Saturday
Suburban Dad - NIMBY Dad
This is Ray Tony. He's my new neighbor (note address change date below). Thanks to the Internets and my other neighbors I now know a whole bunch about him. It's funny though, I never really thought of myself as one of those NIMBY-type guys, but it's not like I moved here to live among halfway houses, crack dens, or public housing. There's a reason I chose where to live. I kind of like the serenity, relative safety, and creature comforts of high-end suburaban living. So fucking sue me.
But, as they say, you can't control the weather. And you cannot control who moves into your neighborhood (you can't even keep the blacks and the Jews out anymore (see, I can say that because well, I'm Filipino)). It's funny, you think of the stuff that matters to you as you age. You think of the things that change within yourself. You never really think that, sure, I'd kick the ass of an 80 year-old dude. 80 year-old dudes generally get a pass; they fall off the radar. Kicking their asses is like running over a squirril in a 4x4. Too easy, too pathetic. But, sure, why not? He reaches toward the kid and *Blammo!* ass kicked. Funny, huh? There's a reason child sex offenders are pummeled in the prison system. That shit's just wrong. You pick on the helpless, you pay the price. Paradoxically, 80 year-old dudes are rather helpless, but they get jiggy with kids and their ass kicked passes are instantly revoked.
I'm sure the other more uptight neighbors will eventually drum him out of the 'hood, so I'll just keep my knuckles cracked and ready to throw.
So Tony Ray, as Di Nero told Stiller in Meet the Parents, "I'm watching you."
SANGIOVANNI, RAYMOND ANTHONY
217 BOOTH ST GAITHERSBURG, MD 20878
Address Change Date:
09/07/2006
Charge:
LEWD & LASCIV. ACTS W/CHILD
Category:
Child Sexual Offenders
Information Contact:
MONT CO
Date of Birth:
03/12/1927
Current Registration Date:
08/30/2006
Age:
79
Status:
COMPLIANT