You can't even build a snowman......

[BloodEclipse]

You can't even build a snowman without the government getting involved.
How can they call a snowman a "Structure"?
Lets teach the kids that fun is forbidden.

Alaska pulls plug on Snowzilla the giant snowman

10 hours ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Snowzilla is no more. Municipal officials in Anchorage have given a cease-and-desist order to builders of the giant snowman that made appearances the last three years in an east Anchorage neighborhood. The giant snowman was a favorite for photographers and camera crews from Russia and Japan filmed the temporary sculpture. Snowzilla in 2005 rose 16 feet. He had a corncob pipe and a carrot nose and two eyes made out of beer bottles.
He was built in the front yard of the Powers family home and Billy Powers said his children collected snow from neighbors homes to add to the height and breadth.
The snowman was built even higher in succeeding years, but not everybody in the neighborhood liked all the cars and visitors who came to see him.
City officials deemed Snowzilla a public nuisance and safety hazard.
A few weeks ago, code enforcers left red signs at Snowzilla's bottom body ball telling its builders to cease and desist. The city also tacked a public notice on the door of the Powers home.
City officials said the structure increased traffic to the point of endangerment and that the snowman itself was unsafe.
When the notices went up, Snowzilla still didn't have a full torso or head.
"The kids had spent hours and hours of work on it," Billy Powers said Sunday.
Now, Snowzilla is just a big pile of snow rubble. Powers said he doesn't plan to rebuild.

 

[Seancass]

Having this much fun should be illegal. Apparently the allowable fun level just keeps getting lower.

 

[ATF Consumer]

Damn neighbors are just jealous they can't build something that awesome and keep up with the Joneses, or I mean Powers'

 

[JetGirl]

But yet, a city can pile a mountain of snow across from a school pick up/drop off area less than 50 feet from a 4-way stop completely closing off a lane of traffic and blocking all view from the other lane at the stop like in my podunk town.
Nice.

 

[BobM]

Anti fun idiots in Ak!

This story at first made me sad. City code officer slays Snowzilla: Anchorage | adn.com

But then I read:
Revenge of Snowzilla: Anchorage | adn.com

 

[Pami]

Merged the threads since we talked about this last week, but Bob has an update!

 

[BobM]

Merged the threads since we talked about this last week, but Bob has an update!

Cool! You are quick! Sorry I didn't find this thread before I posted.

 

[BloodEclipse]

Nice to see it magically appeared

 

[ATM]

Snowzilla lives!

 

[SavageEagle]

As per the "ressurection" article:

The city got concerned in the first place because of angry complaints from a neighbor last year, who mentioned drunks coming to see the snowman at night and other problems, Fern said.

"***A*** Neighbor..."

"...drunks coming at night..."

Sounds like one person can ruin your freedom because the police were not doing their job. Good job Anchorage!!!