i found a follow up:
apparently the guy had raw sewage leaking over to the neighbors???
the code queen should have stated clearly that there were complaints of that nature, but she said nothing relevant to her being there.....
http://www.thepoliticalcapital.com/index.php?topic=1467.5;wap2
what say you?
if you have raw shit going into a neighbor's well, what can/should be done about it, if you are a moronic skank that doesn't care about shit juice bubling up out of the ground?
I'm sure there is a legitimate protocol to these situations, warrants of search and entry to be granted by official means. There must be zoning issues with people of greater importance, where the formalities have to be observed, where if not followed you will be crushed into a fine powder by high-powered lawyers in expensive suits. Like, if Tiger Woods had a shit-tank problem, they would act with more propriety.
You'd go onto the property who filed the complaint, take pictures and determine the most likely source, then get the warrant (after asking and being refused) from a judge. Pretty much like the guy said.
Warrant in hand, you return, and go about your legal business. The other guy's well is already fucked, its not gonna get fixed right this minute anyway. The ground is contaminated, it can take years to return to normal and test clean. In the meantime, the other property owner should submit a claim to his home-insurer while inconvenienced, and they can figure out a solution. Maybe park a water buffalo on the property.
If its determined the culprit is (and we know it is) the guy in question, he'll have to make things right. If that includes selling the property, digging drains, or whatever, so be it.
Caveat emptor applies on both sides of the property line, you may own land next to contaminated property. If the other guy walks away and shirks his responsibilities, you could sue him, but you may simply end up owning whatever he forfeits. And that would be... the property with the faulty shithole. Nobody ever said owning land was easy.
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But you know, nobody ever looks at the bright side of things. The guy on the other property now has flavored tap water, and a river of corn and peanuts right out his back door.