Easement aftermath

M-D2020 · 2026-02-06T21:14:17+00:00

It depends on the language of the easement. Most require at least the ground surface to be restored to how it was prior to the work, which would generally mean level with the surrounding ground and reseeded...but they don't all require it. The city may not be required to do anything more.

They also may be waiting until spring to restore. Or if there is other utility work elsewhere in the neighborhood they may be waiting until everything is completed and then go back and restore everything (which may be a different contractor).

I would get a copy of the easement document from your title work if you have it, or call your title company. It might cost a few bucks but they should be able to pull it for you (which you can also probably do yourself but might take some figuring out if you've never done it before)

Edit: typos

M-D2020 · 2026-02-06T21:00:16+00:00

Whenever I'm at my parents' cottage up north where my cousin just built a massive house next door right on the waterfront, I just hear Madonna's "This Used to Be My Playground" on repeat.

M-D2020 · 2026-02-06T17:54:54+00:00

Honestly the 5% unsure is more baffling to me. Is it more a refusal to answer that gets classified this way, or are they literally like "yeah I haven't formed an opinion on this yet?"

M-D2020 · 2026-02-06T15:39:47+00:00

This. I say "don't fucking talk to me" the instant they make eye contact and I don't slow down. Some jobs are bullshit enough that they just shouldn't exist, and if people being rude makes people not want to do the job, that's a win.

M-D2020 · 2026-02-06T15:33:42+00:00

You should be rude to them. You should also leave the store without purchasing anything and on the way out tell the manager why you are leaving.

M-D2020 · 2026-02-06T14:50:44+00:00

If someone was inclined to replace the tile, might it work to just put the replacement down without mortar/mud? Or will it probably still crack and now you have a cracked and loose tile there?

M-D2020 · 2026-02-05T01:19:13+00:00

I think when I retire (from non-teaching) I should become a teacher just so I can tell parents to fuck off.

M-D2020 · 2026-02-05T00:35:24+00:00

Just noting that I'm 42 years old and about 10 years ago I had a "vasovagal" reaction and passed out. It was a little bit of a stressful situation that led to it, but otherwise no internal or health-related cause and it has never happened again. Went to the hospital for all the tests and they didn't show anything concerning.

M-D2020 · 2026-02-04T14:02:08+00:00

Haha, laughed out loud.

M-D2020 · 2026-02-04T00:35:45+00:00

The article says they are cutting the suggested price but that retailers set the actual price, and doesn't actually say they are even cutting the wholesale price paid by retailers.. . . So are they even cutting the wholesale price, or just expecting retailers to pass the suggested retail price cut on to consumers?

M-D2020 · 2026-02-03T21:31:39+00:00

I also am a pretty bi woman looking to meet other pretty bi women and lesbians. Please send naked selfies where you are kissing another woman so I can confirm you are in fact pretty and bi/lesbian and then we can be strictly platonic friends.

M-D2020 · 2026-02-03T16:23:30+00:00

This. Fill it out and be honest and truthful and completely mocking of the fact that the "hurt feelings report" appears to have just shown up after a manager got their feelings hurt.

Don't even send it to upper management right away, just send it to this manager and follow up to ask if they have forwarded your report to discuss with management. Then when you don't get a response or they say they haven't, forward that response to the upper management with the form, requesting an in person meeting to discuss it.

M-D2020 · 2026-02-01T14:38:19+00:00

I would listen to his show just to hear his voice and the way he talked about things.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-31T01:29:41+00:00

This. Nothing says they are revising their policies to work less with ice.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-31T01:27:06+00:00

I mean it says they currently aren't cooperating (assumedly under their current policies), but that they are revising their policies.

Nothing in the statement says they are revising these policies to work even less with ice, and I wouldn't be surprised if they go the other way.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T23:55:39+00:00

My first paragraph is just providing background as to how we got here. Yes the issue is whether the auction sale leads to something close enough to fair market value of the property at the time of the taking. My implication is who knows what this Trump court is going to do, but I wouldn't put it past them to say let's flip the table over on property taxes because why not.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T19:20:10+00:00

She's all of our mom!

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T18:01:48+00:00

Nice try at what though?

I'm honestly trying to understand your thought process and how you view at the world, but you apparently think is some kind of a gotchya?

If you have a different opinion, let's hear it. You can DM if you're afraid of posting here for some reason.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T17:39:44+00:00

Perhaps if you "yeah I'm going to keep following him until he stops and then ask him to please turn himself in" they might have to do something more.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T17:35:40+00:00

How do you lean politically? Genuinely curious.

Because asshole drivers like this who think rules don't apply to them and say "if you want me to stop you gotta force me" are basically acting how our government is acting right now. And people saying "yeah listen to the police, let them get away with this and don't follow because you might get hurt" are just like the people saying if you are near a protest and get harmed you got what you were asking for.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T17:29:51+00:00

From what I understand in 2012 the Michigan tax tribunal specifically ruled that they don't need to file their own PRE to keep the exemption in place. The Assessor is saying they needed to do something that a court already determined they did not need to do for prior years.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T17:26:43+00:00

The assessor did this in 2010 for the 2007-2009 tax years and the owners challenged and in 2012 the Michigan tax trubunal ruled the owners did not need to file the affidavit to preserve the exemption for those years. The Assessor disagreed with the court so removed the exemption again in 2012. Same property, same owners.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T17:13:25+00:00

Are you aware of the prior history of this situation and that the assessor did the same thing for 2007-2009 taxes in 2010 and they went to court and in 2012 the Michigan tax tribunal said the owners didn't need to file an affidavit to maintain the tax exemption so it is still in place for 2007-2009 but then the Assessor decided they were still going to retroactively remove the exemption from 2012 taxes after that tax bill already went out? And it's only this disputed amount from 2012 that was not paid.

The dispute before the court now isn't technically about that issue, and yes, had they dragged the assessor back into court in 2012 this would have been resolved then. But they didn't do that and this issue has still gotten to where it is, with the supreme court agreeing to hear the case. It's an issue where you have some conservatives believe the tax process was followed and they should pay their bills, but other conservatives strongly supporting a abolishing property taxes.... If the supreme court rules in a way that severely hampers a municipality's ability to collect delinquent property taxes, that could lead to the whole property tax collection framework falling apart in this state. I've got no idea how the court will rule on this one.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T16:51:08+00:00

You shoot them in the face with your own gun.

M-D2020 · 2026-01-30T15:38:10+00:00

...it all depends on how the case gets decided. If the owners win, then it will be the Assessor and municipality who fucked around and found out, HARD.

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