In Edina, Minnesota, a woman was arrested for allegedly tossing a live tarantula at her renter during a fight. Marisa Simonetti, 30, rented a room to Jackie Vasquez several weeks earlier via a short-term rental website — but claims Vasquez refused to get out when the contract was up. The fight erupted when Simonetti accused Vasquez of being a squatter. Vasquez said Simonetti threw the tarantula and other pieces of junk at her during the dispute. As a side note, Simonetti is planning on running for Hennepin County Commissioner. She says, “I’m good at creatively solving problems, and at the end of the day, I didn’t physically harm anybody.”
* Any politician who can spin the facts that good deserves your vote.
* She throws tarantulas. She’d make a good Bond villain.
* Not-So-Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Lady.
* Good luck finding another renter now that the world knows there’s a tarantula loose in the house.
* On the bright side, the cockroaches are gone.