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March 2004

There is some good budget news for MPS students for fiscal year 2005. According to the MPS Update weekly news e-mail, there will be about a $201-per-pupil increase in funding allocated to schools. That jump, to $5,629, is by far the biggest in recent years. From fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2003, for instance, […]

Posted inFurther Down Stream

September 2003

Aldermanic candidates – Riverwest Co-op Expansion – Center St. Daze – Flux Design – Baby Park renovation – Road Builders’ lobby – plans for Humboldt Bridge redecking – MPS makes cuts to driver ed

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How to Deal With Problem Landlords

by Wendy Mesich and Sonya Jongsma Knauss

This is the first in a series of articles that will look at the business of renting and managing properties in the neighborhood. We will explore a number of questions throughout this series, including: Who owns rental properties in Riverwest? How well do they take care of them? What does this say about their regard for the neighborhood and for the rest of us who live here? What can tenants do about “deadbeat” landlords? What can landlords do about “deadbeat” tenants? How can one pick a good landlord, or a good tenant?