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CITY HALL
215 Church Avenue
P. O. Box 1130
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
54902-1130 City of Oshkosh
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OJHKOJH NOVEMBER 21... 1991
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DOCUMENT THE EVENTS LEADING UP . TO THE
ARTICLE IN THE ADVANCED TITAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
OSHKOSH CAMPUS.
ONE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE ARTICLE CONCERNING CAMPUS LANDLORDS
AND VIOLATIONS FOUND ON THEIR PROPERTIES... A YOUNG UNIVERSITY FE-
MALE STUDENT CAME. INTO MY OFFICE I NDICATt NG THAT SHE WAS GOING TO
WR ITE A FOLLOWUP ARTI CLE CONCERNING VIOLATIONS IN CAMPUS HOUS I NG .
SHE ASKED FOR THE FILES ON THOMAS BRINKMAN... SALLYSTRUENSEE...
JERRY MATHUSEK AND RICHARD WILKINS. I TOLD HER THAT I WOULD NOT
GO THROUGH THE FILES BUT THAT SHE COULD GO THROUGH MY RUNNING
FILE "fHICH IS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND PICK OUT ALL NOTICES
ISSUED TO THESE LANDLORDS SINCE THE MAY 1991 ARTICLE. SHE WENT
THROUGH THE NOTI CESAND COUNTED THE VIOLATIONS OF HOUS I NG CODE...
ETC. ON EACH OF THESE LANDLORDS. I INDICATED TO HER THAT THE
RUNNING FILE WOULD NOT INDICATE ~JHETHER OR NOT THE VIOLATIONS
WERE CORRECTED... JUST THE NUMBER WHICH WERE ORDERED CORRECTED.
I DID ALSO INDlCA],E TO HER THAT VIOLATIONS HAD TO BE REPORTED
AS CORRECTED SO THAT AN INSPECTION COULD BE MADE TO ASSURE COM-
PLIANCE. IN SOME CASES NONE OF THE CORRECTIONS REQUIRED HAD YET
BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE.
AT NO TIME DID I OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR SHOW
THE STUDENT ANY DOCUMENT ATI ON THAT SHE COULD NOT FIND I N THE .
RUNNING FILE. I DID INDICATE TO HER HOWEVER... THAT THESTRUENSEE' S
HAD ASKED THAT I INSPECT ALL OF THEIR RENTAL PROPERTIES WHEN
POSS IBLE.
NOT ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS NOTED ON THE PROPERTIES \"lERE
SAFETY HAZARDS. HOWEVER... THE MAJORITY OF THEM RELATED TO CONDI-
TIONS CONDUCIVE TO COMFORTABLE AND ADEQUATE HOUSING. WHICH SHOULD
NOT BE DENIED ~lHEN RENT IS BEING PAID. I Ar1 SURE THAT THE OWNERS
THEMSELVES WOULD NOT LIVE IN .THESE DWELLINGS THEY RENT FOR THE
SAME REASONS COMPLAINTS ARE FILED WITH THIS OFFICE.
BRUCE LUEDTKE ff!..-.
HOUSING INSPECTOR
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