LETTER: Tolerance of neighbors can make a life a lot easier

From Bill Resman
Litchfield

Several weeks ago there was a complaint about an RV on a neighbor's driveway blocking her view of her neighborhood down to less than 10 percent. She conveniently forgets to mention that close to half her street view is blocked by her own front-thrust garage.
Tuesday's (July 24) Leader described someone upset about a truck-tractor parked in a driveway. Well, big whoop!
I, too, have a truck-tractor commonly parked in a neighbor's driveway about a half-block away. My neighbor across the street often has five cars parked in his front yard. The neighbor next to him has two cats that love to come over and wander through my yard, the prosecuting attorney living a half-block away has a boat in her driveway, and another neighbor who collects and restores classic cars usually has at least four in his driveway.
Do I care? Not a whit! None of these things really harms me in any way, and besides the neighbors put up with my occasionally barking Boston terrier and my somewhat unkempt shrubs. None of us is perfect.
Hey, it's called tolerance, folks!
Now there's a zealot group that wants to ban smoking on county property, including the parks. Inside could be understandable, but outside is simply punishment for actions they don't happen to like. Imagine the uproar over someone having a beer!