Man, bureaucracy at it's best. Crazy, but somehow it seems normal.

Whoa, was that you? Cause if so, I am so sorry.

*waves back*
Nice to see you.

OMG, that's really terrible. I have no idea how you kept such a level head.

Whoa. We're dealing with the city on a couple landlord issues right now and even when people are nice it can be a bear. (This is Wisconsin, so people are in fact generally nice. Uh, door's open!)

They had their wicked way with me. Now it's my turn. A friend had lunch with the mayor today. He'd read the article and was "dealing with it."

We'll see. I suspect they are going to make a personnel issue out of it. It's really a planning issue: the neighborhood groups wanted the single family upzone to protect themselves from the scumbag developers. The planning updates have very clear language that the city isn't going to do this sort of thing. So they are going to stop. My next move is a public disclosure request for all the Certificates of Non-conforming Use in this particular area. I'm betting that there aren't many and I was the first one they hammered like this. So I'm going to see I'm also the last.

Happy ending:

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Buckaroo Banzai on the left and Penny Priddy on the right. Cats are installed at the manufacturer's specified clearance for combustible critters.

OK so I got round to reading it. Glad it ended well more or less.

Warbaby!

Wow, a truly Kafka-esque tale. (Except for the happy ending, of course!)

The indomitable warbaby triumphs again. So good to see you back here! I was just thinking of you a couple of days ago, and wondering how you were doing. *hugs*

Cats are installed at the manufacturer's specified clearance for combustible critters.

*snort giggle guffaw*

I would so totally have gone postal over that. Awesome detective skills too. Color me impressed.

Sorry for the pain, warbaby, but I'm very jealous of the stove. Since we're renters, of course we can't do this, but I really miss the fireplace that we had in our first apartment in Greece. If we lived in our own place, I would put in something like what you have.

This is the Hearthstone Stowe in matte black. Does up to 1200 sq. ft. I keep mine turned down to about 60% except when I am roasting cats. Which would be all the time if they got their wish.