John Clark6 said:So, if I were in your shoes, here is exactly how I would play this... first off, I’d reach out to the head of the department—maybe the Director of Public Works or whatever specific agency handles municipal services in your city or township—and send them a formal request to stay all collections. You’d want to lay out the whole situation in great detail, backed up by solid evidence. Now, if they ignore you—or, heaven forbid, they give you a response that sticks strictly to the letter of the law—then I’d pivot. I’d lean on the newer provisions within the Administrative Procedure Act and file a formal grievance against the department head, along with a complaint regarding public services—you can find all the specifics in sections 122, 155, 156, 157, and 158 of that Act. Personally, I think you should just jump straight to the second level of appeal immediately, just to force them to actually put something in writing—it’s just good practice, really, since I work as an employee for a certain municipal administration 🙂. From what I've seen, there isn't much point in appealing the actual collection order itself, because you really should have done that either when the initial utility fee was being decided or via the method I just described earlier. Eventually, you might be able to mention in your appeal that you already filed a grievance regarding "this and that," which might give them enough wiggle room to grant your request based on the outcome of that grievance—it’s a way to hopefully get things settled through some sort of mutual understanding.
ps. I truly hope you aren't just looking for excuses to dodge paying your utility fees, because believe me, I've heard it all before 🙂 ps II. Just a side note—the sewage and trash services don't actually fall under the city's direct control, even though they operate under a contract granted by them. PS III. This is just practical advice—the law mandates that you pay these fees. If you just sit there playing dumb and refusing to pay or contest anything, you're basically asking for your appeal to be denied and for the collection process to move forward—which means you'll likely end up losing big time here 🙂. Good luck !!!
Hey, thanks for the reply. While you're at it, could you tell me what actually counts as municipal services under the jurisdiction of the city or township?
It’s a small town where nobody pays their local municipal fees because:
-The streetlights are broken and nobody bothers to change the bulbs. -Public spaces aren't being cleaned at all. -Stormwater drainage hasn't been addressed. -The sewage system was built privately using personal funds (since we're a coastal town, everything just ends up flowing straight into the ocean). -The specific street I’m most concerned about was paved privately on private land using our own money. A rockslide and soil erosion hit that street, and even though we paid to fix it ourselves, the same landslide is still threatening us today. -Trash isn't even collected on our street; we have to carry it half a mile just to get it picked up.
Now, most people are facing liens or collections due to non-payment. The issue isn't that people refuse to pay their fair share, but rather that no one wants to contribute when there is zero investment back into our local infrastructure.
I am wondering what can be done from a legal standpoint to compel the local municipality to resolve these issues. If that isn't an option, how might one contest a lien for unpaid debts regarding services that were never actually rendered?
I've been thinking lately because I have a massive collection of images from my museum archives that don't get accessed very often, and buying more disks is getting expensive and seems a bit unreliable. I'm wondering if it might actually make sense to pick up a tape drive and move everything over to magnetic tape.
Is this even still a thing in practice? Does anyone have any info on whether I can even find a drive and some magnetic tape locally here in the States, or what the read/write speeds and capacities are like these days. I'm pretty much starting from scratch here, so I could use a little guidance.
I suspect it isn't actually anything serious; it’s likely just those damn tiger mosquitoes. They bite you without you even noticing, but by tomorrow, you'll be walking around with something the size of a soccer ball.
That token just generates a number based on an algorithm required for (most likely) logging into your online banking; it isn't some kind of reader, and besides, you’ll need to get some instructions on how to actually use the thing
Back when I was seven months along, I dealt with a right maxillary sinus infection. The headaches were absolutely unbearable. Now, I get hit with the same thing every couple of days, though the intensity is much lower. Back when those pains were at their peak, I used to get this distinct taste and smell of blood, even though there wasn't actually any blood in my saliva.
Boohoo. The guy has one drink and suddenly everyone is calling for a SWAT team.
Under the old laws, a .08 was perfectly fine, and nobody threw a fit back then.
And another thing... He didn't hit anyone or cause any trouble. He just had bad luck and got pulled over.
the same applies here, watch out idiots he didn't have luck? maybe he's lucky because he didn't hit anyone! He doesn't need jail, but he should be held accountable!
And why exactly would he be allowed to do that when others aren't? I suppose one has to wonder why he’s considered so much more special than everyone else.
I suppose you all take it quite lightly, though I wonder if anyone truly considers what happens when someone isn't just caught, but actually ends up behind bars. One might ask whether they’d be any more inclined to avoid drinking and driving after that.
Honestly, he’s more of a threat to everyone else than he is to himself, and that’s exactly why he should be held accountable. As for the rest of it, I don't see why anyone should step in to help him; if he wants a hand, maybe he should try helping himself by staying sober behind the wheel instead of drinking while driving.
It’s all well and good to complain about getting a ticket because you were speeding or whatever, but this? This would only be an issue if they had actually forced him to drink. I suppose you shouldn't go helping him out!
PSMTR, I'm heading in this Monday, and I won't even bother asking if they'll let me swap things around; I'm just going to tell them I need the change made.
I’ve got $200 in damages to sort out, and I somehow end up being bounced from Chase to Wells Fargo, then over to Washingtonian, and finally sent back to Wells Fargo by FIN. It feels like they're just running me in circles at this point. I guess there has to be a way to actually resolve this. This is all happening down in Miami.
lol I haven't even read everything yet, but I can already tell you're skimming what he's asking while acting like you've read it all. You clearly have no idea what he's actually talking about. 🤣