Spoken by a true tenant, probably. We landlords are not in the babysitting business. I have personally convinced a few Mpls Housing inspectors to send the orders for such things as: mowing grass, shovelling sidewalks, picking up garbage, fixing damages caused by the tenant's kids, and other things that are obviously under the "direction and control" of the tenant directly to the tenant. Guess what happens?
I get a call from the tenant who asks why the "man" ie the City, is after them. I tell them to clean up their act or they are gone, and surprise surprise they clean up their act. It changes their behavior and what is great about it, their kids see them maintaning the house and grounds better!! Now I am not the Big Bad landlord picking on them and they become some of my best tenants. I think this concept is called, "being responsible for your own actions". Quite a novel idea here in liberalville, USA. A quick and simple example. You go on vacation and rent a good clean car from Hertz (like my houses - all remodelled and clean). You get pulled over for speeding. Who gets the ticket?? You or Hertz?? Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "steven meldahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Cutting size of the City Council > if you own the property you are the responsible party. > am i missing something? > > jon kelland > > > --- steven meldahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just think that the City should do what we expect > > them to do. In > > other words, don't waste taxpayer money or time. > > Let me give you a > > quick example. > > > > Today I was in criminal court charged with a > > misdemeanor. The crime? A > > tenant who rents a house from me took down the rear > > fence (without my > > permission) so he could work on his car close to the > > house. I was > > charged criminally for this even though my property > > manager sent to the > > housing inspector, Sarah Maxwell, the name and > > phone number of this > > tenant. She refused to send the order directly to > > the tenant and > > instead ticketed me personally. > > > > The Housing Maintenance code says in 5 different > > areas to send the > > orders to the "proper and responsible" party. > > Obviously this is the > > tenant. To make a long story short, after 3 Court > > appearances, at the > > beginning of the trial, I made a motion before the > > judge to dismiss. I > > had to research the ordinances thoroughly and I > > found a technicality to > > beat them. > > The judge dismissed the case. > > > > Here is the bottom line. The City had 3 City > > attorneys and the housing > > inspector there prepared to take me to the woodshed > > for my heinous > > crime. They were prepared to spend a half a day to > > prosecute this case. > > Do you think this is a good way for the City to > > spend its time and > > scarce resources??? > > > > Steve Meldahl > > Jordan (work) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lisa McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Cutting size of the City Council > > > > > > > I guess I'm wondering why we're not hearing about > > cuts in finance, > > > inspections, the Civil Rights Department (a > > totally duplicative > > function > > > that the state currently has),ITS and a shift in > > CDBG from small grant > > > programs to funding certain public service > > functions in targeted > > > neighborhoods (trust me this can be done and has > > been done in the > > past). > > > > > > Why is it the cuts are mostly in fire, police and > > public works (which > > has > > > been cut so much in the last eight years they > > squeak). > > > > > > > > > Is this a political ploy since they think this > > will make citizens > > complain > > > to the state or is it just the easiest cuts to > > make. Also how come > > this > > > administration (which bills itself as throwing the > > doors open at City > > Hall" > > > hasn't had any public hearings on what the > > citizens would like to see > > cut. > > > The School Board has done an excellent job of > > surveying their > > constitutents, > > > on just this point, in their last two budget cuts. > > > > > > Lisa McDonald > > > East Harriet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: [Mpls] Cutting size of the City Council > > > >Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:07:38 EST > > > > > > > >I'll just on this band wagon in a minute. As I > > look at how the City > > is > > > >proposing to meet the challenges of the cuts in > > LGA all I can see is > > "same > > > >old, same old." Threaten to cut police, fire, > > and maybe even remove > > stop > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Tired of spam? 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