Poor Party People
Our coveted Asshole of the Week award goes to the Kerrisdale couple that lost their appeal of a $2,800 fine for violating Vancouver's noise bylaw during a 50th birthday party. These two high-flyers were charged by police after their $100,000 birthday party (yes...that's ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS!) was busted for noise after the celebration went long into the night and kept the neighbours awake. One neighbour said his children were begging him to do something and one child, with a terminal illness, said it was a couple of days before he 'recovered' from the noise. Uh...right. It sounds like the usual crap from whining neighbours that didn't receive an invitation to the soiree and don't have parties of their own. Don't get me wrong...I feel for the neighbours having to…