The Scary White Dot Returns

By: Spencer Rascoff, Zillow COO | August 29, 2008

A few weeks ago I blogged about the scary white dot that popped up on my lawn, indicating that some sort of municipal initiative was in the works in front of my Madison Park house.

The first set of mysterious markings from June

Scary White Dot on my lawn

My daughter and I then furiously scrubbed the sidewalk with graffiti remover and managed to get the markings out.

Sidwalk markings, after an intense scrub

But alas, we were no match for the City of Seattle.

I came home yesterday to find similar markings, and although I have no idea what “R2(30)” means, I have a pretty good guess for what “LOCATE” means. It seems that they’re putting in a sign (25 MPH? School Zone? who knows!?) in front of my house.

On the one hand I’m pleased that this will likely slow down in front of my house, but I’m not so pleased that it will be right smack in front of my house.

Stumble it!
Categories: Home Improvement, Real Estate

Comments

6 Comments so far

Mary on August 29, 2008 9:51 am

Do you ever sleep?
Dorkydad on August 29, 2008 11:31 am

How long did that take you to clean up the sidewalk with graffiti remover? Invest in a pressure washer, and it’s a 5 minute job!
Spencer Rascoff on September 5, 2008 12:05 am

Dorkydad –
don’t you know me at all? Using a pressurewasher would deprive me of the Jeffersonian benefits of hard work. Furthermore, as you know, I’m probably the only guy that’s cheaper than you, so clearly i’m not going to invest in a pressurewasher when a little elbow greese and an hour of effort will suffice.

Say hi to the fam.
Vic Parise on September 8, 2008 8:05 am

I think your a little crazy, lucky you did not get suied by the city or town or even private contractor.
If it were me im sure i would have had a knock on the door.
Vic Parise
Spencer Rascoff on September 8, 2008 8:27 am

Vic,
If it’s any consolation, my wife agrees with you (about me being a little crazy).
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