For those who haven’t seen the coverage so far, there’s been a series of stories percolating out of Mission after some residents there got irate about being charged $5,000-plus for property inspections by the city when they were suspected of running grow-ops.
As it turned out, some of them weren’t — just had problems with their hot-tub wiring or were growing cucumbers, not marijuana, indoors, but they had to pay the inspection fees anyways.
Now, they’re fighting back. This could have wider implications if they are successful in beating this, since many municipalities have turned to this tool as a way of fighting grow-ops.
Robert Matas at the Globe took a bigger picture look at this story today.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Mo // Jan 11, 2011 at 10:14 pm
“Got irate about being charged $5,000-plus for property inspections by the city ”
I should say!
Q: Who are the crooks? A: the City!
Robbers plain and simple
2 sv // Jan 11, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Would love to connect with a cucumber grower in Mission!
3 Michael Geller // Jan 12, 2011 at 7:00 am
Something is not quite right here! The story states
“If there is something found that is wrong that is associated with a controlled substance, then the full effects of the inspection will be charged,” he said. “It’s not a fine, it’s a cost-recovery fee,” he said.
However, the complainant states he was charged $5500 for a poorly wired hot tub. He says there was absolutely no evidence of ‘a controlled substance’.
I do hope someone from Mission administration will clarify what is really going on. Something seems amiss.
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