Hey…FU Dave!
This may be the most passive aggressive move by a neighbor we have ever seen…
If you happen to drive by the houses on T Drive North outside of Olivet you can see the messages: “F U DAVE” painted over and over on a fence facing Dave Taylor’s house.
Dave Taylor said this is only one reminder about the troubles he has had to deal with when it comes to his neighbor Richard Brauer.
For Taylor, it started in the spring, when attempts to sell his house seemed to be stymied by his neighbor’s medical marijuana caregiver grow operation.
“Even if it didn’t impact the value, it would impact the size of the market,” said Bob Price, a former appraiser who was registered with the Battle Creek Area Association of Realtors but let his license expire in July. “There would be people who wouldn’t consider buying it because of the neighbor’s property.”
Not knowing what to do, Dave contacted WILX, a Lansing television station.
Deputies from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office stopped by after that and determined there was nothing to be done because the operation was legal.
Nothing came of it but, after the deputies and the visitors cleared out, Taylor said he saw his neighbor begin painting something on a fence facing Taylor’s house.
“F U DAVE F U DAVE F U DAVE.” There was also a crude illustration and words encouraging Taylor to eat what it depicted.
Richard told the news: “The cops OK’d my operation,” the neighbor said, in a call to the Enquirer. “He calls the cops on me for having friends over. I’m breaking no laws. He wants to look over here, he can look at that.”
(Photo: Natasha Blakely/Battle Creek Enquirer)
