Back Ground Checks

Hi All,

The City of Red Wing was trying to do back ground checks on it's City Counsel candidates and I hear the City of Saint Paul wants to do back ground checks on Rental Property Investors before issuing a rental certificate.

Please click onto the title of this post for more news on this issue.

Saint Paul Racketeering Law Suit #3 continued

172. In comparison to the adverse code enforcement operations conducted against Plaintiffs and other similar private rental property owners, Defendants provided preferential code enforcement treatment to PHA with its owned and managed low income rental properties, which included minimal code enforcement oversight, no adverse threat consequences to PHA as a result of code deficiencies in PHA properties, PHA tenant behavior problems, PHA rental property vacancies, and in other matters similar to private rental property owners.

173. Defendant Dawkins owns at least two properties in the City that have been consistently in a state of disrepair and in serious violation of City Code. Moreover, certain city inspectors own rental properties in the City and these inspectors are recipients of preferential code enforcement treatment even though their properties have multiple code violations.
City and Its Officials and Employees Benefit From Illegal Schemes

174. Gallagher met with Dawkins in Dawkins’ office to discuss code enforcement issues. Gallagher noticed a chart on Dawkins’ wall with a goal to raise $200,000.00 in fees from excessive consumption fines of City property owners. Dawkins explained his goal chart to Gallagher and Collins upon a second visit to his office when he was questioned about the motive and validity of such a chart.

175. As a result of the illegal code enforcement operations and racketeering activity of Dawkins, Magner, and other city officials and employees, Plaintiffs have been forced to sell many of their rental properties (some of them to Allison), as well as the other plaintiffs, brought on by the City’s attempt to circumvent the grandfathering protections due to the placement of properties into condemnation or on the vacant housing list. Plaintiffs and other property owners will be forced to expend tens of thousands of dollars per property in
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bringing the home up to modern code instead of being able to make repairs and then immediately re-renting or selling the home.

176. Defendant City has benefited from these illegal schemes against Plaintiffs and other rental property owners, through fees triggered by the condemnations, vacant building registration, "full code compliance" inspections and certification process, excessive consumption fees, permit fees and other fees. Defendant City also benefited through receipt of grant funds for bringing TRA suits against Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s and other property owners. Magner, Cassidy, Essling, Schiller, Yannarelly, Senty, Singerhouse, Booker, Urmann, Dawkins, Kelly and other officials and employees have also benefited personally in their positions of employment with the City.

177. Following the receipt of the Assessment Notices, Summary Abatement Orders, Correction Orders, Vehicle Abatement Orders, Excessive Consumption Invoices, and others, Gallagher often has called the inspectors and Dawkins to protest the assessment of fees and to explain the false code violations that had led to the assessments. Most of the time, Gallagher is informed by the inspector and Dawkins that if he fails to make the payment, his rental registration will be revoked. In fact, Gallagher and Dadder’s had their rental registration’s revoked on rental properties located at 250 Duke and 551 Michigan. Gallagher was forced to make payment to the City in the amount of $400.00 after Gallagher met with Dawkins in order to keep his rental registration and continue his rental business at 250 Duke and 551 Michigan.

178. Dawkins, Magner and others working for the City targeted Plaintiffs as part of an illegal scheme to hold City landlords responsible for all adverse tenant behavior, including tenant caused damage to rental properties in the City, all in an effort to extort property and other
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rights from landlords to the benefit of the City and to Dawkins, Magner and others personally. Conversely, Defendants do not target PHA for the same type of tenant behavior and damage issues, but instead directly hold tenants of PHA rental properties responsible for their actions.

179. Defendants and other City officials and employees have had knowledge of the existence of these continued fraudulent schemes being operated by NHPI as set forth herein and Defendants and certain other officials and employees encouraged this pattern of illegal code enforcement and racketeering activity to continue within the City on a continuing basis since Kelly placed Dawkins in control of the NHPI department in late 2002.

180. Due to the racketeering activity and illegal and discriminatory code enforcement operations directed against them, Plaintiffs have sustained substantial damages including loss of rental income, profits, and investments in multiple rental buildings. Additionally, Plaintiffs damages include anticipated losses from forced sales of their rental properties, unnecessary repairs, excessive fees and charges, expenditures to protect their interests, payment of attorney's fees, costs and disbursements and other damages. The damages suffered by the Plaintiffs are substantial, ongoing in nature and are increasing daily.
Other Property Owners Subject to Discrimination and Racketeering Activity

181. Frank Steinhauser, Mark Meysembourg, Kelly Brisson, Sandra Harrilal, Bee Vue, Steven Johnson and others, former and current City property owners renting to “protected class” tenants, were subjected during the period 2002 through 2005, to discrimination and racketeering activity similar to what Plaintiff’s experienced, including false allegations of code deficiencies, illegal condemnations and code compliance inspections, City lawsuits, and Paragraph 186 (herein) predicate acts. As a result, they were injured and lost or sold their 40
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rental properties in the City.

NANCY

Wouldn't you want to bring her home to Mom!

HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS SURVEY 2006

Below I have pasted a small part of the 2006 Survey of HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS. Please click onto the title of this post for the complete report. I have also put a permenant link to the survey under my profile to the right of the screen.

HOMELESSNESS
During the past year, requests for emergency shelter increased in the survey cities by an average of 9 percent, with 68 percent of the cities registering an increase. Requests for shelter by homeless families alone increased by 5 percent, with 59 percent of the cities reporting an increase.

An average of 23 percent of the requests for emergency shelter by homeless people overall and 29 percent of the requests by homeless families alone are estimated to have gone unmet during the last year. In 86 percent of the cities, emergency shelters may have to turn away homeless families due to lack of resources; in 77 percent they may also have to turn away other homeless people.

People remain homeless an average of eight months in the survey cities. Thirty-two percent of the cities said that the length of time people were homeless increased during the last year.

In 55 percent of the cities, families may have to break up in order to be sheltered. In 54 percent of the cities families may have to spend their daytime hours outside of the shelter they use at night.

Mental illness and the lack of needed services lead the list of causes of homelessness identified by city officials. Other causes cited, in order of frequency, include lack of affordable housing, substance abuse and the lack of needed services, low-paying jobs, domestic violence, prisoner reentry,
unemployment, and poverty.

Officials estimate that, on average, single men comprise 51 percent of the homeless population,families with children 30 percent, single women 17 percent, and unaccompanied youth 2 percent.

The homeless population is estimated to be 42 percent African-American, 39 percent white, 13 percent Hispanic, 4 percent Native-American and 2 percent Asian. An average of 16 percent of homeless people is considered mentally ill; 26 percent are substance abusers. Thirteen percent are employed; nine percent are veterans.

The average percentage of homeless families headed by single parents in the survey cities is 71 percent; and, on average, children represent 24 percent of the entire population in emergency shelters in the cities. Eighty-seven percent of the survey cities say that there was an increase in homeless children in the emergency shelter system.

Lawsuit Alleges 85 Year Old Man Beaten By Police

Please click onto the title of this post for a disturbing story of alleged police brutality.

YEAR END STORY'S

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Councilman Helgens Redevelopment Agenda

Hi All,

I have conferred with Councilman Helgen and he was not able to comment on Divas lounge. Apparently there is adverse actions being taken. This being in court and all I am assuming he is bound by legalities from making a statement concerning this issue.

However, he was so kind as to share with me his redevelopment agenda. His comments are below. Thank You for the input Councilman Helgen.

Councilman Lee Helgen-

Regarding my redevelopment agenda. I have been focused on revitalizing
the Rice Street Corridor to help foster reinvestment and attract new
businesses. I am also working to address the condition of the housing
stock. Currently, the city has over 800 vacant houses, many of which
are in very poor condition. I have pressed for much more active role
from the city in getting these houses rehabilitated and getting blighted
properties removed.

While I respect property rights, I do believe that property owners have
an obligation to maintain their property and do their part to keep the
city a desirable place for people to live. I think the changes moving
through the process to create a fire certificate of occupancy for rental
properties will help provide a more structured and regular process for
code enforcement.

In the end, if our city is to remain an desirable place to do business,
live and raise a family we must encourage redevelopment along our aging
commercial corridors, and we must improve the overall quality of the
housing stock. For this to be success we must do more to help our
residents get connected to good paying jobs and create a sense of
optimism for the future.

I hope this helps.

Lee Helgen

More On Copper Thefts From Vacant Buildings.

Please click onto the title of this post for more information on the copper thefts from vacant buildings.

Vacant Buildings Copper Stolen

Reprinted here from Saint Paul Issues And Forums

Posted Dec 27, 2006 12:28 pm by Tim Erickson

The following announcement came from the St. Paul Virtual Block Club,
an email list managed by Sergeant Dan Anderson of the St. Paul Police
Department. See below for further information, including information
on how to subscribe.

Tim Erickson
Hamline Midway

- + - + - + - + - + -

FIRE HAZARD ALERT

This alert is being sent to all owners and neighbors of vacant
buildings presently registered with the City of Saint Paul.

In recent weeks, there have been a rash of break-ins into vacant
buildings where the gas lines are stolen for the copper. In several
cases the gas was turned on resulting in huge and very serious gas
leaks. It wasn’t until neighbors began to smell the gas that the
fire department was called. These significant gas leaks can easily
be ignited into a devastating explosion that can not only destroy the
vacant house, but also damage neighboring property as well.

We urge you to immediately do the following:

1. Make sure vacant buildings are completely secure.
Check them regularly and often.
2. Vacant building owners can call Xcel Energy at
651-442-4975 to turn off the gas if you do not
need it. If you turn off the gas be sure to
drain the water to the house to avoid freezing and broken pipes.
3. If a vacant building has been vandalized, notify
the Saint Paul Police by calling 9-1-1.
4. Neighbors should report any suspicious activity at vacant
buildings to the Saint Paul Police by calling 9-1-1.

Your cooperation in this important matter of public safety is
essential, and appreciated. Thank you.

For questions regarding this announcement please contact:

Steve Zaccard, Fire Marshal
Dept. of Fire & Safety Services
100 E. 11th St.
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651-228-6201 Office
651-228-6241 Fax
612-880-5779 Pager

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(info about Virtual Block Club)

ALL SUSPECTS ARE CONSIDERED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN COURT

DO NOT USE THIS LIST TO REPORT A CRIME. If you are the victim of, or
a witness to, a crime you should dial 911 for emergencies or (651)
291-1111 for non-emergencies.

To submit information to the list send an e-mail to: sppd-
vbc ( at ) ci.stpaul.mn.us

To unsubscribe from the list send an e-mail to: sppd-
vbc ( at ) ci.stpaul.mn.us with Unsubscribe in the subject line.

If you have any questions regarding this list please contact me:

Sergeant Dan Anderson
Special Investigations Unit
Saint Paul Police Department
367 Grove St
St Paul, MN 55101
Office 651-266-5686
Fax 651-266-5985
dan.anderson ( at ) ci.stpaul.mn.us
Member: International Association of Law Enforcement Planners

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Minneapolis Schools: Convincing by Convicting

Minneapolis schools: Convincing by convicting
Minneapolis schools are testing a new program that combines health and law to teach teenagers the downside of drinking.

By Emily Kaiser, Star Tribune

Suited-up lawyers, a robed judge and 33 jury members replaced drums, keyboards and music stands in Minneapolis Roosevelt High School's band room.
It was mock trial time. Student lawyers took turns presenting evidence for a case about an underage drunken driver who seriously injured his friend after his father had provided alcohol.

They had one hour to convince the jury that the parents were negligent.

Please click onto the title of this post for the rest of the story.

White Flight Back To The City

Cities regain their residential worth
After years of "white flight" to the suburbs, Minneapolis and St. Paul are leading a nationwide urban comeback.

By David Peterson, Star Tribune
Last update: December 26, 2006 – 8:25 AM

Urban rebound

The gingerbread craftsman
Kathy Arnell didn't have just your typical annoying 45-minute commute from Champlin to Minneapolis. When Arnell, a registered nurse, was on call for 24 hours at a time, sometimes she made the commute twice in one day.

Please click onto the title of this post for the rest of the story.

ACLU Sues Texas Town For Not Renting To Illegals

By the NewsMax.com Staff
For the story behind the story...

Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006 1:39 p.m. EST
ACLU Sues Texas Town for Not Renting to Illegals

Two civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a suburb's new law that outlaws renting to illegal immigrants, alleging the ordinance violates federal law and forces landlords to act as immigration officers.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed the suit on behalf of Farmers Branch residents and landlords.

The law, along with a measure that made English the official language of the city, was passed in November and is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 12.

Please click onto the title of this post for the rest of the story.

Racketeering Lawsuit #3, City Went After These Investors Whole Portfolio

This is vicious and retaliatory stuff here. You can click onto the title of this post for a link to the 3rd. suit in it's entirety. There is also a link to all 3 racketeering suits to the right of the screen below my profile.

Racketeering Activity and Illegal Code Enforcement
Directed Against Plaintiffs Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s
on various other rental properties.

143. Defendants' discriminatory and illegal code enforcement activity against Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s and the other Plaintiffs continues to this day. Code enforcement officers prepared and mailed to Dadder’s written Correction Orders and Summary Abatement
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Orders of their rental properties wherein they made petty, malicious and false statements about claimed code violations; many of the entries in the written Correction Orders issued by the code enforcement officers to Dadder’s were false and calculated to make the Dadder’s properties look bad.
144. Cassidy’s June 20, 2005, Summary Abatement Order cited 643 Watson for piles of dirt and yard waste.
145. Senty’s April 19, 2005, Summary Abatement Order cited 1524 Carroll for the door on the north side of garage.
146. Cassidy’s February 8, 2005, Correction Order cited 624 James for rubbish and household items.
147. Cassidy’s December 16, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 543 Michigan for household items and house and garage numbers.
148. Magner’s December 10, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 250 Duke for a tool box, tires and a couch.
149. Essling’s September 23, 2004, Correction Order cited 974 James for rubble and doors.
150. Cassidy’s September 13, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for carpet and pools.
151. Cassidy’s September 8, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 624 James for plastic and a battery.
152. Cassidy’s August 23, 2004, Correction Order cited 547 Michigan for pools, carpet and a microwave.
153. Yannarelly’s July 29, 2004, Correction Notice citied 1532 Concordia for lack of water service (after the tenant failed to pay the utility bill).
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154. Essling’s July 28, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 624 James for couches, wood, and cardboard.
155. Schiller’s July 21, 2004, Summary Abatement Order citied 974 James for items and tall grass along the alley.
156. Cassidy’s June 28, 2004, Correction Order cited 250 Duke for a couch and storm door, vehicle parked on an unimproved surface, and scrape and paint garage.
157. Yannarelly’s June 25, 2004, Correction Order cited 1500 Concordia for expired plates on a vehicle.
158. Yannarelly’s June 25, 2004, Correction Notice cited 1512 Concordia for peeling paint on siding and expired tabs.
159. Cassidy’s June 17, 2004, Correction Order cited 624 James for a door and railing and birds nesting in the siding.
160. Magner’s June 14, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 643 Watson for items in the rear and side yard area.
161. Senty’s April 28, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 509 Bay for north side basement windows.
162. Schiller’s April 19, 2004, Vehicle Abatement Order cited 551 Michigan for expired tabs on a vehicle.
163. Schiller’s April 19, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 551 Michigan for items around the building.
164. Schiller’s April 19, 2004, Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for items along the alley and under the side steps.
165. Schiller’s April 9, 2003, Correction Notice cited 543 Michigan deteriorated paint and
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deteriorated soffits/fascia.
166. Schiller’s January 23, 2003, Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for items along the building, under the front steps, and under the front porch.
167. Another code enforcement officer’s November 20, 2003, Correction Notice cited 543 Michigan for deteriorating paint and deteriorating soffits and fascia.
168. Due to the volume of false and petty orders issued by Defendants, and due to the behavior and items used by tenants which a landlord cannot control (yard furniture, kiddy pools and birds nesting), Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s attempted but could not keep up with the City’s requirements and therefore incurred many reinspection fees and excessive consumption invoices.
169. Magner, Cassidy, Essling, Schiller, Yannarelly, Senty, Singerhouse, Booker, Urmann and John Doe and Jane Doe, worked together with Kelly and Dawkins against each plaintiff to run them out of town by illegally using legitimate tools in the law and city code to interfere with the Plaintiffs’ business by driving up the cost of doing business for the benefit of the city and other competitors in the low income housing market, including PHA, whom on information and belief, receives beneficial treatment.
170. As a direct result of the constant discrimination and illegal code enforcement treatment and racketeering activity directed at Plaintiffs by said Defendants, all at the direction or with the approval of Dawkins and Kelly, Plaintiffs were injured in their rental business and incurred unnecessary expenses, fees and lost profits and Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s were thereafter forced to sell more than 20 of their real estate investment properties in the City. Other impacted rental property owners were forced to sell properties as well.
171. The illegal actions against Plaintiffs as described above were accomplished to further the
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racketeering activity of Defendants.

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DNA Witness Jolted Dynamic Of Duke Case

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Mortgage Fraud Big Business In Minnesota

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CITY DEFICIT

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Jesse Ventura Below The Belt

Hi Jesse Ventura,

Please click onto the title of this post to see a video of Jesse in almost porno graphic behavior.

Winners Never Quit

And

Quitters Never Win


Bill Dahn

MERRY CHRISTMAS GIFT TO ALL

Please click onto the title of this post for a gift to all, from a member of our Town Hall Meeting. Thank You, this is beautiful folks.

I'm Calling You Out!

I have brought these comments up from the "Ragged Old Flag" post. I have been watching and I see there has been an exchange between the two of you for sometime now. I hope this helps both of you out. :-)

Anonymous #1-In response to this poster below and because I can't hide in my house forever trying to escape the circus that has become known as Christmas. Seeing all the empty-looking shoppers out collecting their hoardes of goodies as gifts for what reason again? This person who posted this a ways down on a different thread has missed the boat and I'm hear to call them on it:

America is a very young country. We have been blessed by our Father in heaven. When we kicked Him out of everything public, His blessings have been diminishing over the years. You are upset and seek defense of a nation of people that seek to destroy not only us but also the nation of Israel, tiny little Israel, Israel that I might add that JFK loved. Israel that is one of our true allies. You may be singing your Christmas carols or holiday songs. You may have decorated you holiday tree and gone shopping many times to buy presents. Do you understand the free gift given by the Almighty. He sent His son to die for us so that we would be saved. Appeasement and goodness that we think we own does not make one saved in His eyes. Because you cry out for justice for a people who do not believe in Him, will not get you any points with Him. He doesn't work that way. "O' Holy Night" is about the birth of the Savior. "Joy To The World" is about His second coming. Do you ever listen to the words of either. So you who think that our American will never suffer, think again. Remember Nazi, Germany, the acts of terrorizm and hatred toward the Jews? So you think that nothing could ever happen in America? You just said yourself that there are well over 1,000,000,000 Muslims, many live right here. Why didn't the good German people try and stop what was going on over 60 years ago? The Muslims will place their faith not with America but with the radicals that brainwash their youth and demonstrate death to America. It is not business as usual. Nothing is as it will ever be again. I have never listened to any government form of propaganda that you propose. I get my information of the truth from not the "good book" as you have stated but from the "Holy Bible". It is the Alpha and Omega, it doesn't lie, it doesn't play favorites, it doesn't change, it keeps it's promises, it doesn't seek to show goodness and it is the word of God. It has the answers for you about the Middle East and about Europe and Israel, Syria, Iraq. Isn't it curious is what you said below. No, I'm just watching to see what will happen next. I've been satisfied with knowing what will happen. With all your purported wisdom and your handle on the world and it's issues, you'd think that you would be devouring God's word. Remember "Blessed is he who reads these words".

Anonymous #2- Anonymous said...
exactly 11:30, what you said, "rest of us will have to live with the revelation of what has been told to us"

While you delve into religious wording, i assume your sentence deals with muslim extremism you mentioned earlier. For a website that is very suspect of the powers that be, why swallow whole what the feds tell you?

Isn't curious that the same people who greatly exaggerated the threat of the Soviet Union in the 1980s are back in power? They lied to us then, why do you not think they are lying to us now?

Furthermore, thanks for proving my point about people living in fear, "Our America is heading for a disaster. It has already struck our morals and seeks to destroy everything that this country was founded on."

Futhermore, your xenophobia is overwhelming. "muslim's are the biggest threat we Americans have." If you truly belive that, that all +1,000,000,000 muslims are threatening America, then the terrorists have already won.

12:03 PM

10:09 AM

Another Business Bites The Dust.

Please click onto the title of this post to read about another business screwed by people who have no concept of individual responsibility.

20% Percent of Subprime Mortgages To Foreclose

20 percent of Subprime Mortgages To Foreclose

Foreclosures of subprime mortgages are expected to rise sharply in coming months, with nearly one in five subprime borrowers at risk, a consumer advocacy group said in a new report.

The Center for Responsible Lending, which is headquartered in Durham, N.C., said late Tuesday that some 2.2 million subprime home loans made in recent years already have failed or will end in foreclosure.

"These foreclosures will cost homeowners as much as $164 billion," the report said.

It also said that more than 19 percent — or nearly one in five — subprime mortgages originated in the past two years will end in foreclosure.

The center developed the projections after studying the default rates on 6 million subprime mortgages written between 1998 and 2004.

Subprime mortgages generally are written for families that have weak or blemished credit histories, and they typically carry higher interest rates than prime mortgages. Foreclosure occurs when a family fails to maintain payments on its mortgage and the lender moves to repossess the property that was used to secure the mortgage.

Mike Fratantoni, senior economist with the Mortgage Bankers Association, a trade group for the real estate finance industry based in Washington, D.C., said that the center's projections appeared "overly pessimistic."

He said that the study used a "very gloomy home price forecast," which assumes borrowers won't be able to sell their homes for enough money to pay off their loans. And, he said, the study "also assumes that borrowers who become delinquent won't be able to refinance or sell."

He noted that many buyers faced with foreclosure work it out, either by coming up with the money to pay the arrears or agreeing to a "workout" with the lender or by selling the house and paying off the mortgage.

The Mortgage Bankers Association most recent foreclosure data indicated that 1.05 percent of mortgage loans were in foreclosure, with the rate jumping to
3.86 percent for subprime mortgages.

The center in its study pointed out that losing a home had a huge financial impact on a family.

"The loss of home equity is significant because, for most families, the value of this ownership is their greatest financial asset," the study said.

It said that the situation was worth watching more closely because an increasing number of the mortgages written in America are in the subprime market.

The study added, "Our data show that cities in California, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Michigan as well as the greater Washington, D.C., area can expect a high rate of subprime foreclosures."

The center called for making sure all borrowers have the means to repay their loans; ensuring that brokers, lenders and appraisers abide by prudent underwriting practices; and setting up programs to help borrowers who are in danger of losing their homes.

© 2006 Associated Press.

The Ragged Old Flag by Johnny Cash

Please click onto the title of this post for some words from the dearly departed Johnny Cash.

Property Rights

Please click onto the title of this post for an interesting perspective on property rights.

Beating an IRS Audit

The IRS decides to audit Ralph, and summons him to the IRS office.
The IRS auditor is not surprised when Ralph shows up with his attorney.
The auditor says, "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no
full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money
gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable."
"I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Ralph. "How about a
demonstration?"
The auditor thinks for a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead."
Ralph says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own
eye."
The auditor thinks a moment and says, "No way! It's a bet."
Ralph removes his glass eye and bites it.
The auditor's jaw drops. Ralph says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand
dollars that I can bite my other eye."
The auditor can tell Ralph isn't blind, so he takes the bet.
Ralph removes his dentures and bites his good eye.
The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand,
with Ralph's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.
"Want to go double or nothing?" Ralph asks. "I'll bet you six thousand
dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that
wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in
between."
The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and
decides there's no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees
again.
Ralph stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he
strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on
other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the desk.
The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major
loss into a huge win.
But Ralph's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.
"Are you okay?" the auditor asks.
"Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Ralph told me he'd
been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty thousand dollars that he
could come in here and piss all over an IRS official's desk and that
you'd be happy about it."

Not Yours To Give by Davey Crocket

Please click onto the title of this post for some wise words from Davey Crocket.

Melvin Carter III Is Running For City Counsel

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At least One Judge Agrees Your Property Should Be Yours

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Monday, December 18, 2006
Vol. 8 No. 250
In Today's Letter:
Comment: At Least One Judge Agrees...
Offshore: Panama Has Come a Long Way
Sovereignty: Price Inflation vs. Money Inflation
At Least One Judge Agrees Your Property Should Remain Yours

Today's comment is by Mark Nestmann, our Wealth Preservation and Tax Consultant and President of The Nestmann Group.

Dear A-Letter Reader,

Over the years, I've been criticized for my skeptical view of the "War on Terror." But my critics have become most vocal when I dared to condemn the President Bush's authority to simply name some person or group as a "terrorist" and confiscate their property based merely on that bald assertion.

I've been called a "terrorist sympathizer," a "traitor" and "an apologist for militant Islam." But now, I'm delighted to report there's at least one courageous federal judge who agrees with me.

In a ruling made public Nov. 28, U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins struck down a major part of Bush's Sept. 24, 2001 order tagging 27 groups and individuals as "specially designated global terrorists." The order gives the president the authority to label groups "terrorists," and to seize their property, without any legal process, and give them no way to challenge the designations.

Judge Collins ruled that the order was too vague and infringed on the right of free association, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Indeed, any person or group could be named a "terrorist" under the President's authority for any reason. Or, as Judge Collins observed, "for no reason."

Judge Collins also concluded that the Executive Order giving the Treasury Secretary the right to designate other persons or groups as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) was unconstitutional. Under the Executive Order, the Treasury Secretary could dub anyone a "terrorist" based only on their association with any of the 27 groups or individuals on the original list. That's because it "contains no definable criteria" for designating individuals and groups as SDGTs, and because it "imposes penalties for mere association."

However, Judge Collins' decision is hardly the end of the systematic dismantling of constitutional protections made in the name of the War on Terror (and in earlier "wars" such as the War on Drugs and the War on Money Laundering). The government will surely appeal this decision, and while the appeal is pending, it is likely to petition to permit seizures of "terrorist property" to continue.

Moreover, as I've pointed out in my blog, the Treasury Department says there is nothing the government can't confiscate once the President declares a national emergency, as President Bush has on numerous occasions to pursue the "War on Terror" (see http://nestmannblog.sovereignsociety.com/2006/10/the_us_says_it_.html ).

Not to mention the shameful laws enacted by the U.S. Congress, such as the Military Commissions Act. That particular act allows the President to throw anyone in prison, including U.S. citizens, without any judicial process whatsoever. So long as you're classified as an "enemy combatant," there's no requirement that a trial via military tribunal, or in civilian courts, ever take place.

Still, Judge Collins (who also was the first magistrate to invalidate any portion of the USA PATRIOT Act) represents an encouraging, albeit small, countertrend in the U.S. judiciary. Judge Collins represents someone willing to stand up to the President, even in the face of overwhelming public support for the War on Terror.

I hope more courageous jurists like Judge Collins step forward. They represent one of the last hopes of rescuing our republic from the scourge of totalitarianism.

MARK NESTMANN, Wealth Preservation and
Tax Consultant on behalf of The Sovereign Society
Phoenix AZ
assetpro@nestmann.com
www.nestmann.com

P.S. Now your property, your assets, and anything else you own can be seized in the name of the War on Terror. Learn how you can legally fight back.

Friday Night Sledding With The Mayor

Please click onto the title of this post if you would like to go sliding with the Mayor.

Suspect Won't Be Home For Christmas

Please click onto the title of this post for a womans plea to get her son out of jail for Christamas.

Merry Christmas

Please click onto to the title of this post for a Merry Christmas sent to us by one of our regulars to our Town Hall meeting here.

Racism, The Future of Black America

Please click onto the title of this post to read an interesting story.

This was posted at Saint Paul Issues and Forums. I'd love to have a debate with you on this subject here Renee.

Posted Dec 20, 2006 11:52 am by Renee Jenson

I know Tim said he did not want anyone to continue this convo any further
but this has really been bugging me the last few days. So if you want to
sanction me for this post or whatever, so be it.

Forwarded from Bob Johnson:

>I jumped to a conclusion and assumed Eric was a bigoted old white guy and I
> >sent him a derogatory statement using the N word.

I just want African American on this list that there are some white people,
me for instance, that would never even think of using such language. EVER!
That kind of language is not in my vocabulary. We don't all talk amongst
ourselves like this.

I will admit to being a privileged white person and I might do stupid arse
things sometimes because of my privileged upbringing, (which I hope people
correct me on) but I would never refer to people of another class, race,
sexual orientation or whatever by a derogatory name.

So please do not send ANY emails (public or private) using any N words-
including nutcase-or any other derogatory words, because I really get ticked
off.

Thank you Bob for apologizing to the list for "disrespecting the civility of
the forum"

Bob-I have to comment on this post by Renee Jensen from SPIF.

Renee, your very statements are condescending to black people. Get a clue. Like they need you defending them. That Rondo Days post at SPIF was a good example of your blind racism. Have the courage to come here and debate this issue instead of taking pot shots at me from a far, thats real chicken shit.

Get The Latest Edition of The Watchdog

Here it is folks, the latest edition of the Watchdog is on the web NOW!

Get the latest news on DIVAS and the coverage of the protest, and more great stories.

There is an added bonus on the front cover of the Watchdog. IT'S A PICTURE OF ME AT THE DIVAS PROTEST!For all of you curious about my idenity.(This mainly applies to SPIFers) I am that Shadowy Figure next to the tree. Bill Dahn is directly to my left.

Please click onto the title of this post for the Watchdog News!

News On Code Enforcement

St. Paul plan would target bad landlords
A new fire inspection proposal in St. Paul would mean more frequent visits to rental properties with violations problems.

By Myron P. Medcalf, Star Tribune

After a fire injured seven people who were living in an over crowded St. Paul apartment in June, city inspectors found more than 30 code violations inside the building.
In response, city officials have proposed a new plan to reward landlords who maintain their residential properties and go after those who don't. Bob Kessler, the city's inspections chief, thinks the new plan could have uncovered those violations and possibly prevented the fire.

Please click onto the title of this post for the rest of the story.

TRADITIONAL VALUES

Pro-Homosexual Democrats To Push Anti-Christian ‘Hate Crime’ Legislation
By Rev. Louis P. Sheldon
Chairman, Traditional Values Coalition

November 14, 2006 - With the Democrats taking control of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives this January, we can expect the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and its pro-homosexual surrogates newly elected to Congress, to begin an aggressive push for passage of a “hate crimes” bill designed to provide federally protected status to the behavior of homosexuality. This hate crimes bill is likely to be a re-engineered version of the old Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (LLEEA). The pro-homosexual, anti-Christian Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is another bill that will be revived as part of the homosexual agenda.

Please click onto the title of this post for the rest of the story.
I'm tellin ya these Dems are wacky.

Feel Disrespected, SHOOT EM!

Three people have been charged in connection with a freeway shooting that critically injured a man; a fourth suspect is at large.

By Tom Ford, Star Tribune
Last update: December 18, 2006 – 11:58

I-94 gunman felt 'disrespected'

Golden Valley crash kills woman in wheelchair

Minneapolis police shoot armed man after chase near apartments

Everson murder: Plea for forgiveness, tears in Carver County courtroom

Family wants safety changes at beach
For more than a week, few clues were offered as to why a 24-year-old man was shot in the head as he drove along Interstate Hwy. 94 in Brooklyn Center the afternoon of Dec. 10.
On Monday, authorities revealed that a man shot Pedro Marcelino Simon in the head because he felt he had been "disrespected:" The victim was shot after he laughed off the gang signs that the man in another car flashed at him, police said.

Please click onto the title of this post for the rest of the story.

My Farwell to SPIF

Please click onto the title of this post for my Farwell Letter to SPIF.

But first read my statements below.


#1 I asked Grace not to post this farwell email I provided her since I have no intentions of ever returning to SPIF, Kelly posted my statements to Saint Paul Issues and Forums with no regards to my request.

#2. Tim Erickson makes assumptions without all the facts just for the sole purpose of discrediting me.

Edemocracy is as I have stated many times in the past, A Democrat Indoctrination Camp.

FIX IT OR LOSE IT!

DIRECTLY FROM THE THROWN OF THE CITY COUNSEL,

Resolution – 06-1138 – Ordering the owner to remove or repair the building(s) at 972 Conway Street within fifteen (15) days from adoption of resolution. (GS 3034437) (Legislative Hearing Officer recommends removing the building within fifteen (15) days with no option for repair.)

Ole Goes Hunting

Subject: Ya no??? Ole from Menysoda???????


Ole went hunting one day in northern Wisconsin and bagged three ducks. He put them in the bed of his pickup truck and was about to drive home when he was confronted by an ornery game warden who didn't like Norskis. The game warden ordered this Norski to show his hunting license, and Ole pulled out a valid Wisconsin hunting license. The game warden looked at the license, then reached over and picked up one of the ducks, sniffed its butt, and said, "This duck ain't from Wisconsin. This is a Minnesota duck. You got a Minnesota huntin' license, boy?" Ole reached into his wallet and produced a Minnesota hunting license. The game warden looked at it, then reached over and grabbed the second duck, sniffed its butt, and said, "This ain't no Minnesota duck. This duck's from Iowa. You got an Iowa license?" Again Ole reached into his wallet and produced an Iowa hunting license. The warden then reached over and picked up the third duck, sniffed its butt, and said, "This ain't no Iowa duck. This here duck's from Nebraska. You got a Nebraska huntin' license?" Once again Ole reached into his wallet and brought out a Nebraska hunting license. The game warden was extremely frustrated at this point, and he yelled at the Norski, "Boy, just where the hell are you from?" With that Ole turned around, dropped his pants, bent over, and said,"Vell, you tell me. You're da expert, by golly!"

The Blogger That Rocked A City! (Tim Ciani)

Tim Ciani asked me to post this.

From: Tim Ciani city_watchman@yahoo.com
To: SPIF stpaul-issues@forums.e-democracy.org
Subject: SPIF City Of St Paul Code Enforcement-- Double Standard?? See Pictures--You Decide!!
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:05:18 +1300 (NZDT)


What is the motive of The City Of St Paul?? What frustrates me is that only a certain group of people are being targeted with exsessive code enforcement. Whe have many City Officials and Un-informed residents that preach about how The City Of St Paul should be cleaned up and support the Vague and Unfair e nforcement. What I found is that many proponents of this process are some of our Biggest Violators!!!!

Click on my photo-site and you will see what I mean:

http://photobucket.com/albums/f91/city_watchman/


This is only the first example with many more to come!! Is The City Of St Paul Corrupt??? Or do City Officials just play by different Rules?? You make the call!!!!!!!!!

I am not doing this to embarass anyone---Rather to open the eye's of our Elected Officials and Un-Informed Residents.

Dave Thune Said "Quote": I would suggest that the problem doesn't lie in the system, it is with some owners who can't seem to get what 99.99% of the rest of the citizens of st paul do: Be respectful of your neighbors and give a care about the people who live in their properties.
Dave Thune likes to be an expert on property issues-- Remember this when you look at the pictures.

Properties Owned By City Councilman Dave Thune:


Property #1---Com mercial/Investment--- @ *** West 7th St, St Paul.

Property #2---Investment/Rental------ @ *** Colborne St, St Paul.

Property #3-- Personal Residence---- @ ** Irvine Park, St Paul.

If you don't belive the pictures, drive by and see for yourself!!!



Thanks!!

Tim

Tim Ciani

More info: http://forums.e-democracy.org/stpaul/contacts/timciani

Going, Going Gone!

Please click onto the title of this post for information on foreclosures in your neighborhood

Vacant Home Blight On The Way

Please click onto the title of this post for a link to a story on the threat of home foreclosures rates increasing to an all time high.

Foreclosures Hit Burbs

Please click onto the title of this post for an interest article on foreclosures in the suburbs.

Quitters Never Win

Bill sent me this

December 17, 2006

Quitters Never Win

We occasionally receive comments expressing strong "difference of opinion" comments sent in by readers of our updates. We expect them and are certainly not troubled by them, especially when they contain constructive criticisms.

However, every now and then someone will send us an exasperating message claiming, "The Constitution is dead."

We just received such a message in response to our article about the pamphlet "Democracy or Republic; Which Is It?" The message ended with the words, "The whole fraudulent system is kept in place by a corrupt judiciary. Good luck telling the troops they live in a Republic."

This "Constitution is dead" message came from one of many who apparently sit in their living rooms moaning and complaining about the state of our affairs of governance, but who remain too afraid or too lazy to get off the sidelines and join the team on the field, or to even cheer the team on from the stands.

Anyone who says the Constitution is dead is a quitter. Those who are committed to the cause of Freedom know well that although it is under attack and suffering abuse, our Constitution guarantees a republican form of government and is not dead.

Couch-bound critics such as the one who sent us this message know full well they have a copy of the Constitution somewhere within their reach. They also consciously choose not to reach for it or ponder the state of our Constitution too deeply because after further reflection, it would be clear that it is not a "corrupt judiciary" that is the root cause of these evils, but rather the person they see in the mirror that has, by simply doing nothing, allowed our Constitution to wither.

After fully grasping that the words of the Constitution manifest the protections of the most precious gifts of our Creator -- Life and Liberty -- and realizing that the Constitution cannot defend itself, our critics are left pondering a most disturbing question: If it is not I who will step forward to fight in defense of the Constitution, is it I who have allowed it, and the Divine gifts it protects, to die?

A tough question, indeed - one that forces each American to grapple with his own character, his priorities in this life, and his commitment to the cause of Liberty.
In the end it's simply reprehensible for citizens to be standing on the sidelines pretending to be Patriots, yelling at those on the field that the game is lost, when in fact the game has just begun.

We know the courts are corrupt. So what if the striped-shirt referees are government agents? That's no excuse for the team to walk off the field or for anyone to encourage the players to do so. The fact that the referees have such a conflict of interest is good to know, for every solution is only as good as the definition of the problem. Their "fixed" game will be exposed and dealt with in due course.

Granted, not everyone has the talent, resources or character needed to engage on the field in this rough and tumble contest for Liberty with so much at stake for both sides. However, it seems to us the duty of every responsible American is to either suit up and get on the field of play or get into the stands and support the home team. Bringing a friend or two to the game wouldn't hurt eithe

Quitters never win. Winners never quit. Let's play ball.

_The line above

Bill ________________________________________________

Christmas Caroling The Homeless

Please click onto the title of this post to see some peoples efforts to help the homeless.
If they really wanted to make a difference they would be caroling City Hall to make changes regarding the City's efforts to run poor folks out of town.

Is Mayor Coleman Doing His Job?

Please click onto the title of this post concerning our Mayors achievements since he took office.

City, County, reaches Out to Somali Teens and Women

Somali immigrant Mohamed Ahmed Ali was walking with friends when a St. Paul police squad car pulled up. Officers hopped out and searched Ali and pals for guns.

"They come down here harassing us, searching us for no reason," said Ali, 24. "It makes me feel like they're just picking on us for no reason."

Bob- Ali, they are enforcing the law! You broke City ordinance WWB (walking while black)

Please click onto the title of this post for the rest of the story...

More Property Owners Being Blamed for Crime!

As Minneapolis gets tough on landlords, some lose licenses, tenants lose homes
Rental properties that aren't up to code are being shut down as the Problem Properties Unit puts the pressure on negligent landlords.

Minneapolis has a message for negligent landlords: Fix up your properties or lose your privilege to rent.
This year, the city has revoked rental licenses from 31 properties owned by eight landlords - up from two revocations last year. Armed with new authority from the City Council, the city's Problem Properties Unit wants to keep up the pressure on landlords who repeatedly fail to bring their properties up to code.

Please click onto the title of this post for the rest of the story.

DIVAS CHRISTMAS PARTY..

Divas Overtime lounge had their Christmas party yesterday. Bill Dahn and I were invited. 2 wonderful ladies joined us for the party. We played Bingo and won a bunch of stuff. All the food you could eat free! I haven't played pool in years and we played for hours.

Deb Johnson is a wonderful charismatic person that just captivates a crowds attention. Deb was calling out the Bingo numbers and throwing in her exciting blend of humour.I have to say Deb makes this bar fun!The bar has been decorated every where with beautiful Christmas stuff.

The patrons were for the most part elderly people from the neighborhood.You know these neighborhood bars are the pulse of the neighborhood. Helgen closes this bar, he seals his fate in the next election!Most of the bars patrons have been regulars for years.

At around 6:30 the elderly people started leaving and younger patrons showed up. The security also came on, IN force! You can't get in this bar with out passing through a metal detector, and ladies, you get your purse searched for guns. It's a very secure place.

I really didn't see the need for the security since even the younger patrons were friendly and respectful. I was at the bar from 3:00 until 11:00. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME!

I have invited Lee Helgen to accompany me to Divas to see for himself what a fun secure place Deb Johnson runs. I pray I hear from him soon.

I don't hear from him I guess we're back to where we started. CRASH & BURN POLITICS.

Sheriffs Fletchers Son Arrested

Sheriff Fletchers son was arrested today for a string of convenient store smash and grab robberies.

This young man has a drug problem. Unfortunately, these issues happen in good families like our Sheriff too. No wonder why the Sheriff is so concerned about the meth problem..

If something effects you personally your more likely to act on it.I know the meth problem in the City will get plenty of attention.

I have family members who have let drugs destroy their life.My sympathy goes out to our Sheriff and his family.

The Ant Story

Here is another great email from one of our regular members to this TOWN HAll meeting. Thought I better share it with everyone.

The ant story

Classic Version:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks he..s a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

Modern Version:
The ant works hard in the withering summer heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he..s a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

CBS, NBC, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

America is stunned by the contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such great wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, ..It..s Not Easy Being Green...

Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front on the ants home where the news stations film the group singing ..We Shall Overcome... Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper..s sake.

Al Gore exclaims in an interview with Peter Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his ..fair share...

Finally, the EEOC drafts the ..Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act.., retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of greenbugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.

Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients. The ant loses the case.

The story ends when we see the grasshopper finishing the last bits of the ant..s food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant..s old house, crumbles around him because he doesn..t maintain it.

The ant has disappeared in the snow.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.

Work Harder millions of grasshoppers are depending on you

Saint Paul Racketeering Law Suit #3, Victims Gallagher, Collins & Dadder's Continued

Racketeering and Illegal Code Enforcement
Directed Against Plaintiffs Gallagher. Collins and Dadder’s on various other rental properties.

1 1 9 .Defendants’ discriminatory and illegal code enforcement activity against Gallagher,Collins and Dadder’s continues to this day. Code enforcement officers prepared and mailedto Dadder’s written Correction Orders and Summary Abatement Orders of their rental properties where in they made petty, malicious and false statements about claimed code violations; many of the entries in the written Correction Orders issued by the code 28 Case Document l-l Filed Page 29 of 57 enforcement officers to Dadder’s were false and calculated to make the Dadder’s properties look bad.
1 2 0 .Cassidy’s June 20, 2005 Summary Abatement Order cited 643 Watson for piles of dirtand yard waste.
1 2 1 .Senty’s April Summary Abatement Order cited 1524 Carroll for the door on thenorth side of garage.
122.Cassidy’s February 8, 2005 Correction Order cited 624 James for rubbish and household items.
1 2 3 .Cassidy’s December 16, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 543 Michigan for household items and house and garage numbers.
1 2 4 .Magner’s December Summary Abatement Order cited 250 Duke for a tool box,tires and a couch.
1 2 5 .Essling’s September Correction Order cited 974 James for rubble and doors.
1 2 6 .Cassidy’s September Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for carpetand pools.
1 2 7 .Cassidy’s September 8, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 624 James for plastic anda battery.
1 2 8 .Cassidy’s August 23, 2004 Correction Order cited 547 Michigan for pools, carpet microwave.
1 2 9 .Yannarelly’s July 29, 2004 Correction Notice 1532 Concordia for lack ofservice (after the tenant failed to pay the utility bill).and a water
1 3 0 .Essling’s July 28, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 624 James for couches, wood,and cardboard.29 Case Document l-l Filed Page 30 of 57
131.Schiller’s July 21, 2004 Summary Abatement Order 974 James for items and tall grass along the alley.
132.Cassidy’s June 28, 2004 Correction Order cited 250 Duke for a couch and storm door,vehicle parked on an unimproved surface, and scrape and paint garage.
1 3 3 .Yannarelly’s June 25, 2004 Correction Order cited 1500 Concordia for expired plates ona vehicle.
1 3 4 .Yannarelly’s June 25, 2004 Correction Notice cited 15 12 Concordia for peeling paint on siding and expired tabs.
1 3 5 .Cassidy’s June 17, 2004 Correction Order cited 624 James for a door and railing and birds nesting in the siding.
136.Magner’s June 14, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 643 Watson for items in the rear and side yard area.
1 3 7 .Senty’s April Summary Abatement Order cited 509 Bay for north side basement windows.
1 3 8 .Schiller’s April 19, 2004 Vehicle Abatement Order cited 551 Michigan for expired tabson a vehicle.
1 3 9 .Schiller’s April 19, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 551 Michigan for items around the building.
140.Schiller’s April 19, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for items alongthe alley and under the side steps.
141.Schiller’s April 9, 2003 Correction Notice cited 543 Michigan deteriorated paint and deteriorated
142.Schiller’s January 23, 2003 Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for items 30 Case Document l-lFiled Page 31 of 57 along the building, under the front steps, and under the front porch.
1 4 3 .A code enforcement officer’s November 20, 2003 Correction Notice cited 543 Michigan for deteriorating paint and deteriorating and fascia.
1 4 4 .Due to the volume of false and petty orders issued by the city, and due to the behavior and items used by tenants which a landlord cannot control (yard furniture, kiddy pools and birds nesting), Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s attempted but could not keep up with theCity’s requirements and therefore incurred many reinspection fees and excessive consumption invoices.
1 4 5 .Magner, Cassidy, Essling, Senty, Urmann and John Doe and JaneDoe, worked together with Kelly and Dawkins against each plaintiff to run them out of townby illegally using legitimate tools in the law and city code to interfere with the Plaintiffs business by driving up the cost of doing business for the benefit of the city and other competitors in the low income housing market, including PHA, whom on information and belief, receives beneficial treatment.
1 4 6 .As a direct result of the constant discrimination and illegal code enforcement treatment and racketeering activity directed at Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s by said Defendants, allat the direction or with the approval of Dawkins and Kelly, Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’swere injured in their rental business and incurred unnecessary expenses, fees and lost profitsand Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s were thereafter forced to sell more than 20 of their realestate investment properties in the City of St. Paul.
147.The illegal actions against Gallagher, Collins, Dadder’s and Allison as described above were accomplished to further the racketeering activity of Defendants.

BB Guns Deadly Weapon

Please click onto the title of this post for a story about BB guns AND THE LAW.

Another Pervert..

Please click onto the title of this post for a police media advisory.

LET'S HELP THE POLICE GET THIS PERVERT OFF THE STREET

Please click onto the title of this post for a link to a unidentified suspect attacking woman.

Saint Paul Racketeering Lawsuit #3, Victims Gallagher, Collins & Dadder's 1595 Van Buren

Document l-l Filed Page 27 of 57 Racketeering Activity and Illegal Code Enforcement Directed Against Plaintiffs Gallagher. Collins and Dadder's on the 1595 Van Buren

1 0 8 .Dadder's purchased 1595 Van Buren in 2003 as a rental property. At the time of 1595 Van Buren was listed and registered as a building with 4 units to be rented.purchase,Gallagher,building.Collins and Dadder's continued the registration and paying taxes on the 4 unit

1 0 9 .In June of 2004, Urmann made a “Re-Inspection of Referral” of the property located at 1595 Van Buren, and then prepared and mailed to Gallagher and Dadder's two Deficiency lists dated June 24, 2004, both of which noted deficiencies to be corrected on or after June and June respectively.

1 1 0 .The deficiency lists contained 3 1 numbered deficiencies. Urmann claimed that one of the units was illegal and could not be rented as a separate unit. Also among the 3 1 deficiencies,Urmann claimed that the unit must have a central fire alarm installed.

1 1 1 .The property located at 1595 Van Buren had been issued an Certificate of Occupancy, as another fire inspector had inspected the same address just months earlier and granted the Certificate with no deficiencies.

1 1 2 .The 1595 Van Buren property has been fined no less than 4 times for reinspection fees.

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Saint Paul Racketeering Lawsuit #3, Victims Gallagher, Collin & Dadder's 467 Maryland

Activity and Illegal Code Enforcement Directed at Plaintiffs Gallagher. Collins and Dadder’s on the 467 Marvland Property

114.Dadder’s purchased 467 Maryland in approximately March of 2005. The units on 27 Case Document l-l Filed Page 28 of 57 Maryland are multi-unit apartment buildings. Upon purchase, the building had a Certificate of Occupancy and had maintained its certificate every two years dating back to the construction of the unit in the 1960’s.

1 1 5 .On March 28, 2005, one of Urmann’s fire inspectors, James Thomas, conducted and inspection of 467 Maryland. Inspector Thomas issued a letter dated March with 10 deficiencies.

116.One of the claimed deficiencies was for a smoke detector to be located outside each sleeping area. The existing placement of the smoke detectors had passed inspection for over thirty years. Upon speaking with Urmann claimed that the new code required a smoke detector in each bedroom. When asked whether or not an older building must comply with the new code, Urmann stated that it did.

117.The property located at 467 Maryland had been issued a Certificate of Occupancy in all prior years.

1 1 8 .As a direct result of said Defendants’ wrongful conduct directed against Gallagher,Collins, and Dadder’s, they have been forced to incur significant expense in time, labor andmaterials in order to comply with the claimed deficiencies.Racketeering and Illegal Code Enforcement Directed Against Plaintiffs Gallagher. Collins and Dadder’son various other rental properties.

Home Price Report

Please click onto the title of this post for a link to a Home Price Report.

Condensed History of The World

I was sent this in an email and I thought it was really neat.

Subject: Condensed History of the World

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals; and
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girliemen.

Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history:

It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it. A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to piss them off. :)

Griffin Garden Row House Project

Please click onto the title of this post for a link to a story on a condo project in Saint Paul.

Senate Fails to Pass Eminent Domain Reform

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Institute for Justice

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December 11, 2006

Senate Fails to Pass Eminent Domain Reform

Thousands Remain Subject To Federally Funded Eminent Domain Abuse

Arlington, Va.-Despite overwhelming nationwide public support and historic bipartisan backing in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate failed to pass the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4128/S. 3873). As a result, thousands of Americans will remain subject to eminent domain abuse supported by federal dollars.

After failing to bring to a vote the reform that would have de-funded eminent domain abuse at the federal level, S. 3873 was “hotlined” last Tuesday [Dec. 5, 2006] in an attempt to pass the legislation before the 109th Congress adjourned last week. (Hotlining is an expedited process that allows congressional leadership to present a bill to the entire chamber for unanimous approval.) However, at least one unknown senator placed an anonymous “hold” on S. 3873, effectively killing the legislation. Eminent domain reform legislation was stalled both in the Senate Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor.

Dana Berliner, a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice, which represented Susette Kelo in her fight against eminent domain abuse and is leading the nationwide effort for eminent domain reform, said, “Historically, the federal government has provided the money to throw hard-working people out of their homes and businesses to make way for private development projects. The Senate had the opportunity to end this abuse, and they blew it.” Under the federal Housing Act of 1949, cities were authorized to use eminent domain to clear “blighted neighborhoods,” and in the process displaced one million people, two-thirds of them African-American.

More than one year ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005” (H.R. 4128) by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 376-38. This bill would counter the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s universally reviled decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which allows state and local governments to use eminent domain to seize property for private development on the mere possibility of increased tax revenue or jobs. H.R. 4128 would discourage this by withdrawing federal economic development funding for two years from any local government that uses eminent domain for economic development. This popular legislation was sponsored in the House by Representatives Sensenbrenner, Conyers, Waters, Bonilla and many others. Reform was championed in the Senate by Senator John Cornyn but became mired in the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than a year. To help push through the reform, Senator James Inhofe introduced an identical bill (S. 3873) to H.R. 4128 on the floor of the Senate in September. That bill languished and failed to pass.

Berliner said, “Throughout the past year, we called on the Senate leaders to make eminent domain reform a priority. We showed them the polling data that demonstrated how much the public hates eminent domain for private use and wants to see it stopped. We set up meetings with homeowners who faced the loss of their homes because of this abuse of government power. But in the end, the Senate never committed to end the abuse of eminent domain using federal money. It’ll now be up to the 110th Congress to provide homeowners with protection.”

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Institute for Justice
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Tax Payers Trees Destroyed

Hi All,

I was driving down Shepard Road yesterday and I observed the majority of young trees that have been planted along the road side are damaged at the base from weed whipping.

Some, will surely die. Others will be susceptible to insects and storms as they grow.

It just seems like a waste of tax payers money to purchase, plant and then destroy these trees.Then there is also the added cost to clean the fallen trees up.

What do you think?

Sex Predators

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Praise Ole Glory!

THE FINAL INSPECTION

The soldier stood and faced God,

Which must always come to pass.

He hoped his shoes were shining,

Just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now, you soldier,

How shall I deal with you?

Have you always turned the other cheek?

To My Church have you been true?"

The soldier squared his shoulders and said,

"No, Lord, I guess I ain't.

Because those of us who carry guns,

Can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays,

And at times my talk was tough.

And sometimes I've been violent,

Because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a penny,

That wasn't mine to keep...

Though I worked a lot of overtime,

When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,

Though at times I shook with fear.

And sometimes, God, forgive me,

I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place,

Among the people here.

They never wanted me around,

Except to calm their fears.

If you've a place for me here, Lord,

It needn't be so grand.

I never expected or had too much,

But if you don't, I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne,

Where the saints had often trod.

As the soldier waited quietly,

For the judgment of his God.

"Step forward now, you soldier,

You've borne your burdens well.

Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,

You've done your time in Hell."

~Author Unknown~

It's the Soldier, not the reporter
who has given us the freedom of the press.

It's the Soldier, not the poet,
who has given us the freedom of speech.

It's the Soldier, not the politicians
that ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

It's the Soldier who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag.

If you care to offer the smallest token of recognition and appreciation for the Military,
please pass this on and pray for our men and women
who have served and are currently serving our country
and pray for those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.

These colors- Red, White & Blue

Kelly Goes To Washington!

Please click onto the title of this post to get a link to a story about ex-mayor Kelly.. Can you believe this guy is in Washington and he is named in 3 Racketeering Lawsuits?

A MESSAGE TO THE CITY COUNSEL

Hi All,

It's December and the end the year. I was reflecting back over the last 12 months since I joined the civil rights movement in Saint Paul, and WOW, what a year it has been.

On every issue we have disseminated our opposers views.

The Property Rights movement has made significant advancements. Our preliminary reports tell us that in large numbers people agree that "buildings should not be held accountable for crime", and that only individuals can be held accountable for their transgressions against society.

And yet it is full steam ahead for the City and its practice of blaming buildings and the owners for other peoples crimes.

I am confused as many of you are that these people in City Hall don't understand the concept of "Individual Responsibility". I bet they practice it in their personal lives. WHY IMPOSE SOMETHING OTHER THAN INDIVIUAL RESPONSIBILITY ON OTHERS?

I'll answer that myself. You people in City Hall are bunch of RACIST! Your objective is to RUN POOR MINORITIES OUT OF TOWN! Destroy the nest get rid of the Critter!

So you wage this year after year assault on affordable housing. Condemning it taking it off the market to be redeveloped into a higher tax base removing it from the affordable housing stock. A CLEAR BLATANT ATTACK ON THE POOR! You all should be ashamed and yet you have perpetuated a lie that up until now people thought you were actually doing something good for the City. Well the cats out of the bag and this story is going to gain momentum as the elections approach.

OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUCK

Please click onto the title of this post for a link to a story about trouble in our public schools.

Police Brutality update

Please click onto the title of this post for an update on the deaf man who was beaten by police.

Northfeild Rowdy Rentals

Please click onto the title of this post to link a story about a rental housing problem in Northfeild.

Senior Citizen Ronald Lydon, Victim of Code Enforcement.

Hi All,

Anyone remember this story Tim Ciani brought to us?

Ronald Lydon age 69 and resident at 856 James avenue of 40 yrs. He has a assessed value on his house of 158,500 with ramsey county tax records. Whats funny is that they have been charging him as res. non-homestead since at least 2004. As far back as I can see. He has claimed he has tried to change the status to homestead to lower his yearly taxes but has had no success.

Ron has had non stop pressure with city inspectors for awhile with no help being offered as should being elderly and living on a fixed income. In March Ron noticed 4 people in his yard. He said one was Lisa Martin code enforcement,Dean Keenen (big intimidating cop Lisa brings around),Amy a prosecuting attorney,and someone else not identified.They were telling him to get rid of this and that. Soon they were to the door of his house and ask can we take a look inside?Ron said with the size of this cop (Dean) he felt pressured and scared. Not long after inside they said he couldn't live in his house of 40 years and he had to move. Confused Ron asked what he was going to do. They responded, "to the Winslow".
They said they would have it all set up for him and all he would have to do is show up at the Winslow.
He showed up at the Winslow and like the 4 said the were waiting for him. The staff was very eager to get him on a lease for April but Ron wanted May or June to tie up lose ends.(Sell house and to absorb the fact he was being kicked out of his own house)The staff said they may be full in those months. Once again Ron being pressured, he signed up for April for the Winslow but he wouldn't move in until May or June.
Nearly 30 days after the lease was signed guess what happens? St.Paul Inspectors put Ron's house on the vacant list, immediately dropping the houses value and making it harder to market because the fact it now needs a code compliance and be brought to todays building standards.They said he was registered at the Winslow and it was vacant.
Ron ended up calling Delisle and got a low ball offer of 112,000.He took it being backed into a corner and because of the continued pressure of inspectors. Remember the house was assessed at 158,500. This was Ron's memories and life savings.
Another thing of interest is the fact that the building the Winslow commons is in received a 37.8% decrease for 2006.Tax records indicate that the market value stayed the same for 2005 and 2006 but 2005 went from 78,901.86 to 49,082 in 2006.How many properties has this happened to in St.Paul and how many property owners would love it? Oh and another thing Ron only pays $130.00 a month and the government pays the rest.Surprise Surprise.Very sell able politically. But Ron lost his home, his memories and his dreams.This is not what he wanted.
Did Ron have the best looking house on the block?No. Did it need repairs,yes. I asked Ron if they would have been offered a reverse mortgage to do repairs payable upon death. He said he would have taken it.The fact is he was kicked out of his house and forced into a government backed Winslow commons.He sits on a triple lot that could generate much more money than Ron can match.The city wants new blood.
The day I talked to Ron he received a letter once again from the city.This time pressuring him and Delisle to tear down the garage before on or before 6-26-06 or the city will.Ron closes on 6-21-06 but what scares me is the fact Delisle might back out of the sale because of this expense and pressure.
To bad for Ron. I'm human and I feel for him.When I look at Ron he's like my grandpa,yours or anyone else's.But what the city sees in Ron is dollar signs.
This is happening over and over in St.Paul and the general public needs to hear these stories.Give Ron a call on his cell at 651-260-8667.He has more information then I can write here.Thanks Jason.

sincerly,

very concerned what St.Paul is doing.

Are City Officials Racist?

Please click onto the title of this post for a story on City contracting and racial disparities.

4th. Racketeering Lawsuit Coming!

There is a fourth Racketeering lawsuit in the works against the City of Saint Paul concerning rental property investors and the protected class of people they rent to.

There will be some changes in the 4th suit. The Mayor and City Counsel will be named as defendants. There is even some consideration in naming individuals from neighborhood committees.

These suits are predicted to cost the City over ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS! Tax payers money. Poor governing has gotten us tax payers into a big mess.

Saint Paul Racketeering Lawsuit #3 Continued, 1524 Carroll

100 .In March of 2005, Enforcement Officer Senty, supervised by Dawkins, commenced the illegal harassment against Dadder’s (and therefore Allison, who purchased the unit from 24 Case Document l-lFiled Page 25 of 57Dadder’s) by posting a “Vacant Building” sign on the occupied property located at 1524 Carroll. This property was in fact occupied by tenants. Senty ignored the obvious occupancy of the home and posted the home as vacant. Because of the Vacant Building posting and order prohibiting occupancy of the home, Dadder’s was forced to move the tenant to a different rental property and Allison has been forced to leave the unit empty.

1 0 1 .Gallagher spoke with Senty and also met with Dawkins on April 1, 2005 to inquire why Senty had posted the home. Gallagher informed Senty that the home was in fact occupied bytenants and that the posting was wrong. Gallagher had copies of a signed lease and bank deposit slips for paid rent. Senty responded by stating that he could get affidavits from the neighbors that the property had been empty for six months.

1 0 2 .Gallagher was forced to tile an appeal of Senty’s vacant building posting on Allison’srental unit (although 1524 Carroll was sold to Allison, Gallagher continued to receivethe paperwork from the City) through the City Council legislative hearing process. After waiting for several weeks for the decision of the legislative hearing officer (during whichtime the property remained empty), the legislative hearing officer refused to overturn thevacant posting on appeal because the Section 8 lease which Gallagher produced expired inJanuary. However, the tenant remained in the building until approximately February of 2005, and Gallagher moved the tenant to another rental property as the sale to Allison took place on February

103.Many of the claimed code deficiencies at the 1524 Carroll rental property are due tothe tenant’s behavior. For example, the property has been cited on more than one occasion because the tenant leaves the service door to the garage open.

1 0 4 .Magner prepared and mailed a Vacant Building Registration Fee Warning Letter dated2 5Case Document l-lFiled Page 26 of 57May 4, 2005 to Dadder’s (at their former address in St. Paul) requiring $250.00 for administrative costs or the owners will be subject to a criminal Summons and Complaint.Even though there were tenants in the unit, signed leases and bank deposit slips showing rent payments, Dawkins, Magner, Senty and others used the vacant building procedure as leverage against Gallagher, Collins, Dadder’s and Allison to illegally remove the grand fathering protections of their older building under Minnesota law and to force them into having code compliance inspection and certification process on the Carroll property.

1 0 5 .Dawkins, Magner, Senty and others working for the City targeted both Dadder’s and Allison (the prior and current owner of the Carroll rental property) as part ofillegal scheme to hold landlords responsible for all adverse tenant behavior, including tenant caused damage to rental properties in the City, all in an effort to extort property andother rights from landlords to the benefit of the City and to Dawkins, Magner and others personally.

1 0 6 .Additionally, by illegally removing the grand fathering protections of older City homes and buildings and demanding full “Code Compliance Inspections and Certificates” before allowing the re-rental of the targeted properties, or by declaring a property as vacant,Defendants ensured that the targeted property owners would not be able to afford to rent onceagain to the low income minority tenants in the properties targeted.

1 0 7 .The Carroll rental property owned now my Allison is currently registered as avacant building site. As a direct result of said Defendants’ wrongful conduct directed against Gallagher, Collins, Dadder’s and Allison, they have sustained damages the loss of rent afterMarch 2005.26

Saint Paul Police Brutality

Hi All,

Please click onto the title of this post for a link to a story of the police brutalizing a deaf man.

Type the following link in a search and get more information concerning this issue from deaf people.

http://www.ridorlive.com/?p=2049#comments

Saint Paul Racketeering Law Suit #3 Victims, Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s on the 643 Watson Property

Racketeering and Illegal Code Enforcement Directed Against Plaintiffs Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s on the 643 Watson Property

92. Dadder’s Enterprises, LLC purchased 643 Watson in January 2003. Dadder’s proceeded with the rehabilitation of the property by obtaining a building permit and posting a performance deposit on March 2 1, 2003. Dadder’s filed a Vacant Building Registration Form on May 13, 2003, and informed James Seeger, Code Compliance Inspector, via letterdated September 23, 2003, that Dadder’s had completed their repairs. Dadder’s spent approximately rehabilitating 643 Watson, including a new roof, new cedar siding,trash removal, new sheetrock, new paint, new electrical, new fixtures, new doors, new cabinets, new appliances and refinished hardwood floors, there by completing all tasks itemized in the prior owner’s inspection report from 2001.

93. On October 23, 2003, a Certificate of Rental Dwelling Registration for 643 Watson was issued to Thomas J. Gallagher by Maynard Vinge, Code Enforcement Programs Supervisor. Case 0:05-cv-01348-MJD-JGLDocument l-l Filed 0710612005 Page 23 of 57On January 21, 2004, Gallagher was sent and paid for a Rental Registration Renewal for 643 Watson.

94. In April 2004, Gallagher discovered that employees of the city were contacting his tenants informing them of the City’s interest in suing Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s for housing tenants in a condemned building. On April 9, 2004, a Correction Notice was issued by Defendant Magner for illegal occupancy of a Registered Vacant Building (after the city issued and collected funds for a Certificate of Rental Dwelling Registration dated October 23, 2003) and for lack of proper ground cover and for the removal of all concrete ruble,brush, wood, piles of dirt or rubble. The April 9, 2004, Correction Notice was prepared by Magner and was attached as Exhibit to the Verified Tenant Remedies Action (“TRA Complaint.

95. On or about April Dawkins directed the commencement of a TRA suit on Dadder’s rental property located at 643 Watson. Dawkins was assisted by Magner and AttorneyDolan. In the Verified Tenant Remedies Action Complaint dated April 29, 2004, Dawkins verified that the allegations of the Complaint were true and accurate. Dawkins claimed in Paragraph No.6 that the code violations had not yet been remedied. This was false as the entire property had been renovated and the 2001 inspection report completed before the City commenced the TRA action. Gallagher was informed that although the property had been completely renovated, it would not be removed from the condemned and vacant housing list because the prior owner did not pull permits for the work done before Dadder’s purchased the building. Gallagher was forced to incur expenses to tear down and rebuild already new sheetrock, and to incur expenses on city permits and city inspections for work done by theprior owner of the building. 23Case Document l-lFiled Page 24 of 5796.

The tenant in the lower level of 643 Watson did not joint the TRA, and the tenant in the upper unit repeatedly informed Mr. Gallagher, and informed counsel at the hearing, that she did not want to join the action, nor did she want to be removed from her newly remodeled rental unit. Dadder’s was forced to retain an attorney to protect their interests in Ramsey County District Court during the period of April 2004 through May 2004.

97. In connection with the alleged violations at 643 Watson, a prior Correction Notice dated November was issued to Collins for illegal occupancy of a building (again, after the issuance of a Certificate of Rental Dwelling Registration dated October 23, followed by a citation dated December 17, 2003 and a warrant for his arrest. Part of the settlement of the TRA was a fine, removal of warrant and an Agreement to Suspend Prosecution against Collins.

98. As a direct result of the discriminatory and illegal code enforcement actions by Magner,Dawkins and the City directed against Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s, they lost revenue and rental income and incurred expenses to pay for permits, inspections, repairs and other expenses.

"The Budweiser Story"

(NOTICE "this story has been debunked". See the information in the comment section of this post.There is many stories like this one that are true. When I have a slow period from our main objectives at the blog I will post them. I seek not to spread bigotry, I like many, many, other Americans want to know why more Muslims aren't speaking out against the terrorist.)I STILL LIKE THE STORY!

I want to thank a regular reader for sending me this story-

How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those who died on the
11th of September, 2001...

Thought you might like to know what happened in a little town
north of Bakersfield, California. After you finish reading this,
please forward this story on to others so that our nation and
people around the world will know about those who laughed when
they found out about the tragic events in New York, Pennsylvania,
and the Pentagon.

On September 11th, a Budweiser employee was making a delivery to a
convenience store in a California town named McFarland. He knew
of the tragedy that had occurred in New York when he entered the
business to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping
and hollering to show their approval and support of
this treacherous attack. The Budweiser employee went to his
truck, called his boss and told him of the very upsetting event!
He didn't feel he could be in that store with those horrible
people. His boss asked him, "Do you think you could go in there
long enough to pull every Budweiser product and item our beverage
company sells there? We'll never deliver to them again."

The employee walked in, proceeded to pull every single product
his beverage company provided and left with an incredible grin on
his face. He told them never to bother to call for a delivery
again. Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice for that
community. Just letting you know how Kern County handled this
situation.

And Now The Rest Of The Story:

It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man are neighbors. Bud
called Pepsi and told him. Pepsi called his boss who told him to
pull all Pepsi products as well!!! That would include Frito Lay,
etc. Furthermore, word spread and all vendors followed suit! At
last report, the store was closed indefinitely.

Good old American Passive-Aggressive A$$ Whoopin! Pass this
along, America needs to know that we're all working together!

If you can read this...Thank a teacher...

If you are reading it in English.... THANK A SOLDIER!!!

God Bless America !!

If you do not send this you have no soul !!!!

I`VE BEEN AROUND, AND I`VE NOTICED THAT,THE WALKING`S EASY WHEN
THE ROAD IS FLAT. THE GOOD LORD GAVE US MOUNTAINS SO WE COULD
LEARN HOW TO CLIMB!

Faces of Crime...

Please click onto the title of this post for some interesting information.

Property Rights

Please click onto the title of this post for a link to an interesting article on Property Rights.