Don’t you think that people need to be shaken from their denial when they’re doing something ugly? I do. This house is located here in my town. The second story was just added, and rumor has it the owner went to great lengths to get the City to let him put a tile roof on this California Ranch tract house.

Now I like a nice tile roof as much as anybody. I love Spanish and Mediterranean architecture. But this isn’t a Spanish style home. This roof is like putting lipstick and a dress on your cat; it just looks stupid. What poor little moron over at City Hall caved in and let the owner do this?

Yes, I understand the owner is Latino. And I respect his impulse to express himself through the aesthetics of his heritage. And no, I’m not a bigot. People with bad taste come in all flavors, and this is simply bad taste. The roof is nice, the house could be nice, but they don’t go together. And since I live here, I have a right to say Yuck. And I have to wonder who goes around teaching rednecks of all stripes to park on their everfriggin’ lawn.

Anyway, this is the kind of house you put a tile roof on, Hoss.