Al2 - Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1981 - North Shore News

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Blackburn also came in for
some criticism at the
meeting, including charges
by Alderman Bill Sorenson
that the two were using the
Rufus Park issue as a launch
pad for their own political
careers and that they were
trying to “paint a black
picture of all landlords.”

The 111!-unit townhouse
development on Rufus Drive
and Cedar Village Road is on
City-owned land on which
Cressey has a 60-year lease.
About 70 of the residents
appealed to the City as.
Cressey's landlord last week
for help in their fight against
Cressey, which isn't
providing proper main-
tenance and is boosting rents
by about $200 a month, they
say.

Council voted last week to
ask Cressey to meet the
tenants by Friday and to ask
the company to appear as a
delegation. at Monday’s
council meeting. No Cressey
representative showed up
Monday, and the, company
also ignored the meeting
with the tenants, Richmond
said.

Cressey President
Cressey sent a letter to
council refusing the
meetings, because, he said,
“the matter is being handled
by the’ Rentalsman and it is

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inappropriate for us to
report to anyone else at this
time.”

In the letter which was
read aloud by City Ad-
ministrator Ed Raymond,
Cressey said he was willing
to sit down with City canncil
and staff at any time to
discuss the company’s
obligations as the City’s
tenant but contended that
he hasn't received any
specific complaints from
either the renters or the City.

He continued, “We are
extremely proud of Rufus
Park. It is one of the better-
maintained properties on the
North Shore.”

A visibly angry Greg
Richmond said he didn't
know what Cressey was
talking about. A specific list
of tenant grievances was
supplied to Cressey
representative Ronda
MacDonald, he said.

“I'm extremely angry
about this denial of the
information supphed.”

His voice rising in anger,
he went on: “Either he
(Cressey) doesn't know what
his incompetent staff are
doing or he isn't telling the
whole truth.”

Cressey must know of
tenant complaints, he ad-
ded, because the company
has since acted on some of
those complaints.

Council voted to act on

Cressey’s suggestion and
meet with the company,
preferably at Rufus Park,
said Alderman Stella Jo
Dean, originator of the
motion.

Only Alderman

Gary
Payne was opposed.

Alderman Bill Sorenson
said Cressey’s actions “gives
responsible landlords a bad
Mame and gives advocates
like Mr. Richmond and Mr.
Blackburn a chance to paint
a black picture of all lan-
dlords.” ,

Sorenson went on to
criticize Blackburn and
Richmond: for denouncing
all landlords, businesses,
governments and others that
oppose them. He said he was
bothered by the NSTA’s
involvement in the issue.

When council was con-
sidering another item in-
volving the North Shore
Tenants Association, after
Blackburn and Richmond
had left, Sorenson wondered
whether they “are two guys
who are running for council
and getting a headstart on
the rest of us.”

Rufus Park residents in
the audience, some of whom
had to sit in the aisles, had to
be warned a few times, by
both Mayor Jack Loucks and
Alderman Frank Marcino,
to stop cheering. and booing
during the meeting.

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