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Winnie Cobb of the Patrol has had consistently good results from the City folks in charge of street lights, signs, and potholes. Then she found a real jewel in Michael A. Treger, an Environmental Inspector in the Housing & Neighborhood Preservation Bureau of the Department of Community Development.
Treger's beat was weeds, trash, and abandoned cars. See the Weed Code pages for the applicable ordinances. If the problem is the structure itself, the issue goes to Codes Enforcement a much less fortunate place.
Capt. Winnie had established a good working relationship with Mr. Treger: She found the problems, he cited them. When the police were slow towing the abandoned cars at 1603 Claremont, Winnie got the attention of the Police tow lot folks. It was good deal while it lasted.
Unfortunately, Mr. Treger took another job in early 1999. His replacement, Mr. Krieger (phonetic spelling) is not such a happy story. When Capt. Winnie called him in the last week of May, 1999 to build a new relationship he interrupted to ask, "What is it you want, Ma'am?" Winnie told him she wanted to follow up on her earlier complaint about the deteriorating condition of 1320 Avondale. He then said he was "too busy" to talk about it, and would call her back on Monday. Monday was Memorial Day.
There is no reason to put up with that kind of behavior. Here is John's Freedom of Information Act request in respones.
Stay tuned.
Last updated 02/24/02
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