enforced in neighborhoods. He is a nuisance and eyesore to the street with his ugly, hateful rhetoric.

Charlotte Neil, Decatur, GA

This is beyond distracting to drivers. It creates a danger and frankly the content of the signs is threatening. I strongly encourage those who are in a place to effect change to go view the yard and see just what a significant distraction this is.

Sarah Anderson, Atlanta, GA

I drive past every day to and from work. It is a maniacal rage of rude,vulgar and offensive items. Purposely distracting drivers. No clear message or reason other than to annoy neighbors. Abuse of overstated freedom of expression. Many times has fowl language and suggestive themes.

Robert Feil, Dectur, GA

I work 0.2 miles from 1840. I pass the abomination regularly, and the insanity has worsened for years now. I’m amazed that he has not been stopped. For the benefit of all including himself, he should be hospitalized and all yard ornamentation disposed of.

Patricia Symonette, Atlanta, GA

My friend Andie's grandparents own the house directly across the street and it is impossible for them to rent it out due to Jim Ed. Moreover, Ed's signage is threatening and offensive.

Margaret Shawcross, Athens, GA

Those signs are ridiculous and need to be taken down!

Camilla Sherman, Athens, GA

He gets more and more provocative and threatening. I'm worried that he will become violent towards me or my family. My family has lived in this neighborhood since 1986.

Mary Cobb, Decatur, GA

My family owns a house across the street.

Tommy Segers, McDonough, GA

I lived across from this address growing up, and witnessed and/or heard many frightening accidents on that dangerous curve over the years. The addition of bizarre and inappropriate signs and displays, and often obscene behavior, right at that dangerous curve, tips the scales significantly.

Michael Gary, Bogart, GA

I am signing this petition because I grew up on Vistavia Circle right off of Mason Mill Rd. I am deeply saddened that the natural beauty of that area has been compromised by such unattractive, distasteful signs.

Cindy Connor, Apison, TN

My family has lived across the street from this family for years and reported many problems. Please someone make this behavior stop!

Martha Wilson, Denham Springs, LA

His signs are a nuisance and some of them are offensive. He clearly needs help.

Andie Ashe, Atlanta, GA

I grew up on Vistavia Circle and it is still a beautiful area. I believe in freedom of expression but not to the point that it endangers drivers on Mason Mill. What point is he trying to make anyway?

Cindy Statham Hestla, Columbia, TN

My family owns 1841 Mason Mill Rd. directly across the street from 1840. The owner of 1840 has harassed my family personally and online for years without provocation. My parents moved out as a result. We may never be able to sell property with the psychotic, drug-induced behaviors and outrageous, profane displays in the front yard of 1840. Be advised that he is a relentless, sadistic provocateur who enjoys notoriety and confrontation. Thank you for your prompt action.

Bert Gary, Atlanta, GA

The signage is heightened significantly at afternoon traffic times, and then reduced again. It is a very dangerous situation--we have seen people nearly run off the road as the orange flags were being waved.

Susan Landry, Decatur, GA

I own the property directly across. I have witnessed several unsafe conditions caused by this individual including locked braking and alarmed drivers due to brilliant colored flags being waved near traffic flow. I have witness very inappropriate language on signs. I have witness person sitting naked in lawn chair in driveway. I have had the person verbally harass me and person I have hired to perform work at my home. These behaviors are lowering property appeal and thus value in the local area.

Louis Landry, Decatur, GA

These signs create a traffic hazard and some of the words are unsuitable for children. The signs say hateful words against groups of individuals in society.

Debbie Page, Decatur, GA

The aesthetic appearance and racist, homophobic designs and messages, and traffic disruption are horrible. The whole mess presented by this yard is detrimental to my property values.

M. Ayres Gardner, Decatur, GA

I've driven Mason Mill all my life and loved the drive, now I dread it...seeing insane up close and personal is upsetting.

Jane H, Decatur, GA

There was a sign saying, "sometimes you have to pick up a gun to put down a gun." I found this very disturbing as is the full-face sock-monkey mask. This person is escalating his disruptive activities. If he "goes off the rails" do we want to look back and say, why didn't someone do something to intervene?

Marian Gordin, Atlanta, GA

please stop the signs with offensive language. This is unacceptable for a street that has kids driving by every day

Jonathan Flacker, Atlanta, GA

This is a threat to public safety as a traffic hazard. I often walk my dogs on Mason Mill going to and from the park and these excessive signs create an unsafe situation.

Remus Monds, Decatur, GA

traffic hazard, nuisance, detriment to property values

John Zellars Jr, Atlanta, GA

Because i agree with the DeKalb County Code of Ordinances

Ilze S. Henderson, Decatur, GA

I'm signing because I am offended at many of the signs out front. The language on many is extremely offensive. Freedom of speech is wonderful but this house is not acting on that right. The residents seem to only be interested in posting offensive, hateful, downright nasty signs in their yard!

Cindy Clark, Decatur, GA

enough is enough! It is an eye sore and not sure what point they are making when I go to the park or over to a friends house

Amy Jo Patrick, Decatur, GA

I am tired of seeing this person break the law for no reason.

Robert Sherrill, Decatur, GA

I am disgusted and embarrassed to pass this house daily. It is rude and dangerous and needs to be removed

Neil Kalnitz, Atlanta, GA

we went past this house 3 days ago for a boy scout picnic at a park 1/4 mile away. I was trying to read and drive but only got bits of any sign. One seemed very offensive but I didn't have time to confirm that it said what I thought it said. When leaving the picnic, a clown type person was out there waiving to all the passerbys.

Cindy Spalding, Decatur, GA

We need less crazies in this world!

Kathy Phillips, Decatur, GA

These signs are ridiculous, offensive, and a hazard because everyone looks at them instead of at the road.

Erica Stelten, Decatur, GA

I have to pass this house twice a day, it is disturbing.

Tanya Cassingham, Decatur, GA

The foul language on the signs is offensive. If my kids are with me, I tell them to look away from the scary man. They can read and many of the signs are not appropriate for kids under 10.

Vicki Walton-Mouw, Decatur, GA

Matt Sloane, Decatur, GA

I have passed these signs and the dancing man in front of the home many times. This is a public nuissance and is innaproriate for young children, let alone an eyesore and a detriment to home values.

Ryan Herrick, Central, SC

As a retired pastor, I am familiar with the tragedy of people afflicted with behavior like Jim Ed Avery's, but have never experienced before such prolonged neglect of his mental illness, his safety, and that of an entire neighborhood. Intervention has been needed and legally appropriate for years. His aggressive and threatening stance is a clear harbinger of violence, with signs of actual domestic terrorism. May God deliver him and us from such an outcome, with the hoped for aid of Delalb County.

Elisabeth Lunz, Decatur, GA

I was stuck in traffic and my children and I were very disturbed by the verbiage in the signs. I feel they crossed the line of decency.

Michael Berkowitz, Atlanta, GA

The signs are distracting to drivers on Mason Mill.

Betsy Cenker, Atlanta, GA

His property is an eyesore and is offensive.

Robin Saul, Atlanta, GA

The dancing man in costume waving multiple flags is extremely distracting while driving. The signs have offensive and aggressive language that is not suitable for my family to read.

Jodi Wittenberg, Atlanta, GA

I'm all for freedom of expression. This yard is a living nightmare and simply dangerous to pass while driving.

Christina Martin, Decatur, GA

There are numerous signs (some offensive) and It is a driving hazard besides detracting from the surrounding properties.

Jonathan Dubin, Atlanta, GA

I have seen this guy (I assume it is a man)! This guy wears a mask as he dances to loud music, and does some crazy flag routine. Not sure what this person is trying to accomplish other than a hateful agenda based on the verbiage of the signs.

David Wain, Atlanta, GA

Several of his signs use language that is offensive. We live in a lovely neighborhood and I feel this is detrimental to it.

Elizabeth Benefield, Decatur, GA

Children live in this neighborhood. Also his behavior is VERY erratic and unsafe.

Krista Wain, Atlanta, GA

I drive by this ridiculous mess everyday. Not only is it non sense but it distracts drivers. I feel sorry for immediate neighbors who'd property value is clearly effected by this nut. I have often had to honk at drivers stopping to try and red this non sense!

Arthur Haber, Atlanta, GA

A number of the resident's signs are offensive and some even contain profanity. The signs and blow-up figures are an eyesore and threaten to lower property values in the area, making it difficult for neighbors adjacent to the resident's house or across form it to see their homes.

Liza Davis, Atlanta, GA

The county should enforce the law. The signs violate a number of ordinances and the residents flag waiving is an obvious attempt to draw drivers eyes away from a road that is marked as "curvy" and has traffic calming devices already. Drivers also often stop in front of the house to read the signs which also creates a hazard.

John Huey, Atlanta, GA

I'm, signing this petition because existing regulations need to be enforced.

Faith Clifford, Decatur, GA

The signs are offensive, a distraction to drivers and not appropriate for children to be seeing.

Kimberly Axelrod, Atlanta, GA

It is an eyesore

Lynn Koffsky, Atlanta, GA

All of the reasons listed in the petition reflect my opinion. DeKalb County needs to enforce Its ordinances ASAP.

Edward Koffsky, Atlanta, GA

BS"D

We find many of these signs offensive.

reuven michoel robbins, Atlanta, GA

This is a traffic nuisance. It's very distracting to a driver who approaches this house for the first time. It appears that someone is flagging down cars for an unknown reason and could cause cars to stop sort.

Flo Wolf, Atlanta, GA

It's a distraction to all drivers. What's it going take for this to stop, some terrible accident or someone else to "DIE".

Meyer J. Greenberg, Atlanta, GA

One time road workers were trying to direct traffic and he continued to wave an orange flag which caused several near misses as drivers were unsure if they could pass yet or not. It is very dangerous.

Alisa Haber, Atlanta, GA

This is an act of aggression towards neighbors impacting everyone's way of life in the surrounding area.

Carl Lange, Atlanta, GA

Local who is impacted

Yisef Razin, Atlanta, GA

This yard is an embarrassment to our neighborhood, an unsafe distraction to drivers, and inappropriate for children (or anyone) to be exposed to.

Wendy Solon, Atlanta, GA

i was stuck in traffic right in front of the signs with young kids who could read in the car. The signs are very inappropriate

Jessica wilson, Atlanta, GA

The signs are offensive and an embarrassment to the neighborhood.

Betsy Alexander, Atlanta, GA

my children and I have to pass this way every day to school and work, my parents live on the next street and it has been horrible for them to see the language and matter that is displayed. also the signs are so close to the path they are distracting for when kids ride bikes or walk.

Josh Wittenberg, Atlanta, GA

This is a designated "Aging in Place Community". Seniors who drive in the area need sineage the assists the driver. Distractions are unwelcome.

Claire Flanagan, Atlanta, GA

I live in this community and the distractions are so frequent that they result in a safety hazard. So annoying.

Claire Flanagan, Atlanta, GA

The visual contamination is evident. The subject has clearly violated the local codes. How far can he go before being stopped?

Juan Gutierrez, Atlanta, GA

In addition to the facts in Mr. Rasulnia's letter, at times the resident wears masks while he is flag dancing and yelling at cars. At times he has some sort of toy gun that shoots bubbles at the cars on Mason Mill, and is otherwise disturbing. An obvious change has taken place in this person. Up until about 10 years ago, he used to have appropriate, tasteful holiday decorations in his yard for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. But something made him take a change for the worse. I do my best to ignore him but, it just needs to stop.

Harriet Holloway, Decatur, GA

Please make as many neighbors aware of this petition

Eric Hager, Atlanta, GA

I am a near-by neighbor who is impacted by this resident.

nancy Sokolove, asheville, NC

This guy is a community nuisance, offensive, in violation, and direct defiance to county code ordinances. County code allows 24 sq ft ground signage 10 feet back from sidewalk. This resident has 120 sq ft ground signage, 5 times the allowable amount. Not to mention the seasonal inflatables, flag dancing, and yelling at cars. I want DeKalb county to uphold county codes to limit his infringement on my persuit of happiness.

Charles Bliss, Decatur, GA

The signs and dancing are very distractive and dangerous and take away from property values. I also think attention should be made to this resident to make sure he isn't a threat to society.

Stephanie Donlan, Atlanta, GA

I would like all my neighbors to follow county ordinances

Josh Lovelock, Atlanta, GA

Such a deplorable eyesore and nuisance.

Tim Oliver, Atlanta, GA

We should all obey the Code of Ordinances of DeKalb County. Selective enforcement destroys the entire process. If anyone wants to do something not allowed by the ordinances, he are she should organize to have them changed.

Lewis Curtis, Atlanta, GA

The signs and balloons are offensive and sometimes blatantly obscene. This man also is often in front of his home wearing a mask and waving flags which is a distraction and dangerous for drivers.

Julie Chesin, Atlanta, GA

Codes should be enforced. Displaying personal views should be expressed in the proper forums, no spewed over landscapes

Elizabeth Washburn, Atlanta, GA

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