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In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
newgatedenizen
()
Date: March 30, 2014 02:46PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-news/in-fairfax-housing-code-complaints-stir-up-tensions-as-some-immigrants-feel-targeted/2014/03/29/88e6dc96-b5e1-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html
Increased vigilance in Fairfax County over housing-code violations is stirring uneasy tension in some neighborhoods where residents — often recently arrived immigrants — are crowding into single-family houses or running unlicensed businesses from their back yards.
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About two-thirds of the complaints end with a finding of a code violation.
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Mohammed J. Abdlazez was less charitable about the eight inspections conducted at his house since 2009. County officials were called about the used-car business that Abdlazez, an immigrant from Jordan, conducts from his front yard. He openly admits the business is unlicensed, but he does not understand what the fuss is about.
Increased vigilance in Fairfax County over housing-code violations is stirring uneasy tension in some neighborhoods where residents — often recently arrived immigrants — are crowding into single-family houses or running unlicensed businesses from their back yards.
...
About two-thirds of the complaints end with a finding of a code violation.
...
Mohammed J. Abdlazez was less charitable about the eight inspections conducted at his house since 2009. County officials were called about the used-car business that Abdlazez, an immigrant from Jordan, conducts from his front yard. He openly admits the business is unlicensed, but he does not understand what the fuss is about.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Section 8 Sharon B.
()
Date: March 30, 2014 02:54PM
This is an outrage! Immigrants should NOT have to follow our laws. We must respect their culture and allow them to dictate whatever they want! Laws are meant only to harass taxpaying citizens!
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
McHacienda
()
Date: March 30, 2014 03:14PM
We're about 2 years away from seeing chickens and goats in the front yards of McMansions throughout the county.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
JMTMV
()
Date: March 30, 2014 03:37PM
A message to new "immigrants"...This is the United States, deal with it or get out.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Stabitha
()
Date: March 30, 2014 03:39PM
newgatedenizen Wrote:
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> He openly
> admits the business is unlicensed, but he
> does not understand what the fuss is about.
That pretty much sums up "celebrate the diversity" which is liberal code for let the illegal fucks do whatever they want as long as they vote democratic.
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> He openly
> admits the business is unlicensed, but he
> does not understand what the fuss is about.
That pretty much sums up "celebrate the diversity" which is liberal code for let the illegal fucks do whatever they want as long as they vote democratic.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
dogtired
()
Date: March 30, 2014 03:55PM
I remember seeing this news clip about a cantina being run out of a home in mason district: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Virginia-Woman-Accused-of-Running-Cantina-Out-of-Her-Home-232937451.htm
Neighbors reported the violations at this house for nearly a year before anything was done. Fairfax County Dept of Code Compliance went out and determined that the neighbors' repeated complaints were unfounded just a few months before it was finally busted:
Magisterial District Mason
Complaint Description Business In A Residential District
Agency DCC
Status Closed
Opened Date 2013-01-29
Closed Date 2013-05-24
Disposition Unfounded (No Problem Found)
Neighbors reported the violations at this house for nearly a year before anything was done. Fairfax County Dept of Code Compliance went out and determined that the neighbors' repeated complaints were unfounded just a few months before it was finally busted:
Magisterial District Mason
Complaint Description Business In A Residential District
Agency DCC
Status Closed
Opened Date 2013-01-29
Closed Date 2013-05-24
Disposition Unfounded (No Problem Found)
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Mos Eisley
()
Date: March 30, 2014 04:42PM
dogtired Wrote:
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> I remember seeing this news clip about a cantina
> being run out of a home in mason district:
> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Virginia-W
> oman-Accused-of-Running-Cantina-Out-of-Her-Home-23
> 2937451.htm
>
> Neighbors reported the violations at this house
> for nearly a year before anything was done.
> Fairfax County Dept of Code Compliance went out
> and determined that the neighbors' repeated
> complaints were unfounded just a few months before
> it was finally busted:
>
>
> Magisterial District Mason
> Complaint Description Business In A Residential
> District
> Agency DCC
> Status Closed
> Opened Date 2013-01-29
> Closed Date 2013-05-24
> Disposition Unfounded (No Problem Found)
"Fairfax County. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
Attachments:
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> I remember seeing this news clip about a cantina
> being run out of a home in mason district:
> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Virginia-W
> oman-Accused-of-Running-Cantina-Out-of-Her-Home-23
> 2937451.htm
>
> Neighbors reported the violations at this house
> for nearly a year before anything was done.
> Fairfax County Dept of Code Compliance went out
> and determined that the neighbors' repeated
> complaints were unfounded just a few months before
> it was finally busted:
>
>
> Magisterial District Mason
> Complaint Description Business In A Residential
> District
> Agency DCC
> Status Closed
> Opened Date 2013-01-29
> Closed Date 2013-05-24
> Disposition Unfounded (No Problem Found)
"Fairfax County. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
Attachments:
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
anonymous is as anonymous does
()
Date: March 30, 2014 08:08PM
1) A system of anonymous complaints will always have problems like this. Plus, there is a clear potential for abuse.
2) The used car guy has a point, if this stuff is such a big deal, why don't they go door to door?
3) Some clever person is going to file a civil rights lawsuit about this that will bankrupt the county.
2) The used car guy has a point, if this stuff is such a big deal, why don't they go door to door?
3) Some clever person is going to file a civil rights lawsuit about this that will bankrupt the county.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
KJctP
()
Date: March 30, 2014 08:18PM
What's the method for submitting an anonymous tip?
There's one trouble house in the neighborhood with at least four families living in it, cars on cinder blocks, trash, noise - the works.
There's one trouble house in the neighborhood with at least four families living in it, cars on cinder blocks, trash, noise - the works.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
done it and it worked
()
Date: March 30, 2014 08:21PM
KJctP Wrote:
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> What's the method for submitting an anonymous tip?
>
>
> There's one trouble house in the neighborhood with
> at least four families living in it, cars on
> cinder blocks, trash, noise - the works.
http://fido.fairfaxcounty.gov/DP1/Metroplex/FairfaxCounty/customerservice/wiz_csr.asp
Click "too many people in a home"
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> What's the method for submitting an anonymous tip?
>
>
> There's one trouble house in the neighborhood with
> at least four families living in it, cars on
> cinder blocks, trash, noise - the works.
http://fido.fairfaxcounty.gov/DP1/Metroplex/FairfaxCounty/customerservice/wiz_csr.asp
Click "too many people in a home"
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
newgatedenizen
()
Date: March 30, 2014 08:37PM
anonymous is as anonymous does Wrote:
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> 1) A system of anonymous complaints will always
> have problems like this. Plus, there is a clear
> potential for abuse.
>
> 2) The used car guy has a point, if this stuff is
> such a big deal, why don't they go door to door?
>
> 3) Some clever person is going to file a civil
> rights lawsuit about this that will bankrupt the
> county.
I fail to understand this logic. Even with lax investigation procedures they are admitting about 70% of the complaints are legit - a zoning violation has occurred. I strongly suspect the real number of legit complaints is much higher. Explain the potential for abuse. FC investigators fall all over themselves to be politically correct and not offend/find anything. Also the flawed argument that unless ALL violations are caught NONE should be enforced. That doesn't make sense.
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> 1) A system of anonymous complaints will always
> have problems like this. Plus, there is a clear
> potential for abuse.
>
> 2) The used car guy has a point, if this stuff is
> such a big deal, why don't they go door to door?
>
> 3) Some clever person is going to file a civil
> rights lawsuit about this that will bankrupt the
> county.
I fail to understand this logic. Even with lax investigation procedures they are admitting about 70% of the complaints are legit - a zoning violation has occurred. I strongly suspect the real number of legit complaints is much higher. Explain the potential for abuse. FC investigators fall all over themselves to be politically correct and not offend/find anything. Also the flawed argument that unless ALL violations are caught NONE should be enforced. That doesn't make sense.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
rttttr
()
Date: March 30, 2014 08:51PM
The used car guy doesn't have a point. The neighborhood is zoned for residential use. Period. Follow the fucking law.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Mikeymike
()
Date: March 30, 2014 08:56PM
Idiots. You moved away from your own shithole countries, and now you are trying to fuck up ours. Remember why you left Pakswazico!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2014 08:57PM by Mikeymike.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2014 08:57PM by Mikeymike.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
post toilet
()
Date: March 30, 2014 09:14PM
The post is such an piece of shit organization nowadays, siding with the bums who are violating the zoning laws and implying that anyone trying to improve their neighborhood is racist. That's how they view the suburbs.
Meanwhile all their employees are moving into the trendy sections of DC and pushing the residents out, that is acceptable urban renewal.
Can't wait until the Post finally goes bankrupt, or at least that Amazon guy cleans house.
Meanwhile all their employees are moving into the trendy sections of DC and pushing the residents out, that is acceptable urban renewal.
Can't wait until the Post finally goes bankrupt, or at least that Amazon guy cleans house.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Harry Harassment
()
Date: March 30, 2014 10:15PM
Let's say I don't like my neighbor. I call Code Enforcement on him. I say he asked me over to help him move something and he's like a hoarder.
They will come out. They may not find hoarding but they may find something else. He has to deal with that.
If you look at the complaints, they often say that. It will say "no basis found" but then a citation for something else.
So in about three months I call on the neighbor about something else. A dog he does not have or something. Or I say there are many cars now. Just anything.
Now that you can do this over the web, you can send in complaints and they don't know who is sending them. But they do go out.
They will come out. They may not find hoarding but they may find something else. He has to deal with that.
If you look at the complaints, they often say that. It will say "no basis found" but then a citation for something else.
So in about three months I call on the neighbor about something else. A dog he does not have or something. Or I say there are many cars now. Just anything.
Now that you can do this over the web, you can send in complaints and they don't know who is sending them. But they do go out.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
newgatedenizen
()
Date: March 30, 2014 10:42PM
Harry Harassment Wrote:
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> Let's say I don't like my neighbor. I call Code
> Enforcement on him. I say he asked me over to help
> him move something and he's like a hoarder.
>
> They will come out. They may not find hoarding but
> they may find something else. He has to deal with
> that.
>
> If you look at the complaints, they often say
> that. It will say "no basis found" but then a
> citation for something else.
>
> So in about three months I call on the neighbor
> about something else. A dog he does not have or
> something. Or I say there are many cars now. Just
> anything.
>
> Now that you can do this over the web, you can
> send in complaints and they don't know who is
> sending them. But they do go out.
That's all you got? That could be done at any time and any place and in any type of neighbourhood in the last 50 years. The article is about housing code violations. What ever happened to the mantra that if you have done nothing wrong you shouldn't worry about the Police State? If you don't have any zoning violations I guess you shouldn't worry about a visit. If they find something unrelated to the original complaint I guess you got caught.
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> Let's say I don't like my neighbor. I call Code
> Enforcement on him. I say he asked me over to help
> him move something and he's like a hoarder.
>
> They will come out. They may not find hoarding but
> they may find something else. He has to deal with
> that.
>
> If you look at the complaints, they often say
> that. It will say "no basis found" but then a
> citation for something else.
>
> So in about three months I call on the neighbor
> about something else. A dog he does not have or
> something. Or I say there are many cars now. Just
> anything.
>
> Now that you can do this over the web, you can
> send in complaints and they don't know who is
> sending them. But they do go out.
That's all you got? That could be done at any time and any place and in any type of neighbourhood in the last 50 years. The article is about housing code violations. What ever happened to the mantra that if you have done nothing wrong you shouldn't worry about the Police State? If you don't have any zoning violations I guess you shouldn't worry about a visit. If they find something unrelated to the original complaint I guess you got caught.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
learn to read, DICKHEAD
()
Date: March 30, 2014 10:48PM
Look up the Department of Code Enforcement. They enforce all kinds of things. The HOA from hell.
They go after you for yard sales-how do you PROVE to them you only have 2 a year?
They go after you if you work on your car on your property.
This is all about people using the County to get revenge. It is about the County going after ethnic groups it does not like. Heaven forbid a Spanish or Asian person would get elected to the Board of Supervisors. Penny Gross likes her job and gets upset when people question her.
They go after you for yard sales-how do you PROVE to them you only have 2 a year?
They go after you if you work on your car on your property.
This is all about people using the County to get revenge. It is about the County going after ethnic groups it does not like. Heaven forbid a Spanish or Asian person would get elected to the Board of Supervisors. Penny Gross likes her job and gets upset when people question her.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Saywhat
()
Date: March 30, 2014 10:49PM
Having a filthy cluttered house is a housing code violation?
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
the yes man
()
Date: March 30, 2014 10:53PM
Saywhat Wrote:
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> Having a filthy cluttered house is a housing code
> violation?
Yes, they call it hoarding. If you don't clean it up they evict you and condemn your house. Google it. A lady who worked at Craven's nursery and her elderly mom ended up homeless over it.
They send out a crew of nonviolent offenders and some dumpsters. They clean it for you and send you the bill. If you don't pay, they use eminent domain to sell your house to get the fees back.
They don't just target minorities. They target the elderly and disabled as well.
Welcome to Fairfax, police state in training.
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> Having a filthy cluttered house is a housing code
> violation?
Yes, they call it hoarding. If you don't clean it up they evict you and condemn your house. Google it. A lady who worked at Craven's nursery and her elderly mom ended up homeless over it.
They send out a crew of nonviolent offenders and some dumpsters. They clean it for you and send you the bill. If you don't pay, they use eminent domain to sell your house to get the fees back.
They don't just target minorities. They target the elderly and disabled as well.
Welcome to Fairfax, police state in training.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
newgatedenizen
()
Date: March 30, 2014 10:54PM
learn to read, DICKHEAD Wrote:
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>It is about the County going after ethnic
> groups it does not like.
Clearly you do not live in Fairfax County for you to make such an uninformed statement.
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>It is about the County going after ethnic
> groups it does not like.
Clearly you do not live in Fairfax County for you to make such an uninformed statement.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
can you count?
()
Date: March 30, 2014 11:40PM
newgatedenizen Wrote:
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> learn to read, DICKHEAD Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >It is about the County going after ethnic
> > groups it does not like.
>
> Clearly you do not live in Fairfax County for you
> to make such an uninformed statement.
How many Asians, Hispanics, Middle Easterners do YOU see in leadership positions in the County? This is a way to keep them from assuming power.
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> learn to read, DICKHEAD Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >It is about the County going after ethnic
> > groups it does not like.
>
> Clearly you do not live in Fairfax County for you
> to make such an uninformed statement.
How many Asians, Hispanics, Middle Easterners do YOU see in leadership positions in the County? This is a way to keep them from assuming power.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
newgatedenizen
()
Date: March 30, 2014 11:58PM
can you count? Wrote:
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> How many Asians, Hispanics, Middle Easterners do
> YOU see in leadership positions in the County?
Not a heck of a lot. But what does that have to do with anything? Who is the "County" that is "going after" these ethnic groups. Is the "County" an inanimate object? Oh, did you notice the Chairman of the Fairfax County School Board is Asian?
> This is a way to keep them from assuming power.
Say what? What does that mean? What is "a way?"
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> How many Asians, Hispanics, Middle Easterners do
> YOU see in leadership positions in the County?
Not a heck of a lot. But what does that have to do with anything? Who is the "County" that is "going after" these ethnic groups. Is the "County" an inanimate object? Oh, did you notice the Chairman of the Fairfax County School Board is Asian?
> This is a way to keep them from assuming power.
Say what? What does that mean? What is "a way?"
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
OCD organized
()
Date: March 31, 2014 12:00AM
the yes man Wrote:
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> Saywhat Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Having a filthy cluttered house is a housing
> code
> > violation?
>
> Yes, they call it hoarding. If you don't clean it
> up they evict you and condemn your house. Google
> it. A lady who worked at Craven's nursery and her
> elderly mom ended up homeless over it.
>
> They send out a crew of nonviolent offenders and
> some dumpsters. They clean it for you and send you
> the bill. If you don't pay, they use eminent
> domain to sell your house to get the fees back.
>
> They don't just target minorities. They target the
> elderly and disabled as well.
>
> Welcome to Fairfax, police state in training.
Glad to hear that!
Hoarders should be kilt on site too
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> Saywhat Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Having a filthy cluttered house is a housing
> code
> > violation?
>
> Yes, they call it hoarding. If you don't clean it
> up they evict you and condemn your house. Google
> it. A lady who worked at Craven's nursery and her
> elderly mom ended up homeless over it.
>
> They send out a crew of nonviolent offenders and
> some dumpsters. They clean it for you and send you
> the bill. If you don't pay, they use eminent
> domain to sell your house to get the fees back.
>
> They don't just target minorities. They target the
> elderly and disabled as well.
>
> Welcome to Fairfax, police state in training.
Glad to hear that!
Hoarders should be kilt on site too
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Debbie Downer Democrat XD
()
Date: March 31, 2014 12:20AM
can you count? Wrote:
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>
> How many Asians, Hispanics, Middle Easterners do
> YOU see in leadership positions in the County?
> This is a way to keep them from assuming power.
The Asians are actually the majority when it comes to recent franchise openings in northern VA. It doesn't seem like anyone is holding the power back from them. If their business takes off, then they and their families will do well. If their business doesn't do well (Quiznos) then they'll suffer a minor setback.
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>
> How many Asians, Hispanics, Middle Easterners do
> YOU see in leadership positions in the County?
> This is a way to keep them from assuming power.
The Asians are actually the majority when it comes to recent franchise openings in northern VA. It doesn't seem like anyone is holding the power back from them. If their business takes off, then they and their families will do well. If their business doesn't do well (Quiznos) then they'll suffer a minor setback.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Trail of dumbasses
()
Date: March 31, 2014 02:20AM
All of you sheep are content with the 40,000 new laws established yearly that you don't realize it is another way of the government having more control and giving lawyers more work but if you are okay with a country that depends on govt control then that is just fine pretty soon we will be bitches of the gov.
Stabitha Wrote:
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> newgatedenizen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > He openly
> > admits the business is unlicensed, but
> he
> > does not understand what the fuss is
> about.
>
> That pretty much sums up "celebrate the diversity"
> which is liberal code for let the illegal fucks do
> whatever they want as long as they vote
> democratic.
Stabitha Wrote:
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> newgatedenizen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > He openly
> > admits the business is unlicensed, but
> he
> > does not understand what the fuss is
> about.
>
> That pretty much sums up "celebrate the diversity"
> which is liberal code for let the illegal fucks do
> whatever they want as long as they vote
> democratic.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
hey dumbfuck^
()
Date: March 31, 2014 02:23AM
So you think its okay to live next to a jihadist who is running a car dealer out of his home? With 10 cars parked in his front lawn?!?
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
nail on head
()
Date: March 31, 2014 10:44AM
hey dumbfuck^ Wrote:
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> So you think its okay to live next to a jihadist
> who is running a car dealer out of his home? With
> 10 cars parked in his front lawn?!?
And if some county employee is dumb enough to write what you just wrote, jihadist, this is all over. The Jordanian guy will get a lawyer to get the county's emails and then Blackford can try and explain why they think the guy is a jihadist.
The guy doesn't have to sell cars any more, but they might have to rent out rooms in Government Center to pay the court award.
This is government intrusion and a way to harass people. Did they ask the voters and taxpayers about this? No, just like how Sharon Bulova is "advertising" a higher tax rate right now!!!
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> So you think its okay to live next to a jihadist
> who is running a car dealer out of his home? With
> 10 cars parked in his front lawn?!?
And if some county employee is dumb enough to write what you just wrote, jihadist, this is all over. The Jordanian guy will get a lawyer to get the county's emails and then Blackford can try and explain why they think the guy is a jihadist.
The guy doesn't have to sell cars any more, but they might have to rent out rooms in Government Center to pay the court award.
This is government intrusion and a way to harass people. Did they ask the voters and taxpayers about this? No, just like how Sharon Bulova is "advertising" a higher tax rate right now!!!
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
sockpuppet
()
Date: March 31, 2014 12:22PM
What in any comment above or in the article itself would lead anyone to believe that the county and/or the county employees are doing anything other than responding to citizen complaints? That's their job and what the taxpayers are paying them to do.
If you don't like the current zoning regulations find support to get them changed.
If you don't like the current zoning regulations find support to get them changed.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
glad to see enforcment
()
Date: March 31, 2014 12:31PM
nail on head Wrote:
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> hey dumbfuck^ Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > So you think its okay to live next to a
> jihadist
> > who is running a car dealer out of his home?
> With
> > 10 cars parked in his front lawn?!?
>
> And if some county employee is dumb enough to
> write what you just wrote, jihadist, this is all
> over. The Jordanian guy will get a lawyer to get
> the county's emails and then Blackford can try and
> explain why they think the guy is a jihadist.
>
> The guy doesn't have to sell cars any more, but
> they might have to rent out rooms in Government
> Center to pay the court award.
>
> This is government intrusion and a way to harass
> people. Did they ask the voters and taxpayers
> about this? No, just like how Sharon Bulova is
> "advertising" a higher tax rate right now!!!
So what do you suggest?
Let the boarding houses just be? Let people run used car lots out of their homes?
Try living next to that mess, its not fun.
Not being able to park in front of your own home, construction vans in and out all day.
Luckily I don't have to deal with it anymore thanks to the swift action the county took after I made a complaint.
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> hey dumbfuck^ Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > So you think its okay to live next to a
> jihadist
> > who is running a car dealer out of his home?
> With
> > 10 cars parked in his front lawn?!?
>
> And if some county employee is dumb enough to
> write what you just wrote, jihadist, this is all
> over. The Jordanian guy will get a lawyer to get
> the county's emails and then Blackford can try and
> explain why they think the guy is a jihadist.
>
> The guy doesn't have to sell cars any more, but
> they might have to rent out rooms in Government
> Center to pay the court award.
>
> This is government intrusion and a way to harass
> people. Did they ask the voters and taxpayers
> about this? No, just like how Sharon Bulova is
> "advertising" a higher tax rate right now!!!
So what do you suggest?
Let the boarding houses just be? Let people run used car lots out of their homes?
Try living next to that mess, its not fun.
Not being able to park in front of your own home, construction vans in and out all day.
Luckily I don't have to deal with it anymore thanks to the swift action the county took after I made a complaint.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: March 31, 2014 01:24PM
This has nothing to do with being anti-immigrant. The problem has been that too many people for too long have felt entitled to move into single family neighborhoods and do whatever the hell they wanted, rather than conform to the rules. Now finally people are starting to be held accountable for their actions and they don't like it. TOUGH.
In any bureaucracy there will be some petty functionaries who abuse the authority granted to them, causing miscarriages of justice. I have no doubt you can find someone like this in Code Compliance just as you can in the police departments, the IRS etc. One reason we have courts is to deal with these people. The fact there are occasional abuses does not mean the idea of having rules and enforcing them is wrong.
I hate to say it but if you want to live in an area where you can do whatever the hell you want on your property, THEN DON'T LIVE IN FAIRFAX. There have been zoning, building and other rules governing what you can and cannot do on your property, man of which have been on the books for decades. If we didn't want them there, we have had plenty of opportunities to vote out the politicians who support them. If constituants were not pressing our elected representatives to step up enforcement of those rules, we would not have Code Compliance taking those efforts today.
In any bureaucracy there will be some petty functionaries who abuse the authority granted to them, causing miscarriages of justice. I have no doubt you can find someone like this in Code Compliance just as you can in the police departments, the IRS etc. One reason we have courts is to deal with these people. The fact there are occasional abuses does not mean the idea of having rules and enforcing them is wrong.
I hate to say it but if you want to live in an area where you can do whatever the hell you want on your property, THEN DON'T LIVE IN FAIRFAX. There have been zoning, building and other rules governing what you can and cannot do on your property, man of which have been on the books for decades. If we didn't want them there, we have had plenty of opportunities to vote out the politicians who support them. If constituants were not pressing our elected representatives to step up enforcement of those rules, we would not have Code Compliance taking those efforts today.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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evidence, please?
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Date: March 31, 2014 02:51PM
Please show that "constituents" asked for Code Compliance. It is something the Board of Supervisors came up with. Had this been put on the ballot, it never would have passed.
While you are at it, take a look at the MASSIVE funding increase they are seeking.
While you are at it, take a look at the MASSIVE funding increase they are seeking.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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sovereign immunity > VA courts
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Date: March 31, 2014 04:44PM
Virginia has a very strong concept of sovereign immunity. In other words, suing Code Compliance for targeting you because you are Hispanic or Middle Eastern is real hard.
So, no, the courts won't do you much good.
So, no, the courts won't do you much good.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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imbiker
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Date: March 31, 2014 04:57PM
No code enforcement...time for super rat invasion and lets not for get the cock roaches and other vermin either!
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Barry Seotero
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Date: March 31, 2014 05:06PM
Don't worry people I am working on a plan!
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exffx
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Date: March 31, 2014 05:21PM
I love Herndon, VA.
It should be done properly and get licenses like these people.
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It should be done properly and get licenses like these people.
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Bill.N.
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Date: March 31, 2014 05:45PM
evidence, please? Wrote:
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> Please show that "constituents" asked for Code
> Compliance. It is something the Board of
> Supervisors came up with. Had this been put on the
> ballot, it never would have passed.
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> While you are at it, take a look at the MASSIVE
> funding increase they are seeking.
Just because you never saw it does not mean it didn't happen. I can tell you that for years when our supervisor would come to civic association meetings one of the points that would regularly be raised were requests that Fairfax step up enforcement of rules against rooming houses and unpermitted additions and additions. This probably goes back to 2005-6. At the last meeting the complaints were not that Code Compliance was too aggressive, but rather was that they still were not aggressive enough.
I've talked to friends in other neighborhoods and many say similar things have occurred in their neighborhoods. The ones who don't live in neighborhoods with mandatory HOAs that have been doing their own policing. Now this is central county west of the beltway, so perhaps where you are the sentiments are different.
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> Please show that "constituents" asked for Code
> Compliance. It is something the Board of
> Supervisors came up with. Had this been put on the
> ballot, it never would have passed.
>
> While you are at it, take a look at the MASSIVE
> funding increase they are seeking.
Just because you never saw it does not mean it didn't happen. I can tell you that for years when our supervisor would come to civic association meetings one of the points that would regularly be raised were requests that Fairfax step up enforcement of rules against rooming houses and unpermitted additions and additions. This probably goes back to 2005-6. At the last meeting the complaints were not that Code Compliance was too aggressive, but rather was that they still were not aggressive enough.
I've talked to friends in other neighborhoods and many say similar things have occurred in their neighborhoods. The ones who don't live in neighborhoods with mandatory HOAs that have been doing their own policing. Now this is central county west of the beltway, so perhaps where you are the sentiments are different.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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be careful what you wish for
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Date: March 31, 2014 07:50PM
last year, code compliance went to the County and asked for additional powers, including search warrants. they got them. county said there would be a six month review period-that never happened.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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mJwbJ
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Date: April 01, 2014 05:17PM
what are the iron bars for it says it's a barber shop ?
iron bars on a baber shop ?
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if fx. co. issues an advisory to protect yourself from invasion by putting iron bars on all windows
i'm surely trying to get them behind the bars
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the people who most suggest a need for iron bars: usually the ones stealing
iron bars on a baber shop ?
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if fx. co. issues an advisory to protect yourself from invasion by putting iron bars on all windows
i'm surely trying to get them behind the bars
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the people who most suggest a need for iron bars: usually the ones stealing
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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CpbMF
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Date: April 01, 2014 05:19PM
ok fuck fairfax herdon code.
then note in texas it's perfectly legal to run a bar from a home in some counties
you still have that in VA businesses must be registered
for MANY reasons not the least of which is accountability and taxes
then note in texas it's perfectly legal to run a bar from a home in some counties
you still have that in VA businesses must be registered
for MANY reasons not the least of which is accountability and taxes
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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Heil Fairfax
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Date: April 01, 2014 05:38PM
Fairfax is exerting more and more authority over its residents. If this were done drastically, people would rebel. First it is car tax. Then it is a slight bump in taxes. Next, a zoning code, followed by a zoning enforcement office. Suddenly, the zoning office has the power to conduct warrantless searches and arrest people.
Fairfax government took the minor annoyance of some used cars or a messy yard and turned it into a tool of oppression.
Fairfax government took the minor annoyance of some used cars or a messy yard and turned it into a tool of oppression.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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LetsRock
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Date: April 01, 2014 07:49PM
Mikeymike Wrote:
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> Idiots. You moved away from your own shithole
> countries, and now you are trying to fuck up ours.
> Remember why you left Pakswazico!
Leave your third-world toilet culture at the airport.
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> Idiots. You moved away from your own shithole
> countries, and now you are trying to fuck up ours.
> Remember why you left Pakswazico!
Leave your third-world toilet culture at the airport.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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LetsRock
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Date: April 01, 2014 07:54PM
hey dumbfuck^ Wrote:
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> So you think its okay to live next to a jihadist
> who is running a car dealer out of his home? With
> 10 cars parked in his front lawn?!?
... which brings scores of STRANGERS to your street .
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> So you think its okay to live next to a jihadist
> who is running a car dealer out of his home? With
> 10 cars parked in his front lawn?!?
... which brings scores of STRANGERS to your street .
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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Alter
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Date: April 02, 2014 09:29AM
They don't occupy positions of power when they can just buy them. They imported the political systems of their home countries, destroying ours in the process.
Re: In Fairfax, housing-code complaints stir up tensions as some immigrants feel targeted
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poorly done video
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Date: April 03, 2014 11:21AM
The Code Enforcement department has a video on you tube. Some guy peeking through his blinds. The guy calls and says in a concerned voice "I want to make an official complaint" (wooooo). Then carloads of county officials descend on the neighbor.
The video looks like it cost 30 cents to make, but this being Fairfax we got off cheap if it was even 30,000 dollars. Is there no end to the waste here?
The video looks like it cost 30 cents to make, but this being Fairfax we got off cheap if it was even 30,000 dollars. Is there no end to the waste here?
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Ludwig
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Date: April 03, 2014 12:50PM
Angelo's Salon
(703) 657-2680
902 Alabama Dr
Herndon, VA 20170-5410
Neighborhood: Herndon
(703) 657-2680
902 Alabama Dr
Herndon, VA 20170-5410
Neighborhood: Herndon