Topeka mayor candidate Randal Trackwell fined $1K
AP News - Sun 04:27 AM 01/27/2013
A Topeka mayoral candidate who wants to rid the city of its code enforcement department has been fined $1,000 for failing to maintain a vacant home he owns.
Under the sentence imposed Friday in Topeka Municipal Court, Randal Trackwell has 60 days to fix the home or he could face two months in jail. A judge will assess progress on the home during a hearing set for April 12 — 10 days after the general election.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the 66-year-old Trackwell plans to appeal. He says Topeka code enforcement officers stole lumber he purchased to fix the two-bedroom home and were unclear about what needed to be done.
Trackwell calls the codes department "property police" and describes it as something a communist nations would have.
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imnotgonagetu4
Sunday 27 January 2013 11:28 Report this comment
Sounds like one of the tricks the local slumlords and trailermasters would attempt to accomplish. Be on guard Salina the same nefarious act could be attempted here.
grnthums
Sunday 27 January 2013 14:22 Report this comment
He must be anti union. After all, the wage disparity in this country now is not at all "nefarious". Is it?