The following is a copy of a complaint filed against Granite city. It is a word-for-word copy of the filed document, however, it has been slightly modified for web use through the addition of links to the relevant documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2019MR000357\nis yet another example where I did everything in my power to provide\nGranite city with every fact, document, and argument they needed to\nreach a quick and appropriate<\/em> verdict.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet\nyour city refused to dismiss the ticket, which I had clearly made\nknown to be flawed, until after <\/em>I\nspent a half day driving to Edwardsville to file a municipal\ncomplaint. This complaint is still an ongoing case.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Problems\nsuch as this were none existent between my business and Granite city\nfor the first 25 years of my business, however, in 2012 <\/strong>that\nchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I received a letter <\/a>dated 7-9-12<\/strong> from Crime-free police demanding that I evict a disabled customer and his entire family due to a single 18\u201d pot plant found in his yard, and an expired FOID card. My customer had already paid the $250.00 fine for his violation(s) yet Granite city required me to punish him further by evicting the entire family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nwas the first time I refused a crime-free demand, as I did not begin\neviction proceedings. Granite city officials subsequently\nordered a trial for the revocation of my business license, during\nwhich the city attorney informed me that the only way I could keep\nthat particular customer was to evict him from his current residence\non Madison avenue, and move him into a different property I owned in\nGranite city. This pointless relocation left me with a vacant\nproperty draining my funds, and created an unnecessary burden for the\ncustomer’s family who had to relocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then\nin 2015<\/strong>, I received a\nsecond letter from Crime-free police demanding that I immediately\nbegin eviction proceedings against another customer, an expecting\nmother. Her boyfriend was accused, but not convicted, of a crime by\ncrime-free police. during which I requested that the eviction be\npostponed, at the very least until the accused receives a fair trial\nand is officially found guilty of the crime. Granite City crime-free\npolice Captain Gagich then stated \u201cHe is guilty if I say he is\nguilty\u201d. Upon my objection to that statement, the city attorney\nadded \u201cTrials take too long, we [Granite city] want them out now\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nhearing officer concluded by informing me I was in violation of\n\u201cCrime-free\u201d law, and issued an official verdict ordering that I\nbegin the eviction process immediately or face the revocation of my\nbusiness license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My\ntenant, the expecting mother, pleaded to me that she \u201chad no place\nto go\u201d, and we both knew that she would have further difficulties\nin finding a home with a recent eviction on her record. At her\nrequest, I gave her as much time as I could to find a new home, but\nCaptain Gagich was relentlessly hounding me, having called on\nmultiple occasions to demand that I begin the eviction process or he\n\u201cWould have my license!\u201d. Eventually I felt I had no choice but\nto comply if I hoped to retain my business license. When I called\nCaptain Gagich to report that I had relented and began the eviction\nprocess, his response was to threaten my business license stating\nonce again \u201cI am still going to get your license revoked!\u201d\nbecause I was \u201ctoo slow\u201d in getting her [my customer] out\u201d. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nproblems with crime-free housing only got more blatant moving into\n2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On\n06\/07\/2016 <\/strong>I received ticket\n2016ov400378 <\/strong>(henceforth\nreferred to as ticket 378) for allegedly allowing unregistered\nindividuals to stay at a business property. However, the issue with\nticket 378 is that it was issued after<\/em>\nI had reported to city officials that the registered occupants of my\nproperty located at 2506 Iowa (whom I was in the process of evicting)\nhad moved out, but had allowed unknown individuals to move in without\nmy (or the city’s) approval. Furthermore, before the issuance of the\nticket, I contacted Granite city police upon learning of the unknown\nindividuals whom I considered to be trespassing, and requested that\nGranite city police remove them. Granite city did offer any\nassistance in removing the individuals, but instead issued me ticket\n378.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ticket\n378 was subsequently verbally dismissed at the court hearing. That\nwas not the end of it, however, because apparently city officials\nnever officially dropped the ticket, and instead scheduled another\nhearing without informing me; unbeknownst to me, a silent arrest\nwarrant was later issued by Judge Slemer for \u201cmissing\u201d that court\ndate. A year later on 6-10-17<\/strong>,\nI called city police to investigate a felony theft at a property of\nmine, and was arrested<\/strong>\non the spot Before I was locked into a Granite city holding cell, I\ninsisted that the case had been previously dismissed, and that the\narrest warrant had to be some sort of mistake. The booking officer\ntold me that it was more likely a \u201cgoing away present from Captain\nGagich\u201d. More information on 378 here:\nhttps:\/\/defendant378.com\/home\/ticket-378\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2820\nLincoln: <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Citation\n53574<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nregistered occupant allowed his nephew to move-in with him; this was\nin direct violation of his rental contract with me, which Granite\ncity had approved and has a copy of on file. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Result<\/strong>:\nI was ticketed on 8-28-17<\/strong> without warning, and compelled to\nforgo operating my business to appear in court because my tenant had\nthe audacity<\/em> to commit the egregious<\/em> (and apparently\nillegal) act of inviting a relative to stay with him. My tenant who\nhad allowed his nephew to stay at the property was not ticketed, nor\ndid he have to appear in court. Do not misunderstand me however, I do\nnot necessarily believe that he [my customer] should of been ticketed\nand dragged into court for what he did, only that if the city intends\nto hold me liable for \u201callowing\u201d a violation of city ordinance to\noccur, then that city cannot simply proceed to ignore the actual\nviolator and hold me solely<\/em> responsible for an incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Complaint:<\/strong>\nGranite city cannot hold me solely responsible for an incident\noccurring at a business property I own, when the actual violator of\nthe city ordinance which I am supposedly liable for is completely\nexonerated of all charges. (Meaning no violation was found to exist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2454\nDelmar: <\/strong>(More\ninformation at https:\/\/defendant378.com\/home\/citation-54540\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Citations\n54540 & 54541<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\nwas ticketed issued two citations on 01\/18\/1<\/strong>8<\/strong>\nwithout warning and compelled to forgo operating my business\nto appear in court to answer for code violations at a house that I\nhad no business with at the time (2454 Delmar), meaning that I did\nnot manage it, and I certainly did not<\/em> own the property. I\ntook time out of three separate business days, to appear in court\nthree separate times (why once was not sufficient I cannot say), to\nclearly state each time that I did not own the property and demand\nthat the actual owner be ticketed for the violations. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Result<\/strong>:\nI received a $1,500 default judgment on 06-12-18<\/strong> for missing a\n4th court date, which I did not receive any notice of. To my\nknowledge, the actual owner on county records was never ticketed, nor\ncharged, despite the fact that Granite City officials knew exactly\nwho the owner was and where he lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How\ndo I know this? Because the city officials told me exactly who he was\nat my second court hearing on regarding these citations (it just so\nhappens he was also a registered Granite city landlord).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Complaint:\n<\/strong>In the future, Granite city\nshould logically consult county records and avoid issuing ticket(s)\nto the wrong person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Citations\n500085848 & 500085849 <\/strong>which were recently dismissed by\nyour city are yet further examples of these frivolous and\ninappropriate citations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (More\ninformation here:\nhttps:\/\/defendant378.com\/home\/0500085848-0500085849\/<\/a>\n)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally,\njust recently, I received a letter from crime-free officials\ndated March\n27<\/strong>th<\/strong><\/sup>,\n2019<\/strong>,\ndemanding that I\nimmediately begin eviction proceedings against yet another entire\nfamily (2474 Iowa), before the single, accused family member has\nreceived a fair trial. Just like previous demands by crime-free\nofficials, this is undeniably in direct contradiction with the\n\u201cpresumption of\ninnocence<\/strong>\u201d; a\nfundamental and inseparable part of the \u201cdue\nprocess<\/em>\u201d guaranteed\nto every American through our supreme law, the United States\nConstitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which\nbrings me to my conclusion: For so long as the problems with Granite\nCity crime-free housing continue to allow city officials to\nrampantly violate both landlord’s and tenant’s civil rights, I cannot\nin good faith purchase a business license requiring me to carry out\nthe unchecked will of crime-free officials. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n All\nof these issues and other problems like them prevent me from\noperating the business your city would have me purchase a business\nlicense to operate. I need to know how your city plans to address\nthese complaints going forward, and specifically what measures\nGranite city will take to prevent these clearly inappropriate\nproblems from occurring in the future, so that I will once again have\nthe ability to operate the business your city would have me purchase\nlicenses for. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\nwill be more than happy to purchase all required business license(s)\nupon learning of how Granite city plans to address these issues, as I\nonly want to operate my business lawfully, and without the\ninappropriate and arguably illegal interference by\nthe city that I conduct business within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a copy of a complaint filed against Granite city. It is a word-for-word copy of the filed document, however, it has been slightly modified for web use through the addition of links to the relevant documents. 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![letter <\/a>dated 7-9-12<\/strong> from Crime-free police demanding that I evict a disabled customer and his entire family due to a single 18\u201d pot plant found in his yard, and an expired FOID card. My customer had already paid the $250.00 fine for his violation(s) yet Granite city required me to punish him further by evicting the entire family.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis\nwas the first time I refused a crime-free demand, as I did not begin\neviction proceedings. Granite city officials subsequently\nordered a trial for the revocation of my business license, during\nwhich the city attorney informed me that the only way I could keep\nthat particular customer was to evict him from his current residence\non Madison avenue, and move him into a different property I owned in\nGranite city. This pointless relocation left me with a vacant\nproperty draining my funds, and created an unnecessary burden for the\ncustomer’s family who had to relocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThen\nin 2015<\/strong>, I received a\nsecond letter from Crime-free police demanding that I immediately\nbegin eviction proceedings against another customer, an expecting\nmother. Her boyfriend was accused, but not convicted, of a crime by\ncrime-free police. during which I requested that the eviction be\npostponed, at the very least until the accused receives a fair trial\nand is officially found guilty of the crime. Granite City crime-free\npolice Captain Gagich then stated \u201cHe is guilty if I say he is\nguilty\u201d. Upon my objection to that statement, the city attorney\nadded \u201cTrials take too long, we [Granite city] want them out now\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe\nhearing officer concluded by informing me I was in violation of\n\u201cCrime-free\u201d law, and issued an official verdict ordering that I\nbegin the eviction process immediately or face the revocation of my\nbusiness license.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy\ntenant, the expecting mother, pleaded to me that she \u201chad no place\nto go\u201d, and we both knew that she would have further difficulties\nin finding a home with a recent eviction on her record. At her\nrequest, I gave her as much time as I could to find a new home, but\nCaptain Gagich was relentlessly hounding me, having called on\nmultiple occasions to demand that I begin the eviction process or he\n\u201cWould have my license!\u201d. Eventually I felt I had no choice but\nto comply if I hoped to retain my business license. When I called\nCaptain Gagich to report that I had relented and began the eviction\nprocess, his response was to threaten my business license stating\nonce again \u201cI am still going to get your license revoked!\u201d\nbecause I was \u201ctoo slow\u201d in getting her [my customer] out\u201d. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe\nproblems with crime-free housing only got more blatant moving into\n2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn\n06\/07\/2016 <\/strong>I received ticket\n2016ov400378 <\/strong>(henceforth\nreferred to as ticket 378) for allegedly allowing unregistered\nindividuals to stay at a business property. However, the issue with\nticket 378 is that it was issued after<\/em>\nI had reported to city officials that the registered occupants of my\nproperty located at 2506 Iowa (whom I was in the process of evicting)\nhad moved out, but had allowed unknown individuals to move in without\nmy (or the city’s) approval. Furthermore, before the issuance of the\nticket, I contacted Granite city police upon learning of the unknown\nindividuals whom I considered to be trespassing, and requested that\nGranite city police remove them. Granite city did offer any\nassistance in removing the individuals, but instead issued me ticket\n378.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTicket\n378 was subsequently verbally dismissed at the court hearing. That\nwas not the end of it, however, because apparently city officials\nnever officially dropped the ticket, and instead scheduled another\nhearing without informing me; unbeknownst to me, a silent arrest\nwarrant was later issued by Judge Slemer for \u201cmissing\u201d that court\ndate. A year later on 6-10-17<\/strong>,\nI called city police to investigate a felony theft at a property of\nmine, and was arrested<\/strong>\non the spot Before I was locked into a Granite city holding cell, I\ninsisted that the case had been previously dismissed, and that the\narrest warrant had to be some sort of mistake. The booking officer\ntold me that it was more likely a \u201cgoing away present from Captain\nGagich\u201d. More information on 378 here:\nhttps:\/\/defendant378.com\/home\/ticket-378\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2820\nLincoln: <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nCitation\n53574<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe\nregistered occupant allowed his nephew to move-in with him; this was\nin direct violation of his rental contract with me, which Granite\ncity had approved and has a copy of on file. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\nResult<\/strong>:\nI was ticketed on 8-28-17<\/strong> without warning, and compelled to\nforgo operating my business to appear in court because my tenant had\nthe audacity<\/em> to commit the egregious<\/em> (and apparently\nillegal) act of inviting a relative to stay with him. My tenant who\nhad allowed his nephew to stay at the property was not ticketed, nor\ndid he have to appear in court. Do not misunderstand me however, I do\nnot necessarily believe that he [my customer] should of been ticketed\nand dragged into court for what he did, only that if the city intends\nto hold me liable for \u201callowing\u201d a violation of city ordinance to\noccur, then that city cannot simply proceed to ignore the actual\nviolator and hold me solely<\/em> responsible for an incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\nComplaint:<\/strong>\nGranite city cannot hold me solely responsible for an incident\noccurring at a business property I own, when the actual violator of\nthe city ordinance which I am supposedly liable for is completely\nexonerated of all charges. (Meaning no violation was found to exist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n2454\nDelmar: <\/strong>(More\ninformation at https:\/\/defendant378.com\/home\/citation-54540\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\nCitations\n54540 & 54541<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nI\nwas ticketed issued two citations on 01\/18\/1<\/strong>8<\/strong>\nwithout warning and compelled to forgo operating my business\nto appear in court to answer for code violations at a house that I\nhad no business with at the time (2454 Delmar), meaning that I did\nnot manage it, and I certainly did not<\/em> own the property. I\ntook time out of three separate business days, to appear in court\nthree separate times (why once was not sufficient I cannot say), to\nclearly state each time that I did not own the property and demand\nthat the actual owner be ticketed for the violations. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\nResult<\/strong>:\nI received a $1,500 default judgment on 06-12-18<\/strong> for missing a\n4th court date, which I did not receive any notice of. To my\nknowledge, the actual owner on county records was never ticketed, nor\ncharged, despite the fact that Granite City officials knew exactly\nwho the owner was and where he lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow\ndo I know this? Because the city officials told me exactly who he was\nat my second court hearing on regarding these citations (it just so\nhappens he was also a registered Granite city landlord).<\/p>\n\n\n\nComplaint:\n<\/strong>In the future, Granite city\nshould logically consult county records and avoid issuing ticket(s)\nto the wrong person.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCitations\n500085848 & 500085849 <\/strong>which were recently dismissed by\nyour city are yet further examples of these frivolous and\ninappropriate citations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n(More\ninformation here:\nhttps:\/\/defendant378.com\/home\/0500085848-0500085849\/<\/a>\n)<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally,\njust recently, I received a letter from crime-free officials\ndated March\n27<\/strong>th<\/strong><\/sup>,\n2019<\/strong>,\ndemanding that I\nimmediately begin eviction proceedings against yet another entire\nfamily (2474 Iowa), before the single, accused family member has\nreceived a fair trial. Just like previous demands by crime-free\nofficials, this is undeniably in direct contradiction with the\n\u201cpresumption of\ninnocence<\/strong>\u201d; a\nfundamental and inseparable part of the \u201cdue\nprocess<\/em>\u201d guaranteed\nto every American through our supreme law, the United States\nConstitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich\nbrings me to my conclusion: For so long as the problems with Granite\nCity crime-free housing continue to allow city officials to\nrampantly violate both landlord’s and tenant’s civil rights, I cannot\nin good faith purchase a business license requiring me to carry out\nthe unchecked will of crime-free officials. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\nAll\nof these issues and other problems like them prevent me from\noperating the business your city would have me purchase a business\nlicense to operate. I need to know how your city plans to address\nthese complaints going forward, and specifically what measures\nGranite city will take to prevent these clearly inappropriate\nproblems from occurring in the future, so that I will once again have\nthe ability to operate the business your city would have me purchase\nlicenses for. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\nI\nwill be more than happy to purchase all required business license(s)\nupon learning of how Granite city plans to address these issues, as I\nonly want to operate my business lawfully, and without the\ninappropriate and arguably illegal interference by\nthe city that I conduct business within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following is a copy of a complaint filed against Granite city. It is a word-for-word copy of the filed document, however, it has been slightly modified for web use through the addition of links to the relevant documents. 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