Florida the rules are different here Chapter XXVI

Here's a story out of the Orlando Sentinel-

A Winter Park home owned by Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary is such a neighborhood eyesore that city officials cleaned up the lawn Thursday on the taxpayers' dime, officials said.

The Orwin Manor home has been choked with 5-foot-tall weeds, neighbors said. A tarp from Hurricane Charley in August 2004 has long since fallen to pieces, scattering blue, shredded plastic through the neighborhood. Rusted paint cans that once held the tarp in place sit on the roof.

And then there are the rats, said next-door neighbor Sharon Lilley, an Orwin Manor Homeowners Association board member.They're big, ugly and live in the weeds.

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Beary said that reporters are covering the property problems because they are trying to work against him. He added that the house is his wife Rebekah's project and referred a reporter to her for most questions..

Yes it's the evil Florida MSM's fault that those weeds are growing.(Time for sarcastic laughter)

Winter Park will bill Beary a $100 administrative fee for the lawn service plus the cost of labor, said Sylvia Wooten, the city's chief code-enforcement officer. If he doesn't pay, a lien will be placed on his property, which is department policy.

"Basically, we try to treat people the same way," Wooten said.

Which is the way it should be. It shouldn't need to be said either. A sheriff shouldn't be above the law.

County officials said they sent Beary repeated notices. He denies receiving them. I would lean to believing the county, but in Florida you just never know. Then Beary should know is property needs to be maintained.

If Beary can't tend to his own property properly, you have to question his ability to run a sheriff's department. Is he as careless in regards to his responsibilities also?

Life in Florida, you got to love it.

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