Distant Neighbors

Way up in the wilds of North Miami-Dade, where life can be gloriously tranquil, a residential dispute threatens to go nuclear

A A A Comments By Susan Eastman Thursday, Jan 18 2001

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Northern neighbor Jonathan Weiss recently made an attempt to solve his dispute with Bliss by erecting a fence between their two properties. Not only would that shield his ski club, it would protect his guests from Bliss's dog Meeko, who reportedly has bitten several ski club members. Weiss says that when he attempted to talk with Bliss about Meeko, Bliss snidely responded that the dog had lived there before Weiss moved in.

Anderson adds that he has had a similar problem with Bliss's dog, and that he also received the same snide response. After one heated canine discussion, Anderson grabbed a shovel and began slinging Meeko poop from his property up against Bliss's house.

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To put it mildly, Richard Bliss disapproves of the hulking airplane hangar a neighbor is building

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Bliss remains unapologetic. "At what point do you stand up?" he asks. "I draw the line at what is right. I draw the line at where the county statutes say the line is."

If there is a line, it's a time line -- at least according to 27-year-old Earl Jenkins, head coach at the Miami Wake and Ski Club. "Times change," Jenkins muses. "It's not 1985 any more, dude. You've got to pass the torch. It's 2001."

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