August 18, 200521 yr MIAMI BEACH -- The lights outside Shaquille O'Neal's home on Star Island shine bright -- too bright for his neighbors across Biscayne Bay, news partner NBC 6 reported on Thursday. For weeks, O'Neal's neighbors have asked him to dim the floodlights surrounding his house. "It looks like a train coming through a tunnel and I'm staring at the headlights," Alain Toto said. Neighbors say the floodlights from the Miami Heat star's home are ruining their views. "My problem is I've got this beautiful condo with a great view and I've lost my view thanks to Shaquille O'Neal," Kim Suereth said. "It feels like I'm living across from a baseball stadium and that's not what I paid for. I paid a lot of money for this property." Suereth said he has tried to get the lights put out, but after two visits to the Miami Heat basketball star's house and two letters, Suereth decided to fight fire with fire. "I got a spotlight myself and shined it on him last night and today knocking on my door was code enforcement from the city of Miami and the city of Miami Beach, threatening to cite me and that I would be fined $5,000 if I did it again," Suereth said. NBC 6's Tom Llamas stopped by O'Neal's house to ask him about the lights. "Get away from my house. What do you want?" O'Neal responded through an intercom outside the gate of his home. [ :lol LMAO!!!!!] O'Neal told NBC 6 that Miami Beach code enforcement approved the lights. "Of course, I've been told. If they don't like it, tell them to pull the shades down, OK?" O'Neal said. That response angered O'Neal's neighbors, who said if Miami Beach doesn't fix the problem they would take matters into their own hands. "I'm going to buy the same lights that Shaq has and since they're in code I'll have no problem," Toto said. "I'm going to put them on my balcony we're going to make Star Island light up." Miami code compliance could not be reached Wednesday night, but Suereth said inspectors are coming to his condo Thursday night to see what O'Neal's floodlights look like at night. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/mia...sfla-news-miami
August 18, 200521 yr wow...that's a lot of unintentional comedy for one article. I don't even know where to begin.
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