Notice the rectangular mark under the address, there used to be a mailbox there.

When you have to evict someone in the zone (orange placard on door) you are going to lose money. However, you can get a little bit of joy out of this situation by removing the mailbox. Former tenants are SERIOUSLY pissed off when they return to find they have no way of getting their 'check'. I'll try getting this reaction on video for you!

I told this tenant that we don't allow dogs and immediately noticed that she had a pit and rot. The rot got out of the fenced in yard and bit a young girl a block away (later killed by animal control). She rode out the entire eviction process and made me get the sheriff to move her out. The only things that the movers left was the stink of her dog, this is can of O.E..

If you work in an ad agency there must be enormous pressure come up with ideas that are cute and yet arcane. Here's an advertisement on 16th and Mitchell that is supposed to counteract 15 years of crappy parenting. If somebody REALLY wants a picture at this bus stop that would accurately depict the gloom of indigent single parenthood - why not use the picture below for starters?

I had to play Mr. Mom for a few days while my wife was out of town so I told my 5 year old that it was take your kid to the Zone week. Turns out that it wasn't as fun as I made it sound to him. Thanks for being a good sport Little Man!

If you think that this thing looks bad, you should try smelling it. It's hard to believe that somebody was sleeping on this thing. I know crack whores with higher standards.

Some have asked me -"What is the most useless goverment position that you have to deal with?"

This is a really tough question but Fire Inspector is one of the positions that comes to mind. The F.I. makes a yearly visit to a 3 (or more) unit property and looks at smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers. The landlord spends time and money preparing for this visit and within a WEEK, batteries are taken from detectors and about 30% of fire exinguishers are stolen or discharged.

This process is a complete farce. If your goverment thinks you are too incompetent to

do simple maintenance on your property without a permit, what makes them think that somebody that can hardly read and has no job skills is capable of fighting a fire?

Another tenant of notoriety.

From jsonline.com

An employee of Potawatomi Bingo and Casino and eight of his friends were indicted Tuesday on charges that they stole $168,000 from the casino by cheating on the Pick 8 bingo game.

Deandre Russell of Milwaukee, who worked at the casino, devised a scheme to cheat the game so his friends would win jackpots, according to the indictment, which was handed down in federal court in Milwaukee. The winners then shared their proceeds with Russell.

The defendants scammed the game on seven different occasions between Nov. 20, 2005, and Sept. 11, 2006, according to the indictment. The stolen jackpots ranged from $15,500 to $50,500.

As I was driving home from the Brewer game last night, I noticed a Milwaukee Animal Control van at the light next to me. I think he was headed towards Lincoln and 15th Pl. Oddly enough I used to own this building and sold it to the current owner (Jim) several years ago.

The following is from the Milwaukee Journal
July 9, 2011 11:26 a.m.
About 300 rats and a cat died in a fire Friday at a duplex in the 2200 block of S. 15th Place, Milwaukee Fire Department Deputy Chief Mike Romas said Saturday.

The rats were being raised to be fed to an estimated 25 snakes - including at least one boa constrictor - housed in the basement of the duplex, Romas said.

The fire was reported around 8:37 p.m. Friday and six people living in the upper and lower apartments escaped without injury, according to Romas.

Firefighters called animal control officials to remove the snakes, a turtle and other animals. The cat that died was one of eight cats at the duplex, Romas said.

The fire started in the basement and caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to the building. Cause of the fire is undetermined and remains under investigation, Romas said. There were no smoke detectors in the residences.