man cleans vacant lot and gets in trouble with city agency

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no good deed goes unpunished...your local government in action

A business developer in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Point Breeze is facing legal action after voluntarily cleaning up more than 40 tons of trash from a vacant lot neighboring his local business.
As the old adage goes, no good deed goes unpunished. Ori Feibush says he visited the local offices of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority four times, sent in seven written requests and made 24 phone calls to the agency asking them to take care of a major eyesore: an empty lot next to his coffee shop was home to more than 40 tons of debris.
Not only did the agency fail to act but it also denied Feibush's offer to clean up the mess himself.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/city-may-sue-developer-spent-20k-remove-40-200922350.html
 
no good deed goes unpunished...your local government in action

A business developer in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Point Breeze is facing legal action after voluntarily cleaning up more than 40 tons of trash from a vacant lot neighboring his local business.
As the old adage goes, no good deed goes unpunished. Ori Feibush says he visited the local offices of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority four times, sent in seven written requests and made 24 phone calls to the agency asking them to take care of a major eyesore: an empty lot next to his coffee shop was home to more than 40 tons of debris.
Not only did the agency fail to act but it also denied Feibush's offer to clean up the mess himself.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/city-may-sue-developer-spent-20k-remove-40-200922350.html

There is a group in London (England :) ) called The Guerilla Gardeners who beautify bits of derelict land. Some are just a few square feet. They move in late at night with their forks and spades and plant flowers and shrubs. This from the guy who started it several years ago.

"I just thought dammit, I am going to sort this out, so I set my alarm clock and got up in the middle of the night The police have stopped us loads of times, they just say, "What are you doing?" I say "Gardening." And they say, "Great."' These are the words of Richard Reynolds, the man behind London's growing Guerilla Gardening scene. Inspired by or rather depressed by the state of his Elephant & Castle housing estate Reynolds set about clearing it up and planting barren areas which were just full of litter.
 
There is a group in London (England :) ) called The Guerilla Gardeners who beautify bits of derelict land. Some are just a few square feet. They move in late at night with their forks and spades and plant flowers and shrubs. This from the guy who started it several years ago.

"I just thought dammit, I am going to sort this out, so I set my alarm clock and got up in the middle of the night The police have stopped us loads of times, they just say, "What are you doing?" I say "Gardening." And they say, "Great."' These are the words of Richard Reynolds, the man behind London's growing Guerilla Gardening scene. Inspired by or rather depressed by the state of his Elephant & Castle housing estate Reynolds set about clearing it up and planting barren areas which were just full of litter.

fortunately, i live in a town that does not permit such eyesores to exist for long or even home (owners/renters) to let their residents go for long
 
fortunately, i live in a town that does not permit such eyesores to exist for long or even home (owners/renters) to let their residents go for long

I saw a very encouraging programme about somewhere called 'Detroit' (I'm sure I have heard of that somewhere....music?... aww...I dunno [tic]) where a group of people had started farming derelict land. It seemed a wonderful project.
 
Unions have very strict work rules. I have a friend who works for a very large company. She got a promotion and a new office. She boxed her stuff up to move to her office and got written up because that was the unions job

Excellent extrapolation. That is all anyone would ever need to condemn all unions and all their members in all societies. It is not surprising that you think of yourself as one of the 1%.
 
the city agency was less excited, demanding that Feibush return the vacant lot to its previous condition and saying it is considering legal action against him.


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And the situation is not without irony. Feibush says he received a citation in August 2011 from the city for litter on the same lot that the city now points out is not his property.


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