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Landlord Advocate
Links to the following pages:
Floyd Ruggles’ Unhappy Experiences with the City of Minneapolis - Landlord forced into bankruptcy after being harassed by Minneapolis housing inspectors directed by a City Council member (1997) 1,012 words
David Sundberg’s Story - House in north Minneapolis condemned by eminent domain and then torn to the ground (1997) 2,630 words
Sam Czaplewski’s Unhappy Experiences with the City of Minneapolis - How city government has abused its power to condemn by eminent domain (1997) 1,672 words
James Wu’s Story - How a religious nonprofit tried to take two apartment buildings from him using Minnesota’s “nuisance law” (1998) 1,514 words
Rey and Pat Mattson’s Story - "A racial-discrimination “lawsuit from hell” (1998) 3,005 words
MPRAC's Early History - From gripe sessions and class-action lawsuits to a media operation specializing in civic protest (1999) 2,696 words
Rampaging Landlords - An example of successful political activism (1999) 4,279 words
Election Blow-out: Property Rights Group's Impact on the 2001 Minneapolis City Elections - better than expected, the bulk of the city's leadership was replaced (2001) 1,095 words
Betty Speaker’s Story - Relentless harassment of an elder homeowner by St. Paul housing inspections (2006) 772 words
How Nancy Osterman lost her home - St. Paul homeowner shaken down by a city housing inspector (2006) 4,114 words
City of St. Paul tries to close down Diva's bar - St. Bernard's church planned to build an assisted-living facility on the site of the bar (2007) 3,767 words
The Watchdog infiltrates St. Paul community meeting led by Council Member Lee Helgen - Some unseemly questions cause the meeting to be abruptly terminated (2007) 1,278 words
See the website at http://www.landlordpolitics.com. It has a complete set of writings on this subject.
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