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Boone County’s Russellville Road home to some unkempt properties – Problem Tracker - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Old story (2011) but perhaps tells us about some of the problems of Boone County.

Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:21 pm by Betsy Lopez

“It’s not enough to have a violation, you need to have some sort of health or safety issue,” said Boone County State’s Attorney Michelle Courier, speaking generally. “For instance, if they have something that’s going to effect the water supply, vehicles that are inoperable and sitting and leaking antifreeze, going into the water — that’s something we could do something about. It needs to affect public health and we could file suit for a nuisance. If it’s something that will affect water, septic or other neighbors, that’s when we can file suit. If it’s unsightly, that’s not enough.”

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