Tony Mendoza & Angie May - Support for Park Ridge Treehouse led to fistfight, neighbors say

 Park Ridge couple say their support for a neighbor's controversial backyard treehouse led to a fistfight — and criminal charges — last week.

Tony Mendoza, 43, who lives on the 900 block of North Western Avenue, admits getting into a physical confrontation with one of his neighbors on the morning of Feb. 24.

Mendoza says the fight began after the man gave him the middle finger while looking at the new, red sign Mendoza and his girlfriend, Angie May, had just put up in their front yard.

The sign reads, "Save the treehouse! A treehouse = family fun. Get a life people!"

The message refers to a large wooden playhouse that was built on top of a tree trunk in the backyard of Mendoza and May's next-door neighbor — a structure that city officials and the Park Ridge Zoning Board of Appeals say is too big, was built without proper permits and must be taken down.

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