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Occupy Seattle Protesters may create Liabilities on Vacant Properties

By Bob Zierman on December 21, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty

justice-smiles-gold-large.pngJonah Spangenthal-Lee of Publicola has an interesting crime report posted at the end of last week. Police Evict Occupy Seattle Protesters From Central District Home is its title. The meat of the story is as follows:

Seattle police have begun cracking down on small bands of Occupy Seattle protesters who have begun Occupying vacant homes around the Central

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Neighbors need to watch where their Dogs Poop

By Bob Zierman on December 20, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty

justice-smiles-gold-large.pngBack in November. I had former US Attorney General for Western Washington John McKay speak at our University District Rotary club about ‘the AG purge.’ At one point when we were discussing my work, he confirmed with me that a boundary dispute is rarely about the boundary line – at least not in the city. Instead, he suggested it is…

Invite the Neighbors to Your Holiday Party

By Bob Zierman on December 16, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty

justice-smiles-gold-large.pngLast year, I suggested that people might consider taking over a small gift to the neighbors here.  This year, I will go a step further and suggest that you invite your neighbors to your holiday party. Why?

Well, perhaps the late Philadelphia reporter Franklin P. Jones said it best.

Nothing makes you more tolerant of a

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Rob McKenna’s Neighborly Immigration Stance

By Bob Zierman on December 15, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty

justice-smiles-gold-large.pngI did a Rotary make-up at the University Sunrise Club of Seattle this morning. The guest speaker was Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna who of course is running for Governor in 2012.

Toward the end of the meeting and after a considerable preamble in which after acknowledging that it was a federal question; that…

Roosevelt Height Limit Lifted from 4 to 6 Stories

By Bob Zierman on December 14, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty, Thoughts & Theory

black-big.pngErica C. Barnett of PubliCola has offered their readers a news alert that I would like to echo. In a piece titled Council Committee Raises Heights in Roosevelt, she explains:

The city council’s land use committee just voted to raise maximum building heights on three blocks adjacent to Roosevelt High School to 65 feet,

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A Map Tells a Thousand Words

By Bob Zierman on December 13, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty, Surveys & Depictions

orange-big.pngIn preparing for conference seminars that I will be giving early next year for the Land Surveyors Association of Washington (“LSAW”), I found a quote in a Washington Supreme Court decision that is perfectly apt for any type of boundary dispute case.

In Hudson House, Inc. v. Rozman, 82 Wn.2d 178, 179 509 P.2d…

Non-Neighborly Halloween Pranks

By Bob Zierman on October 31, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty

justice-smiles-gold-large.pngThe American Bar Association Journal this last week – along with indicating a case in which the judge declared that a house was “haunted as a matter of law” [though not fact] – also provided the following couple of tragically comedic case thumbnails:

• A Florida woman sued her neighbor for defamation, harassment and emotional distress because

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Game Theory and the Art of Settlement Redux

By Bob Zierman on September 26, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty, Thoughts & Theory

gray-large.pngEarlier this month I wrote a post titled Game Theory and the Art of Settlement. Well, this morning I took a few moments to open up the September 3rd – 9th 2011 paper edition of The Economist and discovered an article within “The Economist Technology Quarterly” called Game theory in practice on page 19 [of that…

Game Theory and the Art of Settlement

By Bob Zierman on September 15, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty, Thoughts & Theory

gray-large.pngIn November 2007 while still living in China, I published an article in the Ningbo Guide titled Game Theory and Guanxi. Guanxi may be translated to mean personal connections. But a straight definition is illusive for many reasons not the least of which is that Western society is based largely on the individual whereas…

Alpha Omega Foundation for World Peace & Prosperity

By Bob Zierman on September 10, 2011
Posted in Neighbors' Duty, Thoughts & Theory

justice-smiles-red-large.pngTen years ago our world changed … forever. Like many, I lost someone that day. The person that I lost was a friend. His name was Gordy Aamoth.

I want to reflect on Gordy’s life; what his loss has meant for me; and where, now that I am working in essentially the peace brokering business, I…

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Justice Smiles, pllc concentrates on resolving boundary disputes and other issues arising between neighbors. Adverse Possession is the primary legal doctrine used to settle these types of disputes. Justice Smiles’ managing attorney Robert WM Zierman has read and spreadsheeted virtually all of Washington States’ recorded Adverse Possession cases. In January 2011, Mr. Zierman published an article in the Washington State Bar Association’s (WSBA) Bar News titled: A Good-Faith Attack on Land Thieves (See pages 18-20).

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