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Ozarksmetalhead t1_j9aemu9 wrote

Reply to comment by Low_Tourist in Who's the worst landlord in Springfield? by strangemud

Here’s an update on Gatley and his properties from this morning at 5 am if anyone is wondering. Springfield News-Leader current article about Gatley

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[deleted] t1_j9akoah wrote

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Ozarksmetalhead t1_j9ant2z wrote

Right? Listen I’ve met the guy in person many times. He’s actually got some sort of mental defect - I hate to speculate but maybe mildly retarded. When you meet him in person he seems like the most genuine and convincing person ever. I believe that’s why he hasn’t been taken care of like that.

I hate to wish bad on people but that single question is hard not too wonder. I mean - all the people he and or his company has screwed over without him even being aware at times. He’s had several scenarios where his management were the crooks and lying to him and such but I mean at the end of the day - disabled or not, he owns the properties and the management company and is truly the one solely responsible for all of the bullshit.

Oddly enough - even as bad as he is, Springfield became worse when they force sold the majority of his property. As shitty as he was, he did provide SOME sort of a service. Abandoned buildings and all. At least people living in his properties had a legal address to not be vagrant - and most of them were either there or just about there before.

I’m in no way being positive in his favor - the guy fucked me when I was 18 and the Mayors Commission for Human Rights had to help me out and they sure did!! I’m just stating additional information I know and additional aspects of looking at it.

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oWatchdog t1_j9brmcn wrote

Owning property isn't a service. There is no value added when it comes to land lords.

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Ozarksmetalhead t1_j9bssbl wrote

Oh really? So where are all the crackheads that cannot support themselves and don’t have what it takes to get their crap together and buy their own home - where are they living now that over 1000 homes that could’ve been available to them are now owned by solo first timers and management companies all with criteria those people cannot adhere to?

Just wondering where are they now again? Did they all get into homes of their own when the properties were sold or did they get non renewed and evicted, and have been bounced from literal wooded areas and fields to wooded areas and fields by the sheriff since? Because it seems to me that’s what happened. Listen man I’m all for individuals owning their own property but there are some who can’t and some who don’t want to. There are landlords who provide a service for that. Then there are individuals who cannot be rented to - and whether we like it or not they are equally as much a part of society as we more productive citizens are and deserve housing. It’s a need. People like Gatley absolutely provided a service for that and the proof is in the pudding brother.

I get your sentiment but don’t open your mouth and insert your foot. That’s what just happened there!

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411skcoRefiL t1_j9bu0kk wrote

I'm not fan of this guy but speculating that he's mentally handicapped with no evidence seems inappropriate to me.

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Ozarksmetalhead t1_j9cad39 wrote

No he actually is man. He’s literally mentally handicapped and it is completely apparent when speaking with him. It’s not speculation. It’s a statement of fact to explain more about him and his situation. He isn’t all there.

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411skcoRefiL t1_j9glf0s wrote

A speech impediment is not a way to determine if someone is mentally handicapped. He may just have a speech impediment and that's fine. You can't say he literally is something when you also said,

>I hate to speculate but

Attack the guy for the wrongs he hasn't righted not things that you don't know are true.

>It's not speculation

You literally said that it was.

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Low_Tourist t1_j9av3k3 wrote

I saw that! I was like "Ope! Guess he's back at it. "

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Ozarksmetalhead t1_j9bkxdj wrote

It’s always something around here ain’t it man? This city is something else!

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