Non-DIYEFI/City Code Harassment

[John Hess]

If you were, in fact, issued "frivolous" tickets, then you have 
recourse by filing against the city (no guarantees that you will get 
anything, even if you win).  You also have legal recourse to file 
against the little old lady across the street if all you say is true.

Your Constitutional rights, on the other hand end at the point they 
start infringing on others.  I would be of the opinion that your 
making loud noises after 9:00 in the evening is unreasonable and 
would, myself, take legal action if it bothered me greatly.

You may consider it unfortunate;  but, under the form of government we 
enjoy in this country, the majority does rule.  That is the way it was 
intended to work.  The fact that we have so many liberal court rulings 
protecting minority opinions/actions and special interests is 
unfortunate.  Also unfortunate is the plain and simple fact that no 
one seems to care enough to vote.  They just use their rights to 
complain.  If I could have convinced 15% of the eligible voters to 
vote for me in November's elections, I could have won any elected 
office in the country, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENCY!  Think about it.

Sorry for the soapbox folks.  Started in response to a fellow poster 
and got a little carried away.

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From:  Michael Yager[SMTP:yagerm1 at sunyit.edu]
Sent:  Wednesday, February 19, 1997 1:31 PM
To:  diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
Subject:  Re: Non-DIYEFI/City Code Harassment


About 5 years ago when i live home with my dad, I was always working 
on my
car. The old lady across the street started complaining. We figured 
just
ignore her and she'll go away.. WRONG

She filed a 100,000.00 lawsuit against my brother and me (not my dad 
who
has money) in county court saying we lowerd the property value, 
created
noxious fumes and 14 other points. We won the case on a technicality. 
(She
is only a tenent not a properety owner)

After she lost she had a friend of the family (cop) write us 
frizolous
tickets. We spent lots of money and time (months) fighiting these 
tickets
only to have them droped at the last minute before trial. With no 
money
for a real lawyer, we had no recourse. The last tickets for loud noise 
was
finally cleard up last year after 3 years in the courts, attending
frizouls adjounment hearing etc. They even had a city ordinance 
custom
taylored to us and were forbiden by the judge to work on our cars 
after
9pm. Unconstitutional ? No money to fight it

LESSON LEARNED:
Don't take any shit from the start. Hire a lawyer and fight it all.
Find out who mad the complaint and deal with this person directly. If 
you
wait any threats or covert actions will backfire.

PS
Now that we have moved my neighbor is still paying. NO COMMENT : )


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  E. Michael Yager  			   	email: yagerm1 at sunyit.edu

	Two wrongs can make a right when done properly.
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