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To: hdl who wrote (37647)	6/3/2000 4:27:00 PM
From: flatsville	Respond to of 42523

hdl-- Why? They felt the alderman was being unreasonable at the ask. The homeowners would have the expense of clearing the lots (debris, trash, etc...) and fencing the lots. The city would save money by not having to clear or mow for weed control (rarely done and they usually mowed around the trash.) These families were working class and a buck is a buck. A few hundred dollars is small only relatively speaking. (Hell, I thought the aldermen should pay them to have those lots taken off the city's hands and told him so.) I cetainly tried hard to convince my friend to move, but she was a long time resident of the neighborhood and the house originally belonged to her grandmother. The other three families felt the same way. You don't abandoned your neighborhood because it's listing. My offer to move the last civilized outpost was appreciated by them, but the real impetus in getting me involved was to craft a threat that could be made good on. Besides, if the said alderman treated his current constituents so cr@ppy now why would I vote to approve him any Community Block grant dollars for housing and social services? Sometimes the implied threats are the ones best understood. Unfortunately neighborhood level problems often involved Big City level Hard Ball solutions. It was pathetic that I had to threaten that man that way...all over a few hundred dollars per lot...just to get him to do the right thing. But that's the reality of some urban areas. The rules are a mixture of Gang Warfare and Cold War level politics. (Example: Never physically set foot in an alderman's ward or ward office during a primary or general election even if on city business. Only do so if you plan to support that person and their agenda. Otherwise use the phone. Better yet don't call at all until Wednesday. You belong in your home ward office anyway...The other rules were even "stranger.") Thankfully I had a quasi mobbed-up family history on my mother's side so the "rules" made some sense. We're not talking The Sopranos here, but they had their moments.