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Frank McLaughlin McLofts associated with Million Dollar Sun Race, Snowfest, Illinois, American Racing Pigeon Union, Inc Left Pigeon Barn unclean on property sold to us Hanson, Massachusetts
Update:
I plan to update every 30 days while awaiting payment of my judgment.
I am a few days early, because my husband has a lung infection, quite possibly caused by exposure to the pigeon poop and it is quite upsetting. He has attempted to do some of the cleaning himself since we do not have funds and the McLaughlins did not cleaned the barn as stated in the real estate contract (6-2007) nor have they paid any toward the judgment of 8-26-2011. My husband wore a respirator and is trying to seal the walls so the bacteria is not airborne.
Also, I have no way of communicating with the McLaughlins and am hoping they will perhaps read this and let me know what their intentions are. Their attorney has also stated he will not discuss this with me, so it leaves me without a way to try and resolve this.
I am not trying to be malicious, vicious, defamatory or the like. I simply want what we know to be hazardous pigeon dung removed from the property we purchased from the McLaughlins. see picture attached
Since the court hearing on August 26, 2011 the following has happened:
1-Starting Aug. 26, 2011, I offered to remove and defamatory, slanderous or libel remarks= untruthful.
Attached is an email to that affect. I made this offer multiple times since. I found out on 10-25-2011 that Rip-off does not remove comments. All comments I made are truthful.
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-9-16-2011: Mr. McLaughlin wrote to the judge, letter attached His request was denied.
3- 9-16-11: American Racing Pigeon Union, Inc. wrote a letter dated 8-15-2011, sent to me, acclaiming Mr. McLaughlin's reputation with them is stellar. letter attached. I requested a copy of their loft certification, but have not received it.
4- 10-15-2011, I contacted two pigeon events, attempting to locate assets of Mr. McLaughlin. I sent emails under advice of an attorney. I was unable to garnish any of this income. The first place had already paid him and the second event had not happened. I canceled the second "email" after the McLaughlins attorney called with an offer to pay the settlement in full.
5- 10-17-2011: McLaughlins sent an email offering to pay the settlement in monthly payments. My response was this would take 20 years with the past and future interest. their letter attached
6- 10-24-2011: McLaughlins attorney called me. If I understood correctly, the McLaughlins were to put or had put the entire amount of the settlement in an escrow account with this attorney. I also understood him to say in order to receive this, I would have to sign documents, which by what he said, I thought would cancel the contract we have with the McLaughlins. As part of the conversation, I also understood if I were to contact the judge and he added the past interest and my other fees to the judgment, the McLaughlins would pay this, also. I sent a letter to the Judge on 11-1-2011, and am awaiting a response.
7- 10-25-2011: I sent an email to the attorney after talking it over with my husband.
8- 10-26-2011: I received an email from the attorney telling me not to contact the McLaughlins nor would he discuss this with me directly, that I needed to have my attorney contact him. The attorney I originally consulted was out of state, because the assets were out of state. I do not have, nor can afford an attorney in Oregon, and that is why I did a small claim in the first place. email from attorney attached.
9- 11-2-2011: I sent a certified letter with interrogatories per Oregon law. The attorney returned his in a letter attached
10- 11-5-2011: the McLaughlins REFUSED this letter. This is different than unclaimed, such as the UNCLAIMED letter of 9-26-2011 that I was also legally bound to send to them. I have not had to opportunity to go to the local courthouse to see if this qualifies as legal service. In some states REFUSED (the receiver actually sees or has touched the mail) is considered service, as if a process server tries to hand them the letter and they let it drop on the ground. Unclaimed means they don't go to the post office to pick it up. see attached
According to the email from the McLaughlin's attorney, he is going to sue me for defamation.
The McLaughlins have already sued for defamation, and it is my understanding they cannot sue for the same thing twice. The first suit was denied in court.
Also, I have attached the letter from the American Racing Association, a declaration on the website by Snowfest that states his loft is one of the most famous lofts in the US. Most likely, if you contact the Million Dollar Sun Race, in Africa, they will have a similar story. Not sure how this shows my comments on this site defamed him.