If you didn't know it before we got Donald Trump as president, you know it now. Real estate developers are the biggest fucking liars on the planet. They ooze charm, all the while looking at clients and staff as chumps of the first stripe. Some developers are just evil, knowing that they're peddling garbage and calling it gold. Others (like Bozo Trump) believe in their own hype and think they're actually doing the world a favor.
On Monday, December 3, the brand new home across the street from my 90-year-old house goes up for sale. I assume there will be some sort of open house. This "luxury home" by Mark Ryan -- constructed chiefly by Spanish-speaking laborers who seemed to melt away at the first sign of a police car -- is retailing for $975,000.
Soon I will have millionaires as neighbors.
Previously I wrote about how this stooge Mark Ryan got a free pass on an illegal act (shredding a 100-year-old tree on a Sunday morning) because the judiciary in Snobville admire the man so much.
What's a girl to do about this open house? Gosh, I won't even be here! I have to be on the job at precisely 7:04 every morning.
I'll tell you what I'm going to do: I'm going to serve up a little truth.
We own two cars in this household. One is a sensible Subaru sedan. The other belonged to my late mother-in-law. It's a 2001 Saturn, not particularly well cared for over the decades. I use the Saturn to get to and from work. (It's four miles one way, four miles the other.) And -- whew! -- the lil' bucket of bolts passed inspection! Eight miles a day for another two years!
The Saturn is my most recent car to sport bumper stickers. As the rear of my cars go, the Saturn is modest. There are only two regular-sized bumper stickers. One says BERNIE SANDERS and the other says JOIN THE RESISTANCE.
Monday morning I'm going to drive the sensible Subaru to work, leaving the evocative Saturn at the edge of the driveway. I know, I know, it's a stupid and petty act. But just like everyone all over the world, I have my prejudices. I hate developers. Hate 'em.
Whoever comes to gawk at the $975,000 "luxury home" will understand clearly the political philosophy of their closest neighbors.
Can't speak for anyone else, but if I was house-hunting and saw a MAGA sign on a neighboring abode, I would search elsewhere.
Petty, Anne. Very petty. But what are bumper stickers for? Truth in advertising.
5 comments:
DO IT!
sleazy people in my book are those in real estate, lawyers, preachers, car salespersons...they are always looking for their next sucker for an easy buck.
Hahahahahaha! And if you have any super tacky outdoor Xmas decorations, now's the time to put them up too.
Lady, you are right up my alley. If I could afford the house, assuming I liked it, I'd move right there!
Jenny
Anne,
Thank you for posting. We experienced a 7.0 earthquake Friday morning and I was teetering at the low end. Seeing that you had posted on Facebook made me smile and gave me a few moments to focus on something over than the mess and trauma around me.
KimberinAk
I would slap every sort of political sticker all over it...democratic of course.
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