The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. (AASEW) continues its attempt to defeat the recently passed ordinance creating a Residential Rental Certificate Program in two areas of the city. On December 7, 2009, the AASEW issued a Press Release urging the mayor to veto the legislation in order to avoid expensive litigation.
Additonally, President of the AASEW Tristan Pettit wrote a letter to Mayor Tom Barrett pointing out many of the legal problems with the ordinance. A similar letter was sent to the members of the Common Council prior to their vote last week – which went ignored. The letter specifically delineates 6 of the many structural and legal problems with the ordinance and encourages the mayor to veto the legislation in order to spare the city the time and expense of defending the poorly drafted legislation in court.
The Mayor has until the close of business on Thursday, December 10, 2009 to sign the legislation or else it would go back to the Common Council for reconsideration. If the Mayor vetoes the ordinance then the Common Council would have to garner 10 votes (from the 15 members) in order to override the veto.
#1 by Dave on December 8th, 2009
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Tristan-
Thanks for the update(s). Although this is probably a false sense of hope, I truly hope for the best. This ordinance will absolutely destroy the investment real estate market on the east side and make a bad situation worse.
I only have a few properties and can’t even imagine the negative financial impact this will have on me, not to mention the people that have dozens or hundreds of properties. I think those with the most at stake will regret not doing more to stop this.
Given the age of the homes on the east side, there isn’t a single one, owner occupied or not that would pass the current stringent criteria.
What exactly are the specific street boundaries of the affected east side area?