Neighbor thinks he owns the sidewalk

On Douglass Street, between 4th & 5th, there is a man who constantly sprays his sidewalk with bleach / cleaner. If you are walking a dog he actually will menace you, and spray you and the dog. If he is not outside he will open a window and scream. Mostly people have learned to step off the curb into the street and walk amongst the cars. The police have been called on several occasions by sprayed dog walkers, but this man believes he is above the law. (He has a son on the job.) I have tried to explain, calmly and also not so calmly, that the sidewalk is PUBLIC and that spraying people is assault. Does anyone know of some kind of class action or neighborhood intervention that could work?

By Swell City | 07/04/2008 11:15 AM