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Salt Lake County attorney at odds with neighbors

Attorney believe they are above the law. I found out that when I was in an accident with the DA, okay the card she gave to the cop was asistant DA.

if the neighbor saw underage drinkers coming out of the home or is continually disturbed by slamming doors and loud noises, why didn't he call the police? The article says "the department had only two case reports involving the Millers, one involving stolen campaign signs and other involving graffiti on their property. Hansen said the police would be aware if loud parties and underage drinking were going on at the Millers."

Also, if her husband provides free daycare for his employees why is that a bad thing?

Sounds like a petty, nosy neighbor without teenagers and nothing better to do than become the neighborhood hall monitor. Typical HOA mentality. I live in a neighborhood with one and I hate it. They are nuts!

So not the same person? Doesn't sound like the DA was above the law. The article says the police and the state both looked into it and she was not violating the law. I vote for the nosy neighbor. What was the name of that neighbor from Bewitched???

It's amazing that if someone wants to harm someone, they just have to complain enough -- even if the allegations are unfounded -- to get a story.
I wish my boss would have been so generous with daycare when my kids were in daycare. What a wonderful benefit.

So a different person and not the actual DA? My vote is for an obnoxious HOA nut with nothing better to do. What was the name of the neighbor from Bewitched? Sounds like her.

Sounds to me that a neighbor who had a complaint, called the press instead of talking to his/her neighbor. If someone had a legitimate complaint, they would not only sign their name, but make the complaint to law enforcement. I wish my boss, when my kids were in daycare would have provided such a great benefit. Daycare was the nightmare of my life at that time.

I can't stand HOAs. I have lived in two in the past and will never do it again. They always turn out to have two or three who feel like the secret police and make life miserable for the others with their "interpretaton" of the rules which turn out to be what fits them best and not the rest. In one HOA a neighbor came out after dark and found someone visiting my home had their car 6 inches over a line they interpreted to be in violation and reported this to the HOA. This sounds like more of the same kind of neighbors who are bored who have nothing better to do than watch through their blinds. If the authorities and agencies responsible for monitoring have no concerns I am not sure why the story even seemed to have any merit in the first place.

Some of these postings sound very suspiciously like each other, with only a couple of words changed. Could it be that people are posting their thoughts twice but changing the wording slightly so that it will sound like ther people agree with them?

HOAs are a bad idea. I built a house in a subdivision with one, and I will never make that mistake again. The idea is good, but the practice can be a nightmare. When things go wrong the HOA doesn't come to your aid and find out how they can help which would be neighborly. They beat you down and make it even harder. Or in the case of this story you have a neighbor how dares to do things a little different than the rest of the neighborhood. Then the HOA board members wonder why you don't applaud their efforts to make the neighborhood a better place to live.

The name of the nosy neighbor on Bewitched was Gladis.
She was the neighborhood busy body.I have a couple of those in the neighborhood that I live in now. No HOA as of yet. Video cameras are relatively cheap now a days, why doesn't one of the complainers get one a video tape all the alleged wrongdoing. Like some others have said before, somebody has too much time on their hands and are just looking for an excuse to annoy, pester, harass and other wise cause trouble. If the state authorities were to look into the neighbors lives they probably would find that one of their relatives had been supposedly charged with some sort of crime and the neighbors are trying to get back at a law enforcement official.

I noticed that the guy is a democrat.

The biggest problem with the anonymous letter that was sent out (I was one of the Democrats who received it) was that it was anonymous.

I tend to disregard anything like this that is sent out anonymously. Especially when it involves elected officials or politics.

Free day care for employees? I don't believe it.

On the Internet and using email nothing is anonymous. If the entire email was saved, it would be little trouble to identify how it was created and by whom. The AG's office has some experience in this area and hopefully they will be able to track this back to the original person or people or political organization responsible. I would be happy to offer my services to identify where it came from and expose the idenity

Is this Steve Trayner the lawyer and Gary Zielinski the NBA ref? Since we know something about Miller, I wish they had told us more about these neighbors.

It appears in this case that you have some "Clampett" type behavior going on in the Miller household. This behavior can be overlooked by neighbors when the alleged supervising adults make an honest effort to show some consideration to others in the area. I think we all have lived next to teenagers at some point and it is safe to say that teenagers tend to be loud, obnoxious, and generally inconsiderate. However, the parents of teenagers, need to be particularly sensitive to ensure that the activities of their children do not make life unbearable for the neighbors. It appears the Millers do not possess that level of sensitivity. All this mess could have gone away if the Millers had taken plates of cookies to their neighbors and stated: "We are sorry for all the recent noise and excess vehicles at our house, we have instructed our kids, and their friends, to be more considerate in the future." I guess Ms. Miller would just rather use the legal system to beat their neighbors into submission.

Hey Spyglass, how will you trace a gmail account created and accessed from a computer not owned by the person sending the message? Beyond that are the anonymous remailers etc. etc.

If the police in this case operate the same as the police in Springville then most calls don't get recorded/reported. I used to live at the end of the street where there was constant underage drinking, drug use, vandalism, and illegal discharging of fire arms. Just my calls alone would have been more than doubled the official numbers that the police reported for that entire section of the city. The vandalism was its own evidence and in many many cases the police did actually talk to the criminals for themselves. In all the years I lived there I only saw one arrest! That is probably why there are "records" of only two calls to/visits by the police.

Weren't the Clampetts the Beverly Hillbillies? The bewitched neighbor was Gladys Kravitz. And, while the Stephens were a very nice family, the mom was a witch and the dad, as it turns out, was gay. So maybe her over-curiosity wasn't all that unfounded. Today, we have reality shows--maybe Miller's neighbors should watch more TV.

You can remain anonymous on the internet. Rather simple problem for so much attention. Regular neighbor problems seem to go un-noticed in most cases... unless you have a different political party affiliation...slow news day to to allow so much coverage, then again the tribune likes to go after the repiblicans.

Is this really news? Is there really nothing better to report?

If not, I can't wait till the expose about the guy behind my house that has a beat up old shed that he insists on repairing on sunday evenings, just when i am trying to enjoy some relaxation time. I just hate looking at that thing.

Oh wait, I would have to write an anonymous letter before a news organization would take it seriously.

It just goes to show, If you want to stay up-to-date on the latest impacting local and national news, the DNews is the only way to go...so ridiculous.