City Claims 90-Year-Old Man Illegally Operates MY Dumpster Business: WHAT?!
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Published 2023-07-20
They have issued a ticket to the old man, but he is unaware of the situation and has no idea why he received the ticket.
The city officials are trying to push the situation with no concrete municipal code to enforce, but plan to take him to court.
They have no concrete proof that the old man is involved in any illegal activity and were a little too hasty to issue him a citation.
It's been a day! Dealing with the good old fashion government, they always want to make it interesting. Heaven forbid the pick up the phone and handle something civilly.
All Comments (21)
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Every time you drop a dumpster there make a bill out for 1 dollar to your granpa and set it up like you are renting him all the bins lol. And when the city comes you can say yes i am renting him those bins.
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The only time code enforcement does anything is if there is a neighbor complaint; or worse someone that works for the city (manager, mayor, or even one of your competitors).
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The problem is you’re trying to use logic and common sense with government employees.
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Local government, in my experience, is a combination of corruption and incompetence. The victims are always people who don't have a lot of money to fight, and it's sad to see. You never see the rich having to deal with this, there's a reason for that. I do wish more people would stand up and put them in their place - they are supposed to serve the people, not victimize them. I hope this plays out well for you and your family.
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Explain to code enforcement that if they're going to not drop it, that you're going to pay a high school kid to drive street by street and any house that has a business name on the side of a truck or equipment at their home and take a picture. You're then going to file a complaint about every single one.
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"You're not the property owner" Well neither is Grandpa, since y'all got the wrong addresses...
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Just a tip, you can get a lawyer to appear on someone's behalf. This way your grandpa won't have to be there. You as the business owner and operator could hire him to defend on both people's behalf. I don't know the local laws they might prevent this, but if you explain he is elderly and a non English speaker that the court would have to hire a translator for they should except it.
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I experienced something similar to your situation. I took two days off, drove around the entire area covered buy the same municipality. I proceeded to take pictures of all the same situations within those boundaries. 642 to be exact. All similar offenses. Filled the proper papers to force them to investigate all 642 complaints. They either went to work for the next year or dropped the charges. Needless to say they didn't want to work that hard. All begrudgingly was forgiven
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The person complaining has a friend in the city.
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Take that agency to court and make them learn a lesson.
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Yup I’ve got neighbors like that! It’s amazing the lengths people will go to be a thorn in your side over something that isn’t hurting anybody! The best part of living in a small town is that even if you don’t know what your doing, somebody else does!!!🤣
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Sounds more like abuse/harassment of an elderly person by local government. A bonafide complaint would have been made to company named on equipment.
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Some people will always look for a reason to complain. It’s frustrating at times for sure.
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You say that dumpsters are moved in and out frequently. The noise and traffic form moving the dumpsters is probably the reason a neighbor complained.
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Take them to court and sue them for harrassment of an elderly gentleman.
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I hope you talked to the Judge's secretary and she was able to help you rectify this. I have known of things thrown out when someone could just talk 5 minutes to the judge.. You may rent a commercial lot so your dumpsters are all visible from the road. Put up a sign. "Dumpster view brought to you by "inspector gadget" and "alderman whatshisface"...
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To be a bureaucrat you have to have your common sense removed and have I'm only doing my job implanted.
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Never met a politician or city employee that could think for themselves
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Never met a government official or representative.... That is capable of deductive reasoning or thought.... That why they work for the city, county, state, or fed...
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Sounds like competition calling in complaints or an acquittance of a code enforcement person.
