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50 year resident Getting Railroaded by Village of Oak Lawn

Has anyone else been hassled by Oak Lawn for violations of their stupid property maintenance ordinances?  Just another way to dig themselves out of their 7 million dollar debt. Well, that money won't come from me. This is the 3rd time in 2 years and the last one only 4 months ago that I have been cited for stupid violations of property maintenance ordinances and I'm quite fed up with the harassment. They have singled me out  and this has gone way too far.  It is pure and simple harassment, nothing else. The only way anyone could see these so-called petty violations would be to trespass and walk into my private property backyard as the only items on the side of my house are my garbage cans, recycling containers and set of rear summer tires for my car that I just put there as I have my snow tires on for the winter with this nasty weather we've been having. . . This is the 3rd time they have hit me with similar citations while others in the neighborhood go untouched. They cited me about my car being parked on the gravel next to my driveway. I've had an antique car parked there before for over 15 years and never been bothered. Now all of a sudden they start to hassle me about it?   They say it's an unapproved surface to park a car on but the village of Oak Lawn still has gravel alleys 3 blocks away from me and there are driveways in town that are gravel too.  One driveway is gravel on the parkway between the curb and street which is village property but yet they have the nerve to hassle and harass me?  What's up with that Oak Lawn?  I moved the car into the garage months ago, now I got another citation for the same thing but no car is even parked there.  I have my pop-up trailer parked on my CONCRETE patio in the back yard, unseen from the street. and that's been parked there every winter since 2009.  Then they are bothering me about some breading ground insect thing. I have no clue what they are talking about there. My grass is cut and covered with 10 inches of snow like everyone else  . Where are there insects in the middle of January in this climate? There's 10 inches of snow back there.  Give me a break Oak Lawn.  This is down right harassment from the village and I am seeking a lawyer to proclaim a future lawsuit of harassment against them. Maybe channel 2 news might want to here about this too Oak Lawn?  What do you think?  Let's show the world how crooked Oak Lawn really is.  How about channel 5, channel 7 and channel 9 news too? Let's not forget Fox News Chicago also. Let's get everyone involved. Let's let everyone know that Oak Lawn is railroading their longtime residents.  I'm disabled with a bad leg and many other ailments and have had two heart attacks and bypass surgery in the past couple years. I've been out of work for the past 4 years and I've been a resident of Oak lawn for over 50 years. My older brother was even an Oak lawn police officer for 20 years.  I've tried to be a law abiding citizen, I really have. I pay taxes like everyone else . What did all this get me?  A big fat nothing. Nothing but grief and harassment from the village of Oak Lawn.  Anyone else being railroaded? Get in touch with me here...  BTW Oak Lawn. You just lost a 50 year resident. I'm moving out the first chance I get, hopefully in the spring when the housing market opens back up. I don't want to live in a crooked town and I don't want to live in this town anymore.  And I'm taking my 5 adult kids and my 12 grandkids with me too...

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