I agree. Two examples:
1. A client owned several properties, on the same block. A few titled in another name. He did all the management at all the properties. When we went to Settlement, there were multiple tickets recorded against the properties in his name, and none on the properties recorded under a different name. I knew, form showing the places, for sale, that other properties were in worse condition, with sloppier tenants. But clearly, some entity was targeting the better known owner. 2. I received tickets for improper disposal of recycling at my home. We are careful recyclers who also separate out compost and things that can be re-purposed or donated. We even drove out to SW Sanitation to pick up sufficient Square Blue Containers for every property on our block and the block where we have an apartment building. When my husband explained this to the Arbitrator he was willing to waive "penalties" and slash the fines, but I felt it was too much like a game, and since we had already taken time off from work to defend our purses and reputations, I persisted until all charges were removed. Even though we "won" it was a frustrating experience. If tickets can be left on automobiles, with copies for the system, so I don't know why "trash" tickets can't be pushed through mail slots at the moment the "offense" is written up. This scheme of billing 5 months in arrears leaves owners unprepared to make a reasonable defense. Best! Liz Elizabeth Campion PRUDENTIAL, FOX & ROACH REALTORS, LLC 210 W. Rittenhouse Square, Suite 406 Phila, PA 19103 215-790-5653 Desk & Voicemail 215-880-2930 Cell & Emergency 215-546-9781 Shared office Fax campio...@juno,com or [email protected] for Rental questions Link to Photos of available Listings and public, 'social' photos: www.PicasaWeb.google.com/CampionEF To check out all PFR and Multiple Listed Properties and to review CONSUMER NOTICE, link to www.PruFoxRoach.com Your referral is a welcome compliment. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Ann Mayer <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:37: -0400 There is something truly perverse going on. People who are NOT creating messeswith their trash get ticketed. (Like me -- once getting a ticket and fine for having"litter" on my front yard fully SIX MONTHS after the alleged offense.) But, repeatoffenders who regularly pile up heaps of garbage in front of their buildings are apparentlynot being fined, since they do this over and over again. Week after week I find myselfhaving to walk around piles of unsightly garbage mounded up on local sidewalks. I walk to and from work every day in this'hood, taking different routes. On many blocks, the trash is THROWN out, and I meanTHROWN out, in heaping piles. It is not in any containers, it is not bagged. Theloose garbage and trash rolls around, often blocking the sidewalk, and if the day is windy, itflies away and gets spread about. This is interesting, because these are REPEAT offenders. Week after week they arecreating unsightly messes on trash day. This they could not be doing, I think, if ticketswere being given out in any systematic, consistent way. Are the REPEAT offenders bribing the people who give out tickets? I wonder . . . In any case, the tickets are NOT serving the ostensible purpose of keeping the areatidier -- probably because the worst offenders have figured out ways to game thesystem. Ann On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Glenn moyer <[email protected]> wrote: Neighbors, This morning I'm forced to the bureau of administative adjudication aka Dept. of finance to respond to the trash nazis. This time, three or more tickets were written against the same rental property before I received the first notice 5 months late via mail. Once I had tenants who did violate known trash rules, but not the ones being ticketed. I saw previously at municipal court that these bogus tikets are also driving wedges and causing conflicts between tenants and their landlords for no good reason. Those who do not understand that the trash nazis have absolutely no real standards or accountability find themselves trying to fix blame. (I've also heard neighbors express suspicions of each other.) The last poorly written ticket I received indicates trash overflowing without lid. My tenants have an excellent track record of placing their apartment trash in approved bags. They place these approved bags in trash cans at the side of the house. I have seen that on some occasions the top trash bag is visible above the line of the can. My tenant, who I've known for nine years and who has lived in the building for 30 years, places the trash out according to the rules on trash day. He usually sets this top bag to the side of the cans. Are we to assume that trash bags are no longer legal? Why would a legal trashbag on top of the can constitute a violation whena trash bag with no can at all is not a known violation? When dipshit Deputy Commissioner, Carlton Williams, was given the opportunity to explain to our community newspaper, the University City Review, what will cause violations; he responded that it's obvious that trash is on the premises. When I tracked down this dipshit who refuses to answer the phone, he could only repeat the UCD mantra about "cleaner and safer" and tell me that his nazis wanted to educate the community about trash. These trash nazis, whether they are sitting at UCD headquarters waiting for addresses or (as I was recently old) are cruising in city cars writing down addresses, are not following any guidelines! Why can't the citizens receive written guidelines before they discover that anything on ones porch is illegal and what was legal for years is now illegal? Either way the "adjudicator" rules today, I'm going to try to get into the offices where they refuse to answer the phone. I asked before for a written list of approved procedures only to get the standard, "what the fu__ do you want from me." These dimwitted trash nazis who can't write an understandable comment on the bogus ticket have no guidelines for writing this crap. The harm caused to those on fixed incomes, landlord tenant relationships, and population loss is staggering. And recently the local news reported that the city wants to push collections. The poor and elderly are now going to start losing their homes because of these things. This crap is begging for a class action lawsuit before more damage and frustration occurs. Our city council and mayor don't give a damn about this. Ultimately, we will need to take them to court or ths will continue to escalate. I probably have many more tickets to receive in the next five months. Sincerely, Glenn ____________________________________________________________ Be your own boss today! Easy startup businesses. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTEJJtF93K509ySO9C5bizcYA62w6pjEBETFj7fgfNYc0swVOp4kt6/
