Editorial

Dear Mr Rodman:

You don’t know us, we are just one of your many neighbors asking you

for a favor. If it takes you awhile to respond, we understand. We know

you are a popular fellow around here.

Why there isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t see people going in

and out of your house.

And the parties.

Oh those parties. They seem to go on and on and on and on.

In fact, that’s the reason we’re writing you this letter.

You see, while we know it might be too much for the Bad Boy of

basketball to suddenly turn good, we wonder, is it too much to ask him to

just turn down the volume?

On behalf of all your neighbors in West Newport, you know, the ones

who have to put up with all the other rented party houses, the parking

nightmares, the drunken teenagers and the summer crowds, we ask you Mr.

Rodman, does the music need to be so loud?

You see our neighbors say they are getting tired of hearing about your

exploits. Tired of reading about you and your wild parties and

naked-lady-airbrushed urban assualt vehicle in the newspaper.

Oh we know, we know, you are West Newport’s most-famous resident. You

have a rowdy reputation to maintain.

But do you have to maintain it in a residential community?

Don’t get us wrong Mr. Rodman, we like having you here. We like living

with celebrities and we respect your right to have a good time. We don’t

even have a problem with a Saturday night party that goes on until, let’s

say, 1 a.m. But when the parties go on in the middle of the week and end

about the time the morning paper is delivered, well, it’s hard to get a

good night’s sleep.

So we’re just asking you to respect our right to peace and quiet.

We recently read in the newspapers that when you pleaded guilty to

those nasty drunk driving charges from earlier this year, that the judge

told you to stay out of trouble.

And we know you don’t want to be in trouble either.

It’s just that last we counted, the Newport Beach police paid your

home a visit more than 100 times, asking you to keep the peace.

So we just have to ask one more time.

Can you keep the peace Mr. Rodman?

Sincerely,

Your neighbors