Are you serious? Businessman spends $20,000 to clean eyesore lot in Philly and city threatens legal action?

To me what's ironic as hell is how people are conditioned to believe that entrepreneurs or successful business people are "expected" to "give back" even though they truly shouldn't have to but when one does they get shit on. Embarrassing that this is our culture.

Last Edited by Jericho9 on 09/21/2012 08:56 PM

When shit hits, these fuckers will be on a very special list of mine.

He obviously didn't use the mayor's mafia connected trash disposal company to haul away the crap.

PotHoles in San Diego were so bad, that people started fixxing bad ones by there house, soon afterwards they were threatened with fines if they did not stop.

So true.

This is despicable. Nothing the government does makes sense. They don't solve problems they create them!

Straight to the point. I like it.

So true. This man should be thanked and commended for what he did. He gave back to the community at no expense to the taxpayer while bringing beauty to that neighborhood and making it safer. This really is bizarro world.

Meaning behind bizarro world= "A fictional planet in the DC comics universe."
"In the Bizarro world of "Htrae" ("Earth" spelled backwards), society is ruled by the Bizarro Code which states "Us do opposite of all Earthly things! Us hate beauty! Us love ugliness! Is big crime to make anything perfect on Bizarro World!" In one episode, for example, a salesman is doing a brisk trade selling Bizarro bonds: "Guaranteed to lose money for you". Later, the mayor appoints Bizarro No. 1 to investigate a crime, "Because you are stupider than the entire Bizarro police force put together". This is intended and taken as a great compliment."

Same thing happened to me a few years ago. I bought a crappy proerty for my business and set out to fix it up. I put a nice new fence on the main busy street to give a nice appearance to the front. I was 90% done with it and a code enforcement fuck officer gave me a ticket for putting it up with no permit. (I was replacing the old crappy one)
Anywho, I went to court with my pictures (I had before and afters) When I went up to the judge and handed him my pictures I told him I was trying to make the shithole look better. He looked at me and said are you kidding ?

Case dismissed !!

Thats how bad this eyesore property was.

Great ending!

Great ending!

Great point!

In mob run cities like Philly nothing get's done before Fat Tony gets his piece of the action. This guy is going to learn that lesson the hard way.

They should have called the mayor's mafia connected paving company for a quote first. Fat Tony never likes it when you foul up a good money laundering opportunity for him.

And he should. The days of tucking tails is over. Time to stand.

This is the kind of thing we need happening in our country. Revitalizing our country that is trashed creates jobs. People would be needed to remove the crap and recycling centers would need to be opened and people hired to sort the crap from the recyclable and burn the crap crap cleanly making energy, which would require more people to be hired. The recycled stuff could be sold or reused. That's just 1 way to create jobs, with some thinking, we could come up with hundreds of new ways to create jobs.

i don't know of any big city that's as corrupt and badly managed as philly

the cradle of liberty is now an icon for commies, unions, thugs and goons...ironic

OP look I posted this earlier but anonymous is fighting for this guy:

Thread: Anonymous goes after the City of Philadelphia for going after Businessman who Cleaned up the City with his Own Money

Interesting to say the least. Anonymous is confusing. Where they stand and by whom is I inconsistent. Thanks Philligan!

why don't people in the city stand up for his good deeds to the city assholes

Good question. Maybe they are and we don't hear about it?

I suppose I have a differing opinion from the majority here.

If the guy only cleaned the lot up and the city pitched a fit, I would side with the guy.

However, he decided to not only clean it, but also to build (and place) what he thought was attractive (and oddly enough, something that would be helpful to his newly opening business).

I believe he went too far when he began the construction project for property that he did not even own.

He should have just cleaned up the property and billed the city for the cost. (maybe point out their own city ordinances for property upkeep and maintenance)

If some schmuck decided that they didn't like the shaggy bushes in my front lawn and cut them down (replacing them with what they deemed attractive) there would be legal action on my part.

The guy just went too far.
(Of course, that is just my opinion.)

*Edit:
I am not saying the guy was wrong to act, just that he went to far. The last thing I want to do is discourage people from trying to make their part of the country a "better" place. Just that they think, before they act.

Last Edited by Rabid Wolf on 09/21/2012 09:45 PM

I understand your point and agree in the most part. If it were private property, then no he should not have done anything more than clean the lot up. Since it's owned by the city, it's public property and the city should have kept up with it's responsibilities. There has to be more to the story. Why is the lot so important to the city and why is it so important for it to be a dumping ground? Why won't they sell it to someone? Don't they need money? It's not like it's beach front property.

Actually a good and valid point. However he tried multiple times to get the city to react, comment, etc. but they didn't give a frogs fat ass. Now he makes a decision and the city gets involved??? Complete bullshit. They are LAZY and APATHETIC.

I call it homesteading abandoned property.

They can take it to court, but that does not mean they will win. If they have the money to sue, then they had the money to clean the place and/ or pay him for the services.

More posturing by the anemic politicians. If he had bribed them under the table, probably nothing would have been said.

That IS a great ending.

In Santa Barbara, Ca the local Harley davidson dealer bought a piece of property on the side of the 101 (the famous Pacific Coast Highway). The building, one of the first things you see when you drive into town from the south, was a run down aluminum storage place for an old car collection. Harley came in and completely fixed the place up. Repaired the siding, new paint, a new flagpole with a HUGE American flag. Made the place look classy and alive again, instead of like a rusty old dilapidated storage shed.

Long story short, a wealthy woman who lived across the highway on the beach, was an attorney for SB before she retired and "didn't like motorcycles" so she tried to have the place closed. She said it was a noise nuisance. Harley paid over $100,000 to have a noise assessment test. The shop is closed on Sunday's and Monday's and after a year they found there was no difference in the "noise" from opened to closed days. She persevered and because of her political clout, got the shop closed. Over a dozen people lost their jobs and the city lost untold monies on taxes. just because an old busybody "didn't like motorcycles" and had too much power.

The same thing happened with dogs. All the restaurants and cafe's in town (SB) that had outdoor seating allowed them, without there EVER being even a slight problem. Another RETIRED city attorney went out to breakfast on a Sunday, didn't like dogs, and used their clout to force the city to not allow them in all outdoor eating area's. The eateries are all paying the price because so many people enjoyed bringing their dogs to meet with their friends and sit outside and enjoy a meal.

I'm glad that you were a success in court. Why are we paying so many legal costs for all this frivolous BS? And hurting businesses, jobs and losing taxes in the process.

Seems too many lawsuits are frivolous and too many wealthy folks trying to bend people to their will through the courts.

:karmascafe:

. . . Government breaks your legs; fixes them, and says,
”See, you need me, because i fixed your legs”
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How true!