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Mayor Foster opens another codes case "Illegal Unit" Read below on how Mayor Foster has ignored this for years now!

Do any of you patch readers believe this;

Mr. Bush your the head of codes so, we as citizen are inquiring about the codes case opened at 1742 Burlington Ave N. "Illegal Units" may we have an explanation as to why now????

We as a neighborhood couldn't be happier, however lets just see if the homeless man is dealt with once and for all.

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Please continue to read below, these are the questions the neighbors want answers for.

Hi Don, Yes, in fact we keep an eye on the codes cases the City enforces and the ones they choose not to enforce in our neighborhood. We understand your confusion Don, after 5 years of the City and the City attorneys ignoring us and our pleas for help, why now are they willing to deal with the homeless man C.J. Bradshaw? Good question Don, we have the same questions and confusion as you do. 

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We as a neighborhood have been dealing with this for over 5 years now.

What we've uncovered as neighbors together is the City of St. Petersburg use discretion as a way to enact discrimination; against anyone the City and it's official see fit to bully. After 5 years of the City, covering it up, opening codes case after codes case then closing them saying nothing found at 1742 Burlington Ave N. no homeless man living there. Out right lies, out right falsification of reports, falsified documents and more.

A massive cover up has gone on within the City of St. Petersburg. The Codes Department which is headed by Gary Bush, has been a big part of this ongoing cover up. Mr. Bush has followed orders regarding the homeless man living in an alley in our neighborhood. Mayor Foster, and City Attorney's Mark Winn and John Wolfe have been calling all the shots on this one, so lets ask in this e-mail have the City Attorney's Mark Winn and John Wolfe finally "defined living"? Mr. Wolfe our very own City Attorney used this very excuse when we went to City Council and spoke out about this issue. Since that very day three years ago nothing has been done about the homeless man living illegally in an alley in our neighborhood. 

We talked with other neighbors, and have sent this e-mail to others. 

The neighbors we spoke with had these ideas and possible reasons why Mayor Foster, and the City Attorneys Mark Winn and John Wolfe have decided to address the homeless man allowed to live in a hovel in an alley in our neighborhood for over 5  years... The smell of urine is over whelming.  after 5 years of a man urinating in it, disgusting! Let us not forget the  other homeless men that visit our very own homeless man Mr. C.J. Bradshaw. They also urinate in the alley. Mr. Orgeron and my self have clean up urine, fecal matter, and other disgusting things left in the alley by the homeless men that visit our very own homeless man C.J. Bradshaw... 

We collectively as a neighborhood have come up with some thoughts, questions and reason why the City as a whole is going to start dealing with this very unsavory, very unsafe, and very unsanitary situation or will Mayor Foster after being re-elect, close this codes case too? 

1. Mayor Foster has requested the codes department to opened a case at 1742 Burlington Ave N. "Illegal Unit" so he can save face with any Citizen asking him about it, we're dealing with it Mayor Foster will say. 

2. If so, why is there over 6 Codes Cases for 1742 Burlington Ave N. "Illegal Units" been closed over the last two years, nothing has changed... The homeless man has continue to live in his hovel and pee in our alley. 

3. If Mayor Foster is re-elected {oh, we pray not}, he'll quickly close the codes case "Illegal Units" for 1742 Burlington Ave N...Why would he do anything different then he has been doing. Oh, Mayor Foster wants to be re-elected. 

4. Now is everyone seeing this clearly? 

5. It's all about being re-elected, say it ain't so Bill? 

6.  Is it because a well known Real-estate firm is now putting money into 1750 Burlington Ave N. the old Watkins two story white drug hole of a home? The Homeless man C.J. is practically in that homes back yard also.

Does this mean Mayor Foster will do it for them and not for us? 

7. 14th Amendment say's Fair and Equal, does this sound fair and equal to any of you?

8. Is Mayor Foster a bully? Like some call him? Is Mayor Foster Vindictive?

9. We have 7 no parking signs on our end of 2nd Ave N. while the apartments next door have no parking signs and no rules are enforced on them next door. Think Mayor Foster felt like bulling us? Seems so with 7 no parking signs and none next door. Seems like it, next door can park anywhere and any way they please and the City ignores it, we've been threatened with parking tickets, Mayor Foster sent 11 City Officials then 7 City Officials to intimidate us, yes all over parking on 2nd Ave N. a dead end three point turn. We've been dealing with a commercial vehicle double parked on this portion of 2nd Ave N. and the City and it's official ignore it and allow our exit to be blocked. Retaliation because we spoke out with other neighbors about this, yes, Mayor Foster has come after us time and time again.

10. Now is everyone seeing this more clearly? We hope we've covered most of it.

11. We'd bet the farm that as soon as Mayor Foster is re-elected the Codes Case "Illegal Units" will close shortly there after.

12. Please ask and we'll give you a personal tour of the homeless man in his hovel, you may see other homeless with him, you may see drunkenness, you may hear foul language, you may see something you'd rather not have seen, you may have stepped in something say "Human Waste" Ugggggg! Many neighbors have asked and we've obliged them.

Lucky 13 next!

13. Could it be we've got a big mouth and won't quit talking about the City's cover up of the homeless man and Congressman Rouson's drug deal right here in our very neighborhood?

14. Could it be we've made it our mission to tell everyone we run into and offer up evidence to back up or accusations? of both Congress Man Rouson's drug deal and the homeless man living illegally in our neighborhood?

15. Could it be we've been sending the attached flyer to all those who support Mayor Foster by putting a election sign in their yard or property?

Please feel free to comment or ask for a personal tour, well oblige anyone who ask to visit or see our evidence.

Sincerely,

Cox

P.S. Notice we have 15 and the homeless man C.J. Bradshaw at one point was violating over 15 codes, statues or ordinances. Amazing huh?

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 1:14 PM
To: Cox Furniture
Subject: Open case?

 

Hi Neighbor.

I noticed that there has been a case opened by the city at the Bechtel property that CJ is living just off the alley at. Do you have any details? Is the city finally addressing this dangerous and unsanitary situation that has been basically ignored for years?

Thanks!

D.O.

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