I have lost enjoyment of my property and value of my property

[songboat]

Iowa
who is liable if a city that does require building permits for property development does not follow general procedure in the case of one well conected individual? The redevelopment has serious adverse effects to my adjioning property. The property was purchsed from the Mayor. According to Ch. 11 the legislative guide book the mayor should have no more involvement in it, which he has. The permit has not been sizned by the builder. According to the Mayor's/sellers statement before he aware the builder/friend / purchaser of the property had not sign the permit. The liability is with the builder upon signing the permit. General procedure also requires the building administrator to approve the redevelopment after the work is finished by signing his name and approval date. In this case I requested the B.A. to come to the site and see haw the redeveloper trucked in massive amounts of fill dirt, Do to the oversized structures he buildt on an undersized lot he changed the frontage of his home to face the alley and regraded the entire lot, rediorected the roof surfaces and guttering all onto my property. My foundation has suffered damage. My lot floods with minimal amounts of rainfall.
I information I have found in the no adverse floodplains manual tells that as the adjoining property owner my duty is to bring this problem to the attention of the Building Administrator, which I did. He said without hesitation that he did not intent to address my issues. The Federal Stormwater Regulations and the Adverse Floodplains management manual both say most lawyereswill take this type case on a contingency fee as courts always award high monetary dmages. The County Attorney wrote me a statement that he "frankly does not care". These individuals are all blood related or close working colleagues. I have no way to resolve my situation in Lee County. There has also been fraud and pergury commited but they will not allow me to file a complaint of any kind. There is much more to this story that is as described by the EPA Cheif as unbelivable and unpresedented. I have found a presedent case not to this degree that the plaintiff was awarded 500,000. for the nuisance drainage issue.
sincerely in need of lawyer on contingency basis,
Melody Boatner

 

[FarmerJ]

Any further communications you have with any so called public official about this problem do keep it in written form sent via certified mail so you have a paper record when you do eventually speak to a attorney. BTW any certified mail that is refused , do not open the envelope leave it closed as it is . If you cannot get the locals to follow the law perhaps your state atty generals office can guide you in the right direction.

 

[songboat]

Yes, I was advised to use email and other written documentation and have been for several years now. The email from the county attorney stating that "he frankly doesn't care" if the county criminal investigators brother has lied under oath and acted in contempt of court. He aslo advised me in the same email to take the perp to contempt court. Just to appease him I did go to the clerk of court and requested to file a contempt and pergery comlpaint. She advised me that the only the County Attorney can prosecute criminal acrs. Which I already educated myself to that fact. The county attorney also disputed the results of an investigation by the EPA. It was his opinion that he would have to have independent witnesses. What do you think he means by that? I have been requesting him to request the attorney general to do an independent investigation. I spoke to several attorney general assistance and they advised me that they could only get involved if the county attorney refered a case to them. Due to the fact that the county attorney has stopped responding to my emails, he may assume that I am printing them off as he sends such ignorant and defaming written documents. But still as of yet I have no recourse fior justice of any kind. Lee County has longf had the reputation of being the most corrupt in Iowa. I have been advised to contact the national media. I have a friend who is contacting 60 minutes, dateline, Lisa Ling and whoever else he decides is worth a try. The local media will not reply back to the information I have sent them. At this point I would only trust an attorney to take my case on a contingency fee basis. The information I have about my situation states that most attorneys will take this type of case on contigency fee due to high monetary awards given by the courts. One such case that has the exact same details as my case began with the plaintiff was awarded 555,000 by the jury., My case has ballooned far past that as of now. Thanks for replying, I find it very supporting in my dismal situation.
sincerely,
songboat