Thursday, November 5, 2009

I Met the Golf Course Owner Yesterday and He Wasn't Very Nice

Well, I was walking the bike path yesterday. I take a route that follows sections that are owned by residents. There was a crew removing leaves and one of the men informed me that the bike path was closed. I told him that we had been informed by the golf course lawyer that we could use the bikepath (as long as there were no golfers and I didn't see a single one that day). He told me to take it up with the owner and pointed to a man further down the path.

I walked that way and he shut off his leave blower and told me the bike path was closed. I told him the same thing I had told the employee, your lawyer informed us we could use the bike path. He denied it saying he talks to his lawyer everyday and the lawyer never said that.

There was more conversation including his asking me if I was "Pete", to which I replied in the affirmative.

He also said he would have me arrested for trespassing.
I informed him that he didn't own the bike path.
He said he did.
I said we have the survey.
He said he has the survey.
He said he has easements.
I could have said the easements (where ever he may have them) may give him rights to use the bike path but they do not give him the right to exclude others but by then he restarted his leaf blower so I went my way.

And so it goes.

Pete

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