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No Hot Water, No Notice
She reported a broken water heater on a holiday Monday. By Tuesday morning a maintenance man was inside her duplex while she slept, without the 48-hour notice her lease requires. By that afternoon the repair had a housekeeping list attached and no way to appeal it.
400 Acres, a Free Permit, and a Silencer
An elected Wayne County official is accused of poaching deer on ground he owns. Illinois had already handed him a free way to hunt it — and the charge with prison time attached has no exception for his office.
The Silence Was the Vote
The board asked for objections an hour after a formal federal objection landed in every member's inbox. Hearing none, they called it unanimous.
The Hearing That Never Comes
Four lease-termination notices in five months. Four timely grievance requests. Zero hearings. WCHA's own documents show the machine.