Code Enforcement

The city looks at violating constitutional property rights as ‘Community Service’

l3wis February 6, 2013 19Comments

And if that part didn’t make you die laughing, consider the first bullet point. Turning your neighbors into narcs. I wonder if they will be handing out free armbands for their ‘neighborhood volunteer code enforcement agents’

They seem to be a bit confused. Community service are things like snow removal, police protection, street repair, etc., etc. Harassing citizens because you don’t like the way their flower pots look and fining them isn’t exactly ‘community service’.

What planet are these people from? Geesh!

Code Enforcement Sioux Falls

Who the heck is the SF Trailer Patrol?

l3wis January 20, 2013 2Comments

A South DaCola foot soldier sent this to me:

This e-mail was forwarded to me just now. My brother’s customer received this yesterday and the offending trailer went home this morning.Â This trailer license was traced to —‘s company. Someone with DMV access?

——– Original message ——–
From: John Swen <siouxfallspatrol@hotmail.com>
Date:
To: ———
Subject: Trailer

Hello,

I was just wondering if your are aware that a trailer registered to your company has been sitting in a residential driveway on ——-th St. in Sioux Falls, SD for over a month now? Do you not own any commercial property that it can be stored on instead of it being an eyesore to this neighborhood?

Is someone with the city’s code enforcement office acting outside of work on their own, and using a fake name? I’m just curious, not speculating – who has access to DMV records besides government employees? Can I do a search of a license plates online myself?

Code Enforcement Sioux Falls

siouxfallsclassaction.com

l3wis December 9, 2012 13Comments

I found this site the other day, forgot about this guy.

siouxfallsclassaction.com

Reminds me of the recent BS one of my friends has been going through with the city. They asked me to be a witness to the Gestapo the other day and I have seen documents and heard voice mails.

This shit is real & troubling.

Without going into detail, my question is this; How can you sue someone for something they corrected, and furthermore, expect them to pay the city in the form of a fine, when the offense (if not corrected) only harms the property owner, not the city? Still baffled by these asspipes.

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The hypocrisy of SF city government transparency

l3wis July 8, 2012 16Comments

Apparently it is perfectly fine to display the names of PRIVATE CITIZENS on the city council agenda who didn’t take care of CITY PROPERTY. But knowing the companies that are bidding on the naming rights of the Events Center, and who is bidding on the construction of the EC project needs to be a secret?!

I recommend that any citizen who received fines, to show up and protest them.

Code Enforcement

Think Code Enforcement is bad in Sioux Falls?

l3wis March 4, 2012 16Comments

This code enforcement story will make you cringe;

David Englett of Crowley, Texas is being charged after he didn’t pay a series of Arlington city fines for, among other things, not mowing the lawn of a home he had already lost to foreclosure.

Yup, you heard right. A home he doesn’t own. WOW!

It reminds me a bit of the Dan Daily case, when they couldn’t make the concrete pad infraction stick, the city made up other infractions. I think all of the code enforcement officers need to take an extended break at the Skate Park.

I had to laugh at Patrick Lalley’s column the other day in the Non-Free online Newspaper complaining about tree trimming. Funny how 1) I brought to attention the insanity of Project TRIM a few years back 2) He thinks snowgates are silly, but he is tired of the city harassing him about tree trimming. Sorry, Pat, but they are in the same category. City services, that’s what we pay taxes for. They own the trees, they should trim them. They also own the ends of our driveways, they should clean them.

The city looks at violating constitutional property rights as ‘Community Service’

Who the heck is the SF Trailer Patrol?

siouxfallsclassaction.com

The hypocrisy of SF city government transparency

Think Code Enforcement is bad in Sioux Falls?

You Missed

The more things change, the more they stay the same

UPDATE II: Sioux Falls City Councilor could be facing ethics violations after tonight’s vote on Tre Ministries project

UPDATE: City Council Agenda (Dec 2-3)

Seems we are a we bit behind on snow plowing