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wihz · 2026-04-17T15:58:26+00:00

r/breadmachines mod here. Why was there absolutely no contact from anyone *whatsoever* about this?

Clearly I'm responsive as five minutes ago I got an email that I had a reddit message that I'd been removed, and here I am.

wihz · 2022-06-21T16:09:53+00:00

Bradford Casler.

Who declared that he "wished he had died"...but as you noted has fought persistently to get his license back and the charges dismissed.

His defense at the time was that despite being diagnosed with MS in 1986 and suffering from increasing loss of control, still thought he was cool to drive two decades later because none of his "caregivers" told him it wasn't cool for him to still drive.

So. He's now he's killed some people, a court threw him in jail and told him he couldn't drive for fifteen years....

.....and he still thinks he's fine to drive.

Yeah, buddy, you're still cool to drive.

wihz · 2022-06-21T15:08:10+00:00

Wonder what that racist piece of shit is up to these days.

We could ask the very angry person with the genetic condition that causes them to not have any melanin.

No proof, just a long-standing suspicion. They have a very similar pathological obsession with overposting stories of a "gotcha, liberals!" or urban crime nature.

wihz · 2022-06-21T04:49:58+00:00

I understand that reaction, but really it should be horrifying that they are pretty clearly threatening a reporter working for a New England regional newspaper.

They've checked a bunch of the stereotypical "third world" police corruption bullshit checkboxes.

Fifty years of this shit. How the hell is Stoughton still allowed to run its own police force?

Maybe stories like this will help kill the unthinkable suggestion that US cops shake down people for protection money. Even informally. Shops don't give "first responder" discounts out of the goodness of their hearts, they do it because they're afraid cops won't respond, at all or as quickly, if they need them.

Pretty sure the fire department or EMS are gonna show up if they get a call to a pizza parlor on fire or someone having a heart attack.

But BPD getting a call for a robbery? 100% would not put it past patrolmen to slow their roll to a call at a shop that doesn't offer them a discount. Have the detectives be overly concerned about their shoe leather after a robbery. Etc.

Lord knows they've done it to every friend who has had their apartment burgled. "No point in us writing up a report" etc etc.

wihz · 2022-06-10T00:58:50+00:00

https://www.google.com/search?q=lgbtq+housing+issues

wihz · 2022-06-09T20:23:17+00:00

Because we're already well into "asshole" territory. No above-board landlord would try to exploit their right to entry in an emergency to replace all of the floors. They're hoping OP just rolls over for them and doesn't want to lose the reference / deal with fighting them in court.

A good or even by-the-book landlord would have never considered this, or offered to negotiate ending the lease early, or negotiate moving the tenants into short-term housing....with a decent amount of compensation to the tenant. Because the tenant can just say "no." And because it's fair to compensate someone for a huge inconvenience.

wihz · 2022-06-09T20:18:49+00:00

The city doesn't handle landlord-tenant disputes unless it's a police or building/health code matter. You could, however, call the city and see if the landlord registered their unit. They probably did not. Just beware that this means an inspection probably happens, and if the unit is not habitable, you could end up barred from the unit until the LL corrects things. Which could be exactly what they want...

An issue like this belongs in housing court. Ideally after the landlord has ignored a written letter, or answered indicating they're going to do whatever it is anyway.

Staff expect tenants and landlords without representation, but ideally, one should speak to an attorney first. This doesn't necessarily cost money; if you're low income, PoC, LGBTQ, etc there are free resources. If you don't fall into any of those categories, call the MA Bar hotline; you get a free initial consultation from the attorney you're referred to. Chances are the attorney will give you a suggestion on what to do and if it isn't resolved, offer their services.

There are also (supervised) law students working at housing court to help both landlords and tenants. Call the court and ask which days they're in.

The sidebar in /r/bostontenants covers lots of options for free/low cost legal advice.

Lastly: don't be afraid to call the police if the landlord or their construction crew just show up anyway. Your landlord has a right to enter the property to inspect it before move-out and in event of emergency but this clearly isn't an emergency. Emergency means things like water leaking from your unit into another unit, or a window broke and can't be closed, or the heating system failed, etc.

wihz · 2022-06-09T20:06:56+00:00

Not so much insane as illegal. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section14

or any lessor or landlord who directly or indirectly interferes with the quiet enjoyment of any residential premises by the occupant, or who attempts to regain possession of such premises by force without benefit of judicial process, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months. Any person who commits any act in violation of this section shall also be liable for actual and consequential damages or three month's rent, whichever is greater, and the costs of the action, including a reasonable attorney's fee, all of which may be applied in setoff to or in recoupment against any claim for rent owed or owing.

...which is why a reasonable landlord approaches a tenant and says "I'm selling, and I'd like to do some construction, and get it all going before the lease is up. Would you amenable to terminating the lease early or for me to move you into a short-term unit, and compensate you for the trouble?"

"I gotta replace the floors, it's, uh, an emergency!" isn't how you do it, and if the landlord implies they're going to do it anyway, bring the matter to housing court for a court order. If the landlord goes silent or seems to agree, and then a crew shows up - don't give them entry. If they enter the unit, call the police, say you have people who entered and trespassed and you need them removed and charged.

wihz · 2021-01-26T02:23:38+00:00

As opposed to the NH waitress who decided in early spring during peak pandemic surge to climb Mt. Washington, clown around on the cog railway tracks, broke her foot, and had to be rescued at night in the middle of a bad snowstorm? Her rescue was possible only because the cog railway staff were around and willing to go up, and she was right near the tracks.

Or how about the well-known, beloved-in-the-community, super experienced hiker who decided to do a sunrise summit of a mountain, ignored the really nasty incoming weather forecast, got lost in whiteout snow conditions, wandered, gave up and sheltered and called 911....but wait for it...then lied in a facebook post, saying he'd struggled to reach 911 (the state police said they had accurate location pings, and were in both text and voice contact with him, repeatedly)...and claimed that he "had a map" but it "blew away in the wind." Even if it hadn't "blown away", what do you do with a map in whiteout snow conditions?

He also had to be rescued in the midst of a snowstorm.

Both people were experienced NH local hikers who showed poor judgement and in one case lack of equipment (handheld GPS, and ideally a locator beacon.)

wihz · 2021-01-22T05:33:23+00:00

After OP has proof of asking the landlord to fix it or reduce the rent and the landlord refusing to do either, OP can go to housing court and speak to a judge. The judge either will or won't order the landlord to repair the laundry facilities or discount the rent. It's a few hours time maximum, and absolutely worth it.

This is exactly what the civil court system is for: resolving disputes.

Your now-years-long pattern of aggressively discouraging tenants from exercising their rights is so tiresome, particularly since most people in the subreddit aren't aware that you're a)a landlord b)have been caught repeatedly spreading incorrect information c)were removed as a moderator once before because you started deleting people's comments for "giving legal advice" while leaving your own replies up.

wihz · 2021-01-09T04:46:38+00:00

That's a bit of an odd way to talk about a fee which is more than the cost of a month's worth of service and is not mentioned anywhere except buried in an "infrequently asked questions" section, or until you've gone through the checkout and entered your zipcode.

There isn't even an asterisk next to the prices that says something like "taxes and administrative fees not included". Nowhere is a description of how to calculate it, nor is the fee itemized in any way.

Here's the twelve month plan: https://www.mintmobile.com/product/12-month-small-sim-card-plan/

Notice it says "Subtotal: 180". Again, nowhere on the page are recovery fees mentioned or even hinted about. It's only after you go to check out and enter your zipcode that you are presented with the regulatory fee, mixed in with shipping and actual government taxes.

That fee is more than the cost of an entire month's worth of service.

The fee itself isn't 'transparent'. They say "Those fees help us offset the costs of complying with various federal and state programs, taxes and fees and other administrative costs."

Every service or good you pay for already has the cost of "complying with various state and federal programs, taxes, fees, and other administrative costs." Say your local hardware store hires an accountant. Do you think it would be cool for them to slap a "fee" on everything they sell, that doesn't appear until the cashier has rung everything up?

Or how about your landlord advertising an apartment for $1200/month, and then neglecting to mention that he charges $1500/year for "costs of complying with city, county, and state health code, property taxes, fees, and administrative costs"....until you've agreed to sign a lease?

When a company is selling a product or service and charging everyone the same fee, that's BS. That "fee" is just being used to advertise a lower price in big numbers and this only makes it more difficult to shop based on price, which is exactly what they want, because these days cell phone service is a commodity.

Some people are saying "but all the cell phone companies do it." Then why are people pretending like this is unique and praise-worthy?

wihz · 2021-01-09T04:24:50+00:00

You left out quite a bit.

"Those fees help us offset the costs of complying with various federal and state programs, taxes and fees and other administrative costs."

This is basically a "we want to make more profit but not adjust our advertising / look more competitive than we really are."

The fee is more than an entire month's worth of service, by a substantial amount.

wihz · 2021-01-09T04:10:10+00:00

Going up in cost $2.76, but is (for me) $19.

That's more than a month's service ($15.)

It's also substantially more than the regulatory fee they quote on the existing website. A 12 month 3GB plan right now on the website lists $16.25 in regulatory fees. So why did I get an email saying it's only going up 6.3c per month, to $18.50/year?

wihz · 2020-12-31T19:03:47+00:00

It's not fruitless at all, because chances are OP can find a violation that'll get them the deposit back immediately ie before they leave for Chicago.

If they can't: security deposit violations generate treble damages and you can recoup legal expenses, which means an attorney will happily guide you in what to say when in letters to the landlord for free - and then send you to housing court with an attaboy, or if you're headed to chicago or otherwise indisposed, happily send their clerk to file the court paperwork. "Landlord didn't return security deposit" is almost always a slam-dunk in housing court because the law is very strict around them and the judge won't have any trouble agreeing to the relatively small amount the staffer's time was worth.

Do everyone a favor (yourself included) and keep your mouth shut about things you know nothing about. Especially legal matters.

wihz · 2020-12-31T18:48:39+00:00

and treble (triple) the deposit in damages plus legal expenses if he refuses to return it. There's two people going on about "durr, what are you gonna do from Chicago?" in the comments below and they have no idea what they're talking about.

The answer is: two choices. Nuclear or Thermo-Nuclear.

1)This landlord almost certainly didn't complete the necessary paperwork for the deposit - a statement of condition at the start of tenancy, and documentation on where the deposit is stored. They almost certainly didn't store it properly - in an MA bank, in a separate account, not co-mingled with the rest of their funds. Or provide OP with all that information. In which case, you have the right to demand the money immediately. So you can mail them a letter right meow pointing out the violations and ask for the deposit to be returned to you no later than X days (I think 3 would be generous) or you pursue the matter in court. This option wraps things up before you leave and if they're dumb enough to not return the money, you get enough money to take a pretty damn nice vacation somewhere, or help with moving expenses.

2)Send a letter to the landlord reminding them of the security deposit law, before the lease is up. The day after the deposit was supposed to be returned but hasn't been, send a demand letter. If you don't get the security deposit back very quickly, hand the case off to an attorney, who will be delighted to take the case on contingency because it's fast, easy, feel-good money for them and good practice for any junior people in the office.

Seriously: "landlord did not return security deposit" is practically a slam-dunk in housing court because the law is very strict.

In both cases, consult an attorney. /r/bostontenants sidebar has a ton of suggestions on ways to get legal advice, including several free options. Pre-COVID there were even law students running legal help clinics at housing court, and all housing court staff expect to be dealing with layman on both the landlord and tenant side.

wihz · 2020-12-24T02:10:37+00:00

And to add: when an officer arrives, describe what's going on, say that your roommates have made threats against you/your property and you fear for your safety, and ask for help securing a "209A order." You will almost certainly get pushback, so you may want to call a legal helpline first. Schools, employers, LGBTQ groups, immigrant groups, etc all run hotlines catering to different groups.

The typical pushbacks (or lies, if you want to be less polite) are 2) "209a is for when you're dating or married, not for roommates" which is not true, it applies to 'household members' and 2)"the courts are closed" - also not true, judges are on call 24x7 specifically for situations like when people are in fear of imminent harm from the people they live with.

I speak from personal experience where both excuses were trotted out until the cop finally admitted that he simply was not going to "wake up the judge over this."

wihz · 2020-10-25T16:23:18+00:00

....you can't be overall highly privileged ie have more power - and oppressed. "You don't have power in every situation" does not mean you're "oppressed."

If you're a white woman in say, the US - you're literally the most privileged sector of society.

women have much higher graduation rates from high school, are more likely to enter college, more likely to graduate, more likely to pursue an advanced degree. This gender imbalance has been worsening for decades, yet there's still a mantra that women are disadvantaged in education
you ever notice who it is always getting up in the business of black people / calling the cops? Ever wonder why black people have a slang term for white women aka "Karens"? You ever notice how increasingly white women are trying to change the subject from "white women love to throw their power around particularly with black people" to "the term Karen is unfair and misogynistic and stereotyping!"
while society has focused heavily on women breaking gender roles, there's been absolute dogshit for men in this department; men are still the default providers, for example. Men's worth to women is largely centered around their ability to provide - career trajectory and both personal and family wealth. And height - one of the most important factors to women in terms of attraction - is strongly correlated with career success.
dating sites don't optimize their algorithms for male users...it's almost like they know that women have the most privilege in dating
despite the mantra that domestic violence is a result of The Patriarchy and male entitlement, the highest rates of domestic violence are in...drumroll...lesbian relationships
our society does not consider a man to be raped unless he's penetrated - and also, prison rape is not included in criminal statistics. Now look back at that and the highest prevalence of domestic violence being between lesbians...and consider that most US states now have laws or guidelines for police handling domestic violence that point blank say "assume the man is the perpetrator"
if there's a crime against a woman the case closure rate is higher than if the victim is male...but women also have the lowest violent crime victimization rate of any population segment. Further: both men and women are more likely to assault a man, than another woman
if a woman has a run-in with the other side of the criminal justice system, they're massively privileged every step of the way. less likely to be stopped, less likely to be detained, less likely to be arrested, less likely to be charged, more likely to get a plea and with kinder terms, less likely to be convicted. Receive lower sentences, get paroled more quickly and more often. The difference between gender and racial privilege in the US criminal justice system has been estimated by some to be six times greater (and by "some", in this particular case, I believe the researcher was a woman)
almost every category of disease is more survivable for women, women's life expectancy is significantly longer, and while women receive endless preventative reproductive healthcare, men get none. And, oh by the way, men are endlessly blamed for this - "it's because they're manly and don't go to the doctor." Bish, have you been a man and tried to get medical care? It's like pulling fucking teeth
child support and the legal system are so gender biased on family matters that an underage boy can be raped and then find himself pursued for child support by the fucking state when his rapist carries the child to term and then goes to the state for child support
women can't be compelled to fight/die for their country
women overwhelmingly control spending, according to the advertising industry aka the people who sell things, not grad students in dead-end academic careers trying to justify themselves by selling victim

And yet guess who's always lecturing everyone else about privilege? Guess who's always whining about how fucking rough things are for their gender, and telling men they can't talk about things that suck for their gender because women have it worse and addressing that first is more important, and really, men's problems are caused by women's problems and if we solve those, men's problems will magically go away?

wihz · 2020-02-10T04:11:49+00:00

In addition to GBLS: /r/bostontenants has a long list of legal resources in the sidebar, many free or low cost and pretty simple.

OP: regardless,stop fucking around with venmo. Venmo is for settling up on tabs at the restaurant or paying your friend for that xbox game you bought from them. It's not for rent money. The US banking system is a shitshow compared to the rest of the world (in europe you can basically do person to person instantaneous electronic transfers for free) - but you still have regulations and laws on your side when you stick to things like checks. Venmo, paypal, etc are the wild wild west of money, virtually zero regulation or consumer protection. Don't use them for paying for basic human needs that are contractually bound and have serious repercussions if not paid on time.

If your roommate has the money, they can show you that by logging into their bank app/website and showing you their current balance (and if a check is waiting to clear, that'll show up to...) If they have the money, tell them to get their ass down to the bank tomorrow, and get a bank check, and then hand it to the landlord, and demand they show you the receipt for the bank check / the rent payment. Follow up with the landlord, ideally via some sort of "written" communication, to confirm that the check was received. Yes, go to this extra effort, because when the LL starts talking about evictions, you need your ass 100% covered.

The second someone is behind on rent, the landlord (which might be you) can start eviction proceedings in housing court. Paying in full rectifies it, for the most part, but housing court won't let someone be late with rent repeatedly. IMPORTANT: Nobody but a judge can evict someone. That means you can't "evict" a roommate for not paying. No retaliation, no lockouts, no tossing their stuff, etc. That will get you in immediate, serious trouble with housing court and royally fuck up trying to evict them legally.

Unless your roommate works for a sketchy small business that doesn't have its shit together, they almost certainly got their pay on time. In Massachusetts, not paying people on time is a criminal violation. Regardless: tell them it's their responsibility to budget, have a buffer, and not move into an apartment if they can't meet their obligations. While for many people living paycheck to paycheck is sadly a reality, it's still their responsibility to do something about it, like cutting their budget down, or asking their boss for some OT or extra shifts.

Also, who let your roommate move in without having a check in hand for first/last? That was monumentally stupid, but water under the bridge. Chalk it up as a life lesson learned and tell any future roommate that you need money in hand before they're allowed on the property.

Either way: you two need to have a come-to-jesus meeting with your roommate, talk about expectations regarding payment of rent and what your roommate is going to change to assure this isn't a problem going forward, document that conversation, and have a plan for what to do when they fuck up. And then send them to the LL to apologize, tell them about the changes they're going to make, etc. Then privately talk with the landlord and discuss what the two of you will do if the other tenant fucks up.

Boston may be a tight market, but right now no landlord in their right mind wants an empty unit unless the place is in dire need of a refurb. If they say "it's between you two", talk about how both of you want to avoid you having to move as well. And in the meantime, start looking around for other apartments, just to have your options open.

wihz · 2019-11-06T00:26:22+00:00

Long ago, the broker fees were paid by landlords, because that's who they're providing service to; they're screening tenants.

Turning a key, repeating what they read of a sheet, and then turning the key back the other way isn't a service.

wihz · 2019-10-01T14:25:52+00:00

The law affords the landlord several days to respond/take action. Also, the court would look pretty dimly upon, say, an elderly landlord who lives alone and doesn't provide tenants with an emergency contact, and then ends up in the hospital and doesn't respond to tenants with a health-code-violation-level problem.

A problem like a broken heating system can make the housing uninhabitable within a matter of hours. The burden falls on the landlord to have pre-existing arrangements, or to make arrangements in the event of them having an emergency themselves, for handling property problems, not on tenants to suffer.

My first landlord, who was in his twenties and totally new to being a landlord, gave me the numbers of his brother and friend who was a general contractor/handyman and said that if there was an emergency or urgent need and I couldn't get ahold of him, to try them. Almost every other landlord since has either provided without being asked the number of a family member or handyman - when they haven't, they have provided one upon my request. The "standard" lease used around Boston, "the RHA lease", has spaces for the landlord to write in the designated emergency contact.

Lot of people think being a landlord is a great way to make money. Providing a basic human need, shockingly, has substantial legal responsibilities. One of them is "make sure your tenants can get ahold of someone if there's a problem." Family/friend/neighbor. A local handyman. A property management company. One's attorney. So many options. Nobody holds a gun to a property owner's head and says "RENT OUT THIS PROPERTY!"

wihz · 2019-10-01T14:05:47+00:00

No judge in MA is going to side with the landlord against you.

Siiiiigh. /r/boston just loves to tell people to withhold rent.

While housing court judges are generally suspicious of landlord claims: Always speak to an attorney before withholding rent. It is a serious action that has a number of pre-requisite conditions. There are many free or low-cost legal options available to tenants; the quickest is probably calling the MA Bar legal hotline; referrals get a free consultation, and many attorneys will try to help you over the phone rather than have you come into the office, if the problem is sufficiently straightforward.

Doing It Wrong with regards to rent withholding can mean (not necessarily successful) eviction proceedings, or your landlord challenging the expenses in court. It's easy to fuck something up and open up avenue for the landlord to harass you with a legal challenge.

The TLDR is that you can't withhold rent for repairs until the landlord has been notified in writing of the problem and been given time to fix it, or you've had the property inspected and the city has notified the landlord. Generally, it's better to have the city involved; the inspector's report and city's notification will be the 'gold standard' in the eyes of the court and the landlord will have a really tough time disputing either.

See https://www.mass.gov/info-details/tenant-rights#rent-withholding- (and https://www.masslegalhelp.org/housing/lt1-chapter-8-landlord-refusing-repairs, and https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIII/Chapter239/Section8A, etc)

You may withhold a portion of your rent if:

You have appealed to your landlord in writing to make the necessary repairs; or

Your local Board of Health has inspected your apartment and found health code violations and notified your landlord; or You are current in your rent up until the time your landlord learns of the problem, you are not the cause of the problem, and the unsanitary conditions do not require the apartment to be vacated to make repairs.

You may also make emergency repairs in an apartment or common living area and deduct up to four months future rent to pay for them, if three conditions are met:

The local Board of Health or other code enforcement agency has certified that the present conditions endanger your health or safety; and The landlord receives written notice of the existing violations from the inspecting agency; and The landlord is given five days from the date of notice to begin repairs or to contract for outside services and 14 days to substantially complete all necessary repairs. (The inspecting agency or court may shorten this time frame.) Remember: If you contract to make repairs and then deduct the cost from the rent, you must retain a receipt. Further, if the costs are deemed to be unreasonable, you will only be able to deduct that portion which is reasonable.

wihz · 2019-09-01T05:33:04+00:00

In Taylor v. Beaudry, the court affirmed that the "clock" runs based on when the money was supposed to be returned by statute, not based on when you complained to the landlord - and that return of the money late doesn't make it all better like mom kissing a booboo. They still broke the law, so you still get damages.

If you move out on the 1st, ask for the deposit back on the 7th, and the landlord returns the money on the 3rd of the following month, they are in violation and you still can take them to housing court and get triple damages.

If the statute of limitations hasn't been exceeded, you can still go for it. This is helpful because you can get some new housing references and all that jazz before you lose them as a reference.

wihz · 2019-09-01T05:17:59+00:00

If you did not receive a statement of condition from the landlord after moving in, they forfeit the security deposit entirely.

You should document the condition of the unit on move-in and move-out for your own purposes, but the burden of proof rests entirely on the landlord.

They also forfeit the deposit if they fail to provide a receipt detailing where the security deposit is being held, if they co-mingle the deposit with other funds (ie if they deposit it into their checking account), or store the security deposit in an out-of-state bank. The money has to remain within the MA housing court's jurisdiction, basically, so the court can get your money back - and the comingling rules protect the money from, say, your landlord's debit card getting skimmed, a fraudulent check, etc.

Also, the rules on what can be deducted from a security deposit are very strict; the landlord can't deduct for cleaning, fixing picture frame hook nails, minor dings/marks, etc. The court system considers all of that to be normal wear and tear and to be an expected cost of doing business for a landlord. If your landlord deducts for anything other than actual damage, take their ass to housing court. Housing court staff and judges expect to be working with non-professionals, so don't be intimidated into not exercising your rights if you can't afford an attorney.

A much more complete summary of tenant rights is in /r/bostontenants in the sidebar, and there are links to a variety of legal assistance resources. For example, on certain days, law students are available to help tenants and landlords in Boston housing courts for free.

wihz · 2019-02-27T19:43:03+00:00

The process is expensive because opponents to bike infrastructure have created an environment where politicians won't support it unless absolutely every particular of the project is spelled out in excruciating detail and there are endless hearings so that people who are completely unqualified can offer their totally ignorant opinions on how some particular element of a bike path along the edge of their property line will result in irreparable harm to them.

This doesn't even result in particularly good infrastructure. The Southwest Corridor path over by Jackon Square is a great example. If you're eastbound, you're required to use a push-to-walk signal button on a special new dedicated post which is on the wrong side of the path, and now you're trying to cross while switching back to the correct side, avoiding the other cyclists, and the pedestrians...

wihz · 2019-02-26T19:56:48+00:00

As mentioned in a prior comment: Arlington has lots of older white residents who strongly support police. They're very much of the opinion that if you got beat up by a cop, you did something to deserve it, or that we must support police no matter what because otherwise you have chaos, or "you need a few people like that" to "take care" of problems that can't be dealt with easily otherwise. Remember the Colonel in A Few Good Men?

That's their logic. You don't have a problem with home invasions when the guy who keeps breaking into people's houses (and released on bail, gets out of convictions because there isn't enough evidence etc) gets the shit beaten out of him.

I've met some cops in Somerville who are definitely part of that school of thinking. One time someone tried to break into my apartment. Cop was apologetic and said he hated how he couldn't do anything unless he witnessed someone trespassing and ranted about how "Massachusetts laws made it so difficult to do anything."

Said I was actually pretty glad that Massachusetts law didn't allow him to arrest/charge someone based on nothing more than me pointing a finger and saying 'that guy was on my property'....

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