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Here a code, there a violation, everywhere a code violation.
Lee County Code Enforcement officials have been exploring Estero, and they’ve found some peculiar infringements, among them rafts of ducks and roosters populating the properties of area absentee homeowners, according to Sam Levy, Vice Chairman of the Estero Council of Community Leaders and Estero Fire Commissioner.
About three months ago, the officials took a drive down Luettich Lane, which is west of Breckenridge Golf and Tennis Club and the intersection of U.S. 41 and Broadway Avenue, Levy told council members on Friday.
"They found a real mess," Levy said. "When we thought that the Breckenridge residents were hearing too many things and that they may have been over to the party store too much. They were probably hearing roosters instead."
Len McCabe, supervisor with Lee County Code Enforcement, said there have been 168 code violations in Estero since October 1, 2007. McCabe said the number is not unusual, nor is the finding of ducks and roosters.
"We do get calls on ducks and roosters and that all over the county," McCabe said. "The Hispanic population, they have a lot of ducks and roosters they bring."
Atenea Merino, 34, who lives in the area associated with the animal reports, said she owns the ducks — all two of them. She said a neighbor down the street had a rooster, and now its gone. She said the neighbors may have ate the rooster.
Merino said her pet ducks, Panfilo and Cinderella, were hardly a nuisance. The whole situation is the result of a crotchety neighbor, she said.
"The guy who made the complaint said they were running around and I said ‘no.’ Everything is fenced. It’s just one guy trying to just give us some problems so he calls the county. He comes and takes pictures," Merino said.
Levy said the violations were not due to complaints filed by council members, but the result of Breckenridge resident complaints and reconnaissance missions conducted by code enforcement.
Levy said the officials found numerous other problems, as well.
"On West Broadway, there were many homes with vehicles and boats and in disarray," Levy said.
As for the ducks, well, Merino said one won’t be bothering anybody anymore. Panfilo was eaten by another animal, Merino said. She got the ducks for her little brother, she said.
"He wanted them for Christmas," Merino said. "They don’t cause any trouble."
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Some people live to complain and look for reasons to do so.
Btw...this has to have been one of the most poorly written newspaper articles I've ever read. Run-on sentences, repetitive phrasing, and "She said the neighbors may have ate the rooster."??
I know that it's hard to find good writers and that papers frequently use freelancers, but the editors are supposed to catch things like this.
#1 Posted by jrbirdman on May 20, 2008 at 8:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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