For a while this summer things quieted down quite a bit. I have no idea why (but it was a good thing), and the Mercers even seemed to be [mostly] living within the terms of the mediated agreement we signed in 2001 - that they cheated on constantly for years and finally even stopped pretending in 2004.

Then near the end of August the little Weapons of Mass "Peace and Quiet" Destruction re-appeared and got louder and louder for longer periods of time by the day. Then they were out screaming until almost 8pm for a few days in a row.

Now the full blown high-pitched ear-piercing, bone-jarring, jaw-clenching, blood-curdling, spine-tingling screaming and shrieking and screeching is back with a vengance. They flipped a switch ??? and all we gained over the summer is history. What do they do, point at the children and TELL them to purposely go out and scream their lungs out? Some recend evenings, I think they were louder than they've EVER been.

Jeff and Donna Mercer say they can't keep their children quiet, they say they can't tell their children they can't use the playground after 7pm (per the mediated agreement they signed), they say they can't keep their cat out of my yard (so it doesn't harass my cat) -- but somehow they CAN tell them to scream and shriek on command.

There are so many places for their children to scream and shriek. Guess their favorite places? They have access to the west side of my property (unsafe playground side) and to the south side (street). You guessed it, their swarm of children seem to spend all of their time outside screaming and shrieking either on the playground or on the sidewalk directly in front of my home. Coincidence? I don't believe in coincidences. Their parents are using them to harass me with excessive noise. Sound impossible? Sound paranoid?

Just look around at what has already occurred, and it's easy to see that these "low-class people" are going above and beyond in their efforts to harass me. They've used their friends and the police and the courts and talk radio and television interviews to harass me, so how much of a leap is it for them to use their children too? Their children are just one more weapon in their arsenal - Weapons of Mass "Peace and Quiet" Destruction.

I believe the parents purposely send their children outside when they see me outside or arriving home and encourage them to scream and shriek at the top of their lungs as close to my house as possible. Last year (2004) Donna Mercer told the judge she can't tell her young children what to do and where to play - the Judge told her she could...

Last year (2004) they cried and whined and took an oath and SWORE to the Jefferson County Courts that they and their children were SO AFRAID of me and felt in IMMIMENT DANGER that they needed a restraining order against me. It was granted for a few months -- and then they gave it up in court in exchange to be able to keep their playground "out of their way" for "the sake of the children". (Translation: "for our sake"). They deserve an award for their acting! Harassment by Toxic Neighbors From Hell takes many forms.

What would a parent that was really concerned for the safety of their children do? Maybe keep a careful eye on their children at all times and work to keep their children away from "danger". The Mercers? Their children seem to come outside whenever I'm outside to scream and shriek. Now their 5+ screaming and shrieking children seem to think that screaming and shrieking directly in front of my house is the best place for it. Now where do you think they got that idea from? See Liars or Bad Parents.

Some days their barefoot pre-school son is outside on his tricycle or an electric "Barbie" car riding up and down the sidewalk in front of my house, other houses and across the street. The parents and his brothers and sisters are nowhere to be seen. Are these the actions of a concerned parent or of a negligent parent? Their total lack of visible concern is reprehensible - especially in light of what they told a Jefferson County Judge last year.

Do parents and children that are afraid of a neighbor act this way? No of course not, it's all an act. When it doesn't work to lie and cry to the police and the courts, then they send their swarm out to make as much noise as close as possible to my house until well after 8pm. This is not the first of their hysterical conflicting accusations.

One day they tell everyone I hate children, another day they tell the police "he's videotaping my daughters" (and all the implies), another day they swear in court they are afraid of me, other days they send their children outside to scream and shriek 8' from my bedroom wall or in the street directly in front of my house.

The Mercers are not afraid of me, they are afraid of having to share and teach their children manners and not to scream and shriek all the time. They fear the truth. They fear responsibility.