Letter to the Editor: Code of Ethics

by Sue Nym

Twice now this year, I've returned home to find supposed code violations stuck on my door.

Twice.

Now I understand the importance of following city codes, but neither of these seemed very valid. Certainly not the second one, which gave me *one day* to fix but was hard to remedy. Moreover, it didn't cite the city ordinance that I was being nicked on, so I'm still not convinced that it was anything more than the inspector's opinion.

But it's not just me — my neighbors have all been unreasonably cited recently as well. I don't know what's going on. Our new mayor could be to blame, but I doubt that. But someone in the city's administration has decided that we're going to try as hard as we can to rob citizens for ridiculous "code violations" that are very minor if they are actual code violations at all. This must stop, and it must stop now. The city is being unfair and unreasonable.

Moreover, they've taken to making things up as explanations. If they're citing people for cutting their grass a 16th of an inch too low, the least they could do is reference where the city code says that's a law. But they haven't. Oh well.

The city of Hyattsville apparently doesn't [care] about their citizens and is more interested in squeezing every penny out of them that they can.