All that I've received thus far from City Officials on the abandoned house at 300 E Lorraine...sad, really. Mr. Baker claims that the owner (Carla Y. Neal) is responsible, despite her fraud at claiming this is her primary residence, and I should sue her directly. I guess being in contempt of Court is now acceptable as being a responsible citizen.
I'm going to have to get creative, it seems! Paul W. -----Original Message----- From: Baker, Daniel <daniel.ba...@baltimorecity.gov> To: oldhousehist...@aol.com Sent: Thu, 7 May 2009 2:26 pm Subject: RE: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Mr. Williams- The City has a responsible person under an order. If they don't comply then we will take further action with the court. If you are claiming that the owner has caused you property damage then you should contact an attorney to represent you in a civil case against the owner. Daniel Baker -----Original Message----- From: oldhousehist...@aol.com [mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 1:04 PM To: Baker, Daniel; Young, Bernard (Baltimore City) Cc: Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director Code Enforcement Legal"; Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City); ugagra...@yahoo.com; Mayor Sheila Dixon (BALTIMORE CITY) Subject: Re: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Why is she allowed to claim the house as her residence an d pay the reduced rate? Why was the court order not enforced against the estate? Did they die before, during, or after the court order? Funds from the estate should have paid for repairs, following the contempt of court case. I thought legal actions took precedence with estate settlements? This response from the owner of not being able to obtain funds is just that; a stall tactic. The collapsed rear brick wall will not support even a temporary roof repair. I want to know the outcome of the court action, and why this was not followed up. Your not getting off the hook so easily. Shall we meet at the property on Friday to see what kind of property she is claims to actually live in? Paul -----Original Message----- From: Baker, Daniel <daniel.ba...@baltimorecity.gov> To: oldhousehist...@aol.com Cc: Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director Code Enforcement Legal" <jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov>; Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City) <marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov> Sent: Thu, 7 May 2009 9:55 am Subject: RE: 300 E. Lorraine S treet abandoned house status The owner of this house is deceased. The City filed an action against her grand daughter who is the personal representative of the estate. I spoke with the grand daughter by phone this week whose attorney now has the de ed of the property recorded in her name. The grand daughter could not obtain funds for rehab previously because the deed was not in her name. She has applied for funding and is getting estimates from licensed contractors to repair the roof. Daniel Baker -----Original Message----- From: oldhousehist...@aol.com [mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:47 PM To: Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director Code Enforcement Legal"; Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City); Braverman, Michael "Deputy Commissioner"; Young, Bernard (Baltimore City); ugagra...@yahoo.com; Mayor Sheila Dixon (BALTIMORE CITY); Baker, Daniel Subject: Re: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Thanks for your email, although its not rewarding to know that I need to email the Mayor to get a reply, any reply. If the owner is deceased, how did she pay her tax bill in February of this year, and how did she claim this house as her primary residence, and why was she taxed at that rate!? She was held in contempt in November 2008, and she is pulling the wool over your eyes. She (or the estate was fined $500 per day as a result. How may other cases are like this in the city? There would be no budget shortfall if examples like this were remedie d. Let's all meet at the house on Friday and see what was accepted as a primary residence, shall we? Paul -----Original Message----- From: Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director Code Enforcement Legal" <jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov> To: oldhousehist...@aol.com; Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City) <marypat.cla...@bal timorecity.gov>; Braverman, Michael "Deputy Commissioner" <michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov>; Young, Bernard (Baltimore City) <bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov>; ugagra...@yahoo.com; Mayor Sheila Dixon (BALTIMORE CITY) <ma...@baltimorecity.gov>; Baker, Daniel <daniel.ba...@baltimorecity.gov> Sent: Wed, 6 May 2009 8:26 pm Subject: Re: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Mr. Williams: A contempt case was brought against this property owner and they are under order to rehab. A referral was sent to SDAT regarding the tax status. I do not have all the details on this case off the top of my head but I do recall that the owner was deceased and there were problems with the heirs gaining title. Attorney Daniel Baker will be in touch to follow up on this property as he is now handling this district. Jason Hessler Jason Hessler-------------------------- Sent using BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: oldhousehist...@aol.com <oldhousehist...@aol.com> To: 20 Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director Code Enforcement Legal" <jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov>; Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City) <marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov>; Braverman, Michael "Deputy Commissioner" <michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov>; Young, Bernard (Baltimore City) <bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov>; ugagra...@yahoo.com <ugagra...@yahoo.com>; donna.fairweat...@baltimorecity.gov <donna.fairweat...@balt imorecity.gov>; Mayor Sheila Dixon (BALTIMORE CITY) <ma...@baltimorecity.gov> Sent: Wed May 06 19:51:45 2009 Subject: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Mayor Shelia Dixon: I have been pressing, complaining, and following the court case concerning the clearly abandoned and rapidly deteriorating property at 300 E. Lorraine Street in Charles Village to no avail. Sunday, I learned to my disgust, that this blighted property is being taxed at the owner occupied rate: no one can, nor has, occupied the house since 2004 (even the vagrants have run away). I notified the people I've been working with for two years now20with modest to no success (in the to: line above) on Sunday, and NOT ONE has replied, not even a polite reply saying work is in progress, concerning the myriad ongoing problems outlined below, which have been previously reported over two years ago now. So I ask you 0A as mayor: Why is this house being taxed as a resident occupied house after 5 years as an abandoned property, and why has her contempt of court case not been enforced a full year later? The house was to have been torn down in December of 2007. How can the tax office accept a tax payment in February of this year, when she is in contempt of court to transfer sell or demolish the house, as condemned, and accept her claim that it is owner occupied? This is tax fraud, and the owner n eeds to be retroactively fined and taxed as an abandoned property. In my opinion, you all have failed us residents miserably, and I'm now going to the press20to expose this gross inaction. Paul -----Original Message----- From: paul Williams <oldhousehist...@aol.com> To: 'Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director, Code Enforcement Legal"' <jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov>; 'Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City)' <marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov>; 'Braverman, Michael "Deputy Commissioner"' <michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov> Cc: 'Young, Bernard (Baltimore City)' <bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov>; ugagra...@yahoo.com; 'Fairweather, Donna' <donna.fairweat...@baltimorecity.gov> Sent: Sun, 3 May 2009 8:04 pm Subject: RE: 300 E. Lorraine Street Ladies=2 0& Gentlemen! I8 0ve been patiently waiting for information from you all on this ongoing problematic vacant house (now full of mold) which I’ve been complaining about for years (see below). I had hoped to find resolution to the problem through the normal channels, as the court system was making progress in her contempt case. Today, I watched the rain pour into the basement from the back roof and noticed that the windows are so black with mold one can’t see inside. When I went to look the house up today (300 E. Lorraine – Square 3837, lot 66) on the real property tax database, imagine my anger at finding that the owner not only paid her taxes in February (on a condemned house where she is in contempt of court), but that she LISTED THE HOUSE AS HER PRICIPAL RESIDENCE.&nbs p; And, she got the residential tax rate (about $1400 per year), which I’m sure she has obviously been getting for several years, even with condemnation proceedings now over two years old. Nobody can, or has, lived in the house since 2004. We moved into an adjoining house facing the shared alley in 2003. Even the illegal vagrants moved out in 2004 because of the deteriorated condition. How can the city allow someone to claim this condemned property as her principal resi dence? She was found in contempt of court, and was subject to a $500 per day fine beginning in November of 2008. I was assured action by my elected officials for several years now, and thought our communication last November ensured that this house be torn down. Now I need to expose this illegal and embarrassing theft from our city coffers, and I intend on doing so by any public means possible, beginning with the media on Tuesday morning, unless I hear from you with its curren t status, the house is scheduled to be torn down, her $500 per day fine is being p aid, and she will be taxed retro-actively at the vacant rate; or otherwise assured that my city officials are doing their job. Paul Paul K. Williams 2629 Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com <http://www.baltimoremarylandhistory.com/> From: Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director, Code Enforcement Legal" [mailto:jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov <mailto:jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov?> ] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:35 PM To: oldhousehist...@aol.com; Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City); Braverman, Michael "Deputy Commissioner" Cc: Young, Bernard (Baltimore City); ugagra...@yahoo.com; Fairweather, Donna Subject: RE: 300 E. Lorraine Street Mr. Williams: The file was requested from the field and a contempt case was=2 0filed against Ms. Neal to enforce the court order that required her to raze, rehabilitate or transfer 300 E. Lorraine. I have not seen the returns from the District Court but we expect the initial hearing to be on November 25th, 501 E. Fayette Street between 8:30 a.m. -12p.m. Generally in a contempt case=2 0the court would provide the owner with a deadline to comply with the original order. ; A daily fine automatically applies (usually $500 per day) if the owner fails to meet the deadline. We will contact you when we have confirmed the court date. Jason Hessler, Esquire Acting Director Baltimore Housing Code Enforcement=2 0Legal Section 417 E. Fayette Street, #202 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410-396-4140 Fax 410-385-8689 www.baltimorehousing.org CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail is confidential and is intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is p rivileged, attorney work product or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: oldhousehist...@aol.com [mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com <mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com?> =0 A ] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:21 PM To: Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City); Braverman, Michael "Deputy Commissioner"; Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director, Code Enforcement Legal" Cc: Young, Bernard (Baltimore City); ugagra...@yahoo.com ; Subject: Re: 300 E. Lorraine Street Gentlemen; Its been mo re than two weeks since our inquiry, and Mary Pat nor I have heard even one email from you regarding this property. I'm rapidly going from a concerned citizen to an angry citizen. The property was ordered by the court to be torn down nearly a year ago. Taxpayers are losing money as it is listed as owner occupied in the tax rolls for the past 5 years, when in fact, its abandoned and uninhabitable. It sho uld prove to make for an interesting story to the media. Paul Williams -----Original Message----- =2 0From: Clarke, Mary Pat <marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov> To: Braverman, Michael "Deputy Commissioner" (City of Baltimore) <michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov>; Hessler, Jason, "Acting Director, Code Enforcement Legal" (City of Baltimore) <jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov> Cc: Young, Bernard <bernard.yo...@ba ltimorecity. gov>; oldhousehist...@aol.com Sent: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 9:26 am Subject: FW: 300 E. Lorraine Street Dear Mr. Braverman and Mr. Hessler, Could you please let us know the status of this property? When will it be either fixed or demolished? Thanks, Mary Pat (In Councilman Young’s district.) ________________________________ From: oldhousehist...@aol.com <mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com> [mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com <mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com?> ] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 12:48 PM To: Clarke, Mary Pat; ugagra...@yahoo.com <mailto:ugagra...@yahoo.com> Subject: 300 E. Lorraine Street 0 Mary Pat! I've been reporting and following the case of 300 E. Lorraine Ave, a house that is abandoned and sits right behinds ours. It is still listed a nd taxed as being owner occupied, despite its roof now having caved in, with all the roof water headed to the basement. It has slowly gone through the legal process and was supposed to be fixed up or torn down by December 2007! Alas, its still extant, and emails to the legal department go unanswered. It now if full of mold due to the water infiltration, and the rear walls20are collapsing. Can something be done about this property? 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