Posted on 03/31/2023 11:09:30 AM PDT by lowbridge
A metro Atlanta man reached out to Channel 2 Action News after seeing our investigation into the city of Atlanta demolitions. He wanted to share his demolition nightmare too.
Everett Tripodis said the city sent warnings to the wrong address before demolishing his home on Atlanta’s historic West End.
Tripodis’ property is on Lawton Street. The zip code is 30310. But the city of Atlanta demolition documents references Lawton Avenue, with zip code 30314.
“The demolition order itself gave the city and its contractor authority to demolition a home on a completely different street and a completely different zip code,” Tripodis told Channel 2 Consumer Investigator Justin Gray.
Gray was on Lawton Street on Channel 2 Action News at 5 p.m. Wednesday, where there is now nothing left but an overgrown lot.
A century-old home used to sit on the lot near the BeltLine. Tripodis and his mother bought the house as an investment property.
He said that each year, they paid to have it listed with Atlanta’s vacant property registry as required by law.
“The city had the correct address, the correct owner’s address in its internal records,” Tripodis said.
Tripodis said they were working on remodeling the home when the city demolished it.
“(We were) in the process of remodeling; they come with bulldozers and knock the entire house down,” Tripodis said. “It’s gutwrenching. I don’t even like looking at it. This is prime real estate.”
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All your houses are belong to us.
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Because bypasses have to be built.
What did he have on the Clintons?
Educated city employee are a must. But in todays world there is no wrong answer or response, it’s how you feel that matters. So if a city employee feels like a different address is required, sorry, deems the breaks.
Sounds like their investment just increased in value thanks to the taxpayers of Atlanta.
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I read that article a couple a days ago. Hey! If you are going to make sure that experience and competency in a job is the LAST thing you look for when hiring for a government position, you can expect a few mistakes to be made. I’m sure the main thing is that Atlanta, Georgia is more attuned with DIE principles.
Now, don’t you and the (formerly) home-owner feel better now?
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