captainDave
Update: Day 280 Under Siege at http://www.Farmboat.org
The Seattle Municipal Court collection agency is proposing a settlement on this matter whereby they drop all charges if we agree to: a.) Not sue them or the city for damages. b.) sign a gag order to not disclose any further information about the situation, and c.) Sign a document that essentially means that we had previously employed the scofflaw, but didn’t during the time of the writ of garnishment order (in other words, effectively forcing me to commit fraud so that they can say that they did nothing wrong).
The collection agency has now brought new legal actions against me over a misspelling of my last name on an old business license application. I have to go to court next week to fight their new claim that I am doing business under a fictitious name to avoid paying the scofflaw’s debts. It seems like they are searching for technicalities to put more pressure on me to just go away and hide.
I wonder how many trees will be cut down to for all the paperwork in this case? I have gone through three reams of paper and two printer ink cartridges so far. Most of the stuff is electronic and doesn’t even get printed.
I know this crap is getting really old. I hope nobody thinks that this is all I do with my life (because it pretty much is now). My wife is pretty upset about loosing all our great local food connections and being put on the verge of needing public assistance just so we can at least afford to buy cheap box-store foods.
It is becoming a really stupid situation.