tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post199344339677481551..comments2023-10-09T11:28:14.030-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Johnny Northside: Volunteer Lawn Mowing Under The "Adopt Vacant Houses" Mandate...Johnny Northsidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694273579383113753noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-44901229559147877372009-05-27T14:25:57.535-05:002009-05-27T14:25:57.535-05:00White and Nerdy.White and Nerdy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-32142750484526085812009-05-27T14:19:35.093-05:002009-05-27T14:19:35.093-05:00I wonder if there is anyway to organize a neighbor...I wonder if there is anyway to organize a neighborhood mowing day? Just like we do for Clean Sweep. Image the sweet smell of lawn mowers cutting the negligected lawns in Hawthorne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-52239111550378776932009-05-27T14:01:07.840-05:002009-05-27T14:01:07.840-05:00I only mowed the FRONT yard. Don't worry, the city...I only mowed the FRONT yard. Don't worry, the city will still get its pound of flesh from the mortgage lenders, and deservedly so.<br /><br />Mowing only the FRONT yard is the perfect compromise between my need to spiff up the neighborhood--abandoned by irresponsible mortgage lenders--and the need of the city to get its pound of flesh from these mortgage lenders, which it will get from mowing the BACK yard.<br /><br />Adding insult to injury you say? Perhaps. But I don't live in a world of insult and injury, I live in neighborhood filled with affordable housing opportunities, a neighborhood actually CHANGING FOR THE BETTER in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. <br /><br />I refuse to seethe while mowing lawns. I LOVE MOWING LAWNS.Johnny Northsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694273579383113753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-51743348698793995722009-05-27T11:04:31.293-05:002009-05-27T11:04:31.293-05:00The mortgage lenders force neighbors out of their ...The mortgage lenders force neighbors out of their homes then we are asked to mow the lawn after foreclosure! Why are we rewarding bad banking? We must continually force these lenders to do the right thing. Even the simplest act of maintaining the lawn is something many of these bad lenders are not doing. Asking citizens to mow the lawns of foreclosed properties ads insult to our injury. <br /><br />DanielDanielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-29553797098717188572009-05-27T10:36:24.890-05:002009-05-27T10:36:24.890-05:00I don't mow any lots, but I have mowed the bouleva...I don't mow any lots, but I have mowed the boulevard of a couple in my neighborhood. <br /><br />Me and another guy regularly walk the block to pick up garbage that has been carelessly tossed aside. <br /><br />It is a good way to build community and feel like you are living in the solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com