Is Yours A Published 'Home Of Shame'?

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A code feud has moved through City Hall and into cyberspace.

A Treasure Coast man started a Web site in hopes his neighbors would start cleaning up their act.

Terri Bainbridge found out from her husband that their house was on a Web site called Port St. Lucie Homes Shame.

"That's when I got very upset. I called everyone on the web page, and nobody knew they were on there," said Bainbridge.

The Bainbridges are one of nine homeowners -- including Mayor Bob Minsky -- who have been singled out on the site for what the site's creator says are Port St. Lucie code violations.

"I've looked in front of my home and I don't see code violations. I honestly don't," said Bainbridge. "If you're repairing your home, how can that be a code violation?"

Hurricane repairs are still ongoing, but according to Joe Edge, the site's creator, Bainbridge's "yard looked like that before the hurricanes."

Edge is on a mission. He wants the city to enforce the codes and if not, he'll keep putting what he considers unkempt and unsightly homes on the site. He will pay $25 for weekly winning nominations.

"The bottom line is, if we don't draw the line somewhere and people don't take care of their property, it affects everybody else's pocketbook," Edge said.

Edge's next-door neighbor is on the site, and she thinks there's an easier answer.

"I wish this all could stop and he could approach me and say 'Hey, this a problem here. This is what we need to correct,'" said Jan Foley. "But he hasn't done that."

"From Jan. 10 until two weeks ago, she never cut her grass," said Edge about Foley. "All of a sudden, it's on the Web site, and it's cleared up."

Bainbridge said it's not that she's on this site. Her house and address are on there, and since they've been on it, her car's been keyed, her daughter's bike's been stolen, and she fears for her safety.

"I'm just scared some lunatic's going to come by and throw something. You don't know," said Bainbridge.

Bainbridge, Foley and other homeowners have hired a lawyer and plan to sue for defamation. They said they just want their homes off the site so they can get back to normal.

Click here to view Edge's site.