Cedars noise crusader is poop scooping scofflaw

Rawlins Gilliland says:

Ah the power of investigative journalism. Kudos to my friends; the two Mikes.

If you had been to Lee Harvey's tonight (I was) I would have bought the round because this law and order guy is now having to watch his contribution the 'gentrification' of 'his' neighborhood, the Cedars, which is apparently to have a hound the size of a teenage water buffalo dump dog excrement the size of travel pillows on the public sidewalks and other people's property.

Watching this video at 2 in the morning was like being kissed in the moonlight beside a tranquil lagoon while inhaling the wafting breeze laden with gardenia and jasmine. Or like eating a Lee Harvey's burger with Swiss and bacon and avocado added.

This Master Card with his mastiff moment was, shall we say, priceless. The feces waste is not only left in the street after he walks his dog; the number one problem is that this number two dude moved to Dallas.

Scott Miller says:

Nothing like a little irony to start the day. Excellent work!

Amanda Newman says:

Bravo, Mike, Bravo!

Next time you wander into Dada, your tab is on the house!

Michael Hogenmiller says:

What a hypocrite, though I suspected nothing less.

Amanda Newman says:

Bemused from 1 month, 3 weeks ago...

“And believe it or not, I think the staff at Pegasus News does some pretty admirable work.”

Bemused from two days ago...

“I decline your invitation to participate in a Pegasus News story. The publication is absurdly biased and completely void of journalistic merit.”

Rawlins Gilliland says:

Not to get into a p_ssing match here, but no, this is apples and oranges... Adelman's and Jones’ world. This latter is a classic case of a business being harassed by a newly arrived citizen, not vice versa. This is hardly the case in Lower Greenville, where Adelman videos people (as in drunks) emptying their bladders and taking a crap on someone else's highly taxed private property. How does that compare with this self-proclaimed 'moral high ground' letter-of-the-law guy in the Cedars' dog defecating on his own neighbors’ private property? The otherwise non-complaining-about-the-bar-in-question neighbors.

Amanda Newman says:

:)

Thanks, Alex...

While I wholeheartedly believe the Bemused, Consternated, Vexed, Indignant or Whatever He’s Decided to Call Himself Today’s are entitled to their opinions, I’ve always thought the way he/they go(es) about it is rather distasteful.

I’m a smart girl with a rather large vocabulary myself yet I still take great umbrage when folks like Bemused, Veracity, et al, abuse their own intellect and their vocabulary to antagonize, intimidate, and insult people. And though I’m paraphrasing, didn’t Ayn Rand once write something to the effect of, “arguments based on intimidation are confessions of intellectual impotence?”

Anyhoo...

I’m glad to see that Dos Miguels were able to catch the Ordinance Zealot violating the law.

Rob Shearer says:

The last time I was at Lee Harvey's (Saturday, November 17), Adelman was with Chris Jones, and appeared to be assisting with the videotaping. Makes me question his objectivity in this matter.

Rawlins Gilliland says:

Rob, as they say on senior citizen game night; "Bingo".

Scott Doyle says:

I like the socks, Chris.

Rawlins Gilliland says:

Uh, Doyle: Spotting this jaunty gent's dashing spin on 'casual chic' satorial hosiery; would your unerring eye classify his tony touch as classic new age metrosexual machismo or merely reclusive allure compounding an inherent devil-may-care sophistication?

Robert Kelly says:

Well done.

Scott Doyle says:

Rawlins, I believe he wears socks at all times, so it's tough to pin down exactly what he's going for. He only put some shoes on so he didn't step in his dog's previous bowel droppings...or his own. I imagine he has specific pairs for various occasions i.e. entertainment of guests, the moon phases, making love (obviously different pairs for solo and coitus, the latter having yet to be unleashed).

In fact, I imagine he has a splendiforous pair of PegNews socks. They're colorful b/c he embroiders them. The content? Vocabulary words only found in a thesaurus; words which he's never actually spoken irl. For all we know, they're a mosaic of his most dreaded species: those who are actually enjoying life.

Michael Davis says:

What a joy it is to suffer from insomnia as I am tonight and to see something like this.

This is laugh out loud ironic...the equivalent of me running a hot-sheet motel or something.

Who's more full of it? The dog or the owner himself?

Thank you Pegasus. HAHAHA

David Hopkins says:

This is hilarious. I can't believe I just read a news article from beginning to end about a guy who doesn't scoop up his dog's poop. And I was riveted. This is awesome, and I say that without irony.

Stephanie Hindall says:

Ah. I always suspected that the Chris Jones' doth protest too much.

Stephanie Hindall says:

Oops, strike that errant apostrophe. I guess I should learn to scoop my poop, too.

M Malouf says:

Can't you send this footage to the city and file a complaint against him? After all, he just violated the city ordinance, right?

Pavel Lishin says:

To be fair, that dog looks like it drops loads that would take a pair of snow shovels to even lift off the ground.

Reid Robinson says:

What a hilarious turn of events! Jones's cracker box crusade against Lee Harvey's has turned into a running joke. I've seen this lonely deviant on his patio with video camera rolling and flashlight pointed at passers by. Lee Harvey's patrons have some pretty good laughs about his petty antics, and creepy behavior.

His strict adherence to the letter of the law is blown out of the water, after leaving dog crap for others to clean up. Whatever higher moral ground he perceived to have doesn't fly anymore.

Last month the police were called when Jones accosted a passer by. He pulled the glasses off the guy, and shoved him. I'd like to know why he was seen filming kids playing kickball in the ajoining vacant lot. Creepy! Is he going to bring the footage to city hall and have a 'no kickball' ordinace passed?

Great work Pegasus!

Rawlins Gilliland says:

Okay, it's now official; We have a spin-off of the TV sitcom ready for prime time; "Everybody Hates Chris".

Somehow I doubt that Mr. Jones is 'Bemused' reading this post from the VP of his own neighborhood association. That's as telling as cheap cologne in a crowded elevator. I think it's becoming clear that the next floor for Chris is the bottom.

Absolutely anyone who wants to raise a toast to this 'toss some dirt on that grave' post with me (and my hound Honey) after 10 tonight, walk right up and let's hoist to this neighborhood moistened towel-ette that thought he was the ceremonial flag.

And PS: to his wife; don’t pity her. She did not win him on Let's Make a Deal. She's not a Filipino internet bride forced into an arranged marriage and held hostage in order to become an American citizen. From what I hear, it was a marriage made in heaven.

Amen.

Pavel Lishin says:

I loved the excerpt from the book they quoted, describing the bar and the neighborhood.

Scott Doyle says:

Holy hell, $154/SF? Had no idea anything in that neighborhood could get over $115...

Wish I wasn't at work. Imo, we should have a contest: Someone photoshop something on one of the pics (I vote balcony shot), next person uses that pic to add something, someone else adds to that, etc.

I'd display preferred pic, but it's a bit too large and I can't use a hosting site to upload a scaled down image. =(

Pavel Lishin says:

But it has Ikea kitchens and bathrooms! And I bet there were no parts left over after assembly!

Scott Doyle says:

Not to toot my own horn (kinky if I could), but $166k would be $114/SF.

I'm pretty sure if I lived right next to Lee Harvey's, I'd have to ask Seth for a job app the day I move in since I know I wouldn't have this one much longer.

Rawlins Gilliland says:

I had heard in my many talks on this now dead and gone subject that he paid around $168-172 thou for the condo. In any case, he will be very lucky to break even and more than likely will have lost money. Time to move on for Cris Jones. And for us. This horse has been dead longer than George Bush's high approval ratings.

Robert Kelly says:

With the current market, he will lose money. And karma will be well served.

There is a house for sale down the street from Avi....

Scott Miller says:

It seems only fair to me that if, before paying the full asking price, anyone is googling:

1416 BEAUMONT ST, DALLAS

-They should be able to read the sellers* own description of the property's primary selling point...

"Lee Harvey's celebrates the criminal element of the Cedars in that the area's lack of standards allows the bar to operate without censure. In any developed neighborhood, Lee Harvey's would be seen for exactly what it is: a low-rate alchoholics'(sic) retreat that has no respect for residential rights."

And the neighborhood...

"It's just plain pathetic that the Cedars, which claims to be so bloody diverse and liberal, is so stridently opposed to philosophical opposition. The neighborhood is more oppresive(sic) than a right-wing compound."

I noticed none of that was included in the listing.

Michael Davis says:

OK, this exact place sold for $164K in April 2007. Now he wants $224? Only one unit has sold over there for more than $200K and it was more than 2,000 SF.