Our Town is a Police State

Here I was, yesterday, minding my own business, trying to catch up on correspondence, blogging, and writing when I looked out the window. Our town's code enforcement truck pulls up along side my vehicle, stays there for about 15 minutes, looking at our yard, my car, etc. Finally, she gets out, examines my car from top to bottom, pulls out a pad and writes down my VIN. I send my son out to get the piece of paper she leaves on my car.

Violation Warning: This car has not been moved for 10 days or more. It must be driven every 10 days or stored in an enclosed facility.

Huh?

I drove my car last week to the grocery. Now, I try not to drive my car regularly to save on gas and help the environment, so I'm wondering (1) did they think I didn't drive often because I always park in the same place; and (2) do they think that they can control residents behavior to that extent?

Yep, we're moving. We need a farm in an unincorporated area of Colorado. This town is beyond ridiculous.


p.s. We're 90% sure that our not-so-wonderful neighbor, VAL, reported it. He's a bully, and has been quite intent (and unfortunately successful) in making our lives here at our house, miserable. I'm glad he wasn't re-elected in 2006 - we don't need any more bullies in our government.