The fact that a mortgage is in a blind trust does not necessarily mean that a local politician is holding it. It also does not necessarily mean that the holder has evil intent. And it's an even bigger leap to conclude that "somebody in city management is dealing from the bottom of the deck for personal profit."
It could be true. Could also not be true. We'll have to wait on the facts.
The fact that the foreclosure documents were improperly filled out and lacking the legally required contact information doesn’t bother you either.
The problem is with all these things occurring together involving a single lot targeted as future green space.
Zoning violations in spite of the clear language of the ordinance.
Contact (harassment) of the original mortgage holder by city officials in violation of policy and practice.
Mortgage holder sells out cheap to secret buyer.
Property held in blind trust, actual owner still unknown.
Foreclosure documents improperly filled out, owner still hidden.
Joe Citizen held in jail and denied access to courts (for a trumped up zoning violation abetted by the mayor) while his property is plundered.
Press accounts say the city has spent a quarter million taxpayer dollars on pursuing the Chicken Man. Pretty sure that was less than his asking price.
And you want to blame the victim for being unstable or uncooperative.
You really are blinded by the “nice”.
I think you may have normalcy bias with a dash of “nobody would really do such a horrible thing to person so there must have been something wrong with him”.
Admitting that such a nice small town is governed by petty tyrants with hidden agendas is something you just aren’t prepared to deal with, so you’re very busy putting on the Pollyanna polish, everything is okay, nothing bad is going on and the problem was the citizen, not the government.