So now the economy is the fault of Mr. Soumis and our City Council. I guess you haven’t heard of this little thing sweeping our nation called a recession.

How many jobs have been lost in Antigo? I’m not sure, exactly. From what I have seen, we have had a positive change here in Antigo. Businesses such as Merit Gear and Sears have expanded, new businesses such as Goodwill and Holiday Inn have come. The closed Vulcan plant is now home to a new business that is expanding to even more jobs than were lost. The former County Market building is being used again as well as new stores in the former K-Mart strip. Old, useless buildings are coming down and contamination on the land is being cleaned up to be prepared for new business.

Yes, times are tough all across the country and Antigo is no exception. That cannot be laid on Mr. Soumis. You can blame him and the council for the recent economic downturn, but you will continue to do it from the minority and without 3 of your so called Fantastic Four. If you had the superior argument, one would believe that eventually one of your ilk would win an election. I don’t foresee that happening.

I was the neighbor that was falsely accused of calling the health dept. The ‘neighbor’ stood out in her front yard and screamed at me as I was walking w/ my two children. Hopefully they don’t have rats because I’m in a very close vicinity and have kids.

I also think the reason ppl, myself included,are so disgusted with them is because they received a home from the block grant and it is already completely destroyed in two years. They don’t take care of it at all. They have taken out a window and just put boards over them. The doors are broken. There is a sewage leak that hasn’t been fixed. The inside is absolutely disgusting, there’s literally a path through the home w/ piles of junk on both sides. This could have been a new start for the family but instead they are so used to getting everything for free they ruined it.
They also wanted to get a block grant this year to put up a garage. This from the neighbor himself. Thank god he coudn’t/didn’t.

There are many more issues I personally have with these neighbors and their ‘way of life’ that have nothing to do with their yard but we’ll save that for a different blog.

And before anyone tells me to mind my own business and find something better to do. They have burdened me with their problems. They have come over at 10 pm at night to use my phone and the son pushes his way into my house at 4 in the morning and then hides from the cops in my garage and truck, etc. etc.

It is unfortunate that APD couldn’t take care of it for you, however they are governed by what exactly they can do and what they can tell the people to do about the complaint.

from the ordinances (available on the city website):

(b) Abatement by court action. If the inspecting officer determines that a public nuisance exists on private premises, but that the nature of such nuisance is not such as to threaten great and immediate danger to the public health, safety, peace, morals or decency, the inspector or sanitarian shall file a written report of such findings with the mayor who, upon direction of the council or its designee, shall cause an action to abate such nuisance to be commenced in the name of the city in the county circuit court in accordance with the provisions of Wis. Stats. ch. 823

I doubt they would take the time to write a 5 page letter to him-I’d like to see it. I have some dumps around my house that I would like to see taken care of and I wish the police would do something about them as well. There are way too many junk vehicles sitting in front of houses. People wonder why nobody wants to come here-junk vehicles and junk buildings and nobody does anything about them. You probably got one of those lazy cops that couldn’t wait to get back to the office and watch the Brewer game.