[Vision2020] And Now for Something Just a Tad Peculiar

[Tom Hansen]

Man has a mountain of sand delivered and hangs womens' underwear outside
his home . . . and then it gets weird.

Courtesy of WFTV (Orlando, Florida) at:

http://www.wftv.com/news/22757057/detail.html

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Underwear, Mountain Of Sand Angers Neighbors

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A home in Volusia County is sparking outrage
Friday. A homeowner has strung up women's underwear and built mountains of
sand in the back and neighbors are desperate for help.

The house is located near Daytona Beach Shores on Venetian Way (see map).
It turns out the homeowner has done it before in other states.

The owner is a minor celebrity of sorts in other cities. The homeowner,
Robert Hodges, calls himself “Prince Mongo.” His home has women’s
underwear hanging outside on a clothesline.

On his website, Hodges claims to be from the planet Zambodia and is 333
years old. Hodges says he is here to save the world, but he's ruining his
neighbor’s world.

"I am really, really angered by it at this point," neighbor Pam Lucas.

Hodges’s neighbors said they really don’t want to draw more attention to
him for fear of what he'll do next.

Hodges didn't have a permit for his deck last year and Volusia County
found out. That's when the Prince Mongo began painting his home bright
colors, including witch illustrations directed toward a neighbor.

In late January, a mountain of sand was delivered and then the underwear
started flying. Neighbors said the display grows almost weekly.

"When you consider this is your home, you would want something more stable
and this would seem to be a very unsafe situation," Lucas said.

WFTV discovered it isn't Hodges’s first redecorating job. He's owned homes
in Ft. Lauderdale and Memphis, Tennessee, where he's run for mayor with
bizarre campaign platform speeches.

"I have a spaceship coming that’s going to carry 333 spirits, 333,000
spirits from earth," Hodges stated.

He has enough money to fight code violations in court, even going to jail
and letting battles drag on for months. Hodges has at least seven
violations on his Volusia County home, but has not had a code board
hearing yet and the county said he may still have ample time before fines
start to add up.

WFTV tried to find Hodges, but neighbors said he's gone for several days
at a time.

Hodges may know what is against code and what is not. The underwear counts
as a clothesline, which is not against code. Same with the paint, which
the county doesn't have a rule for.

It isn't the first case WFTV covered where someone has trashed a home. In
Seminole County, a man was convicted of felony littering for the mess he
had in his yard. Alan Davis claimed it was art. He once even mocked
authorities with a giant statue of a rear end in his front yard.

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Seeya round twon, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown