Politicos Getting Involved Where They Don’t Belong

Today I read this article about Sheriff Tom Dart in Illinois that is refusing to evict tenants from properties where the landlord was foreclosed.  I agree with some of his ideas.  Specifically the banks should know who is living in the property and there should be notification that the property is going into foreclosure.  No tenant should find out by the sheriff going to their door to move them out.  

What I do have a problem with is a sheriff not doing his job.  His statement that “Until the banking industry steps up and does the right thing, I won't continue to risk violating the law and open taxpayers to further liability” is wrong.  He admits he tried to lobby the legislature to pass a law which never happened.  If he tried to get a new law passed why would he now say that he is worried about violating the law?  It sounds to me like he is on a personal crusade and needs to uphold the laws on the books.  Just because he was unable to get his own law passed does not mean he can ignore his duty.  

On the flip side, there is this law which affects only three small areas within Philadelphia.  Here city council passed a law that on certain blocks within a vicinity of one college students must live in owner occupied housing.  Now you need to know that there are at least 6 major colleges or universities in Philadelphia.  This law only applies to the houses near one of them.  I can't see how a law can be passed only for certain parts of a city and not others.  Someone needs to challenge the legality of this law and fight back.

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