Aubrey Butte: Rule-Loving Clothesline Haters.

I have not an online subscription nor the inclination to scan. Here is a summary:

Susie has epiphany one day: Why not let the baking Arizona sun dry my clothes instead of that energy-eating box in the basement? Gosh, I'm a genius!

Watch out for Joan though. She lives in Susie's exclusive Aubrey Butte subdivision. "At first I thought, oh no, her dryer's broken!" Later the grim reality became clear. Such activity "cannot possibly make people think this is a nice neighborhood." Furthermore, clotheslines "bombard the senses." (Joan is an interior designer.)

(What would happen to Joan's senses or people's impressions of her neighborhood if her road were suddenly paved in pressed rat? Don't be silly, only my block is paved in pressed rat.)

So now they are fighting over it. And Susie might have to move. Oh, she signed the no-clothesline agreement and all when she moved in, but she didn't foresee it becoming an issue. Until that really hot day when she saw the Downy commercial.

Front page gossip, Wall St. Journal.