On Landslide leads to lawsuit

Posted on July 29 at 9:22 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I don't have a lot of sympathy for these absentee apt. owners. They think they have it so bad, but didn't give a rip about those of us that were displaced from that building - like me. They didn't even have the decency to show up for several days after everyone was evacuated to try to help in some way or to show concern - other than for themselves. At least THEY had a place to live while all of this was going on - as I reminded them on more than one occasion.
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The way I see it is that the land the building is on is theirs, and there was an obvious drop after the tree line, so why is it all the city's fault? After that terrible, soaking, storm, a huge tree with it's long root system was the thing that went over the edge with all the land included. You should see the joke of a system they are using to make sure no other land erodes - rolls of plastic held in place with rocks - very scientific. And it doesn't look like it's been touched since last August, either. Nobody is even trying to prevent more from happening, but the owners sure want to blame someone for it. It's not all the problem of the city. The owners even tried telling me that the city planned on having the building open to rent this summer - not likely. There is no sane person that would move in with only about 12 feet of land between the building and the "hole."
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And no, these apartments are not 30-40 years old - you must be thinking of the red brick ones next door. These are newer - only about 14-15 years old. The landslide was in the Arbor Heights apts. next to the funeral home.