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Page Two Mayor Butler August 11, 1986 At the homeowner's request, the meeting was rescheduled. To our knowledge, the homeowner did not show up at the meeting and we never heard about the city pursuing this matter. In the summer of 1985, we again resumed our calls to city officials and were again referred to you, Mayor Butler. In the process of complaining, we spoke with Dave Wilde of the Assessor's office, who told us that our property value fell in part due to the condition of the house across the street. Several times we asked you to drive by to look at the house; you always had a reason why you couldn't. We asked you to take legal action as the two years had now passed, and the site should have been upgraded by this time. Meanwhile, the house got worse. In our final conversation, you said, Mayor Butler, that you were resigning due to medical problems (a bad back is what you told us), and that you would not deal with this issue. We incorrectly assumed that you meant that you were resigning immediately, and so, tired of fighting city hall, we again sat back and watched as you did nothing. This past July, we spoke with Orono Building Inspector Tom Jacobs. He said that he was "too busy with new construction to deal with this issue", even though he was very familiar with it. In fact, he stated that criminal charges had been filed and subsequently dropped against the homeowner as violation of city codes is a criminal offense. City officials had decided to drop the criminal charges with the intent to pursue condem- nation proceedings. Mr. Jacobs was unable to give an exact date when this would happen but he said that he "would.try to get to it in July or by August".