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Article
and Video Courtesy of News4Jax
By
Kent Justice
Published
October 8, 2010
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CLAY
COUNTY, Fla. -- One
neighborhood in Clay County is family-friendly, unless you're Mike
Kabernagel and you've got a portable basketball hoop at the end of your
driveway.
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Kabernagel's
hoop has been outside his home for nearly two years, but
the Oakleaf East Property Owner's Association changed a
rule in April and gave Kabernagel notice in June that the
goal can't stay there when it's not being used.
"It's
extremely frustrating. I believe the board of directors at
Oakleaf East missed a real opportunity to engage the
community and solicit feedback before they adopted this
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One
of Kabernagel's concerns was moving the tall, heavy goal. He said it's
difficult for him and would be even harder for his wife or 13-year-old son
attempting to move it up and down the driveway.
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"It's
labeled as portable because you can tilt it back and it
has wheels," Kabernagel said. "But it weighs
about 175 pounds. A 13-year-old boy, coupled with my wife,
is not going to move this hoop."
Kabernagel
said he wants the property owner's association to focus on
other, more important things.
His
neighbor, Tracie Ryan, agrees.
"We
have other issues," Ryan said. "We have |
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pools
with no fences. We have trampolines with no fences. There's garbage in the
gutters that's not being taken care of."
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The
property owner's association still wants the hoop removed,
and a board member said in a phone interview Thursday that
the board is concerned with vacant homes, unkempt yards
and issues the board member called "huge."
Kabernagel
and his neighbor admitted they haven't attended any of the
board's meetings.
Most
of the 2,221 homeowners in the area do not, the board
said. |
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