The following is not presented as definition from a legal scholar but rather the view from,

and experience of, a common citizen.

. . . Ordinances include: "Laws", passed by, and generally limited to, a city.

The intent is to set standards, etc. for the mutual benefit of all citizens. Once an ordinance is

passed, complaint violation can normally be filed by the controlling city department, such as

planning or building departments and many times by citizens for such things as animal control,

unsafe conditions or unhealthy conditions.

The police perform enforcement with the city attorney and municipal court the judicial arm that

confronts and administers penalty for violation.

. . . The taxpayers pay for all persons opposing the citizen. But, what happens if a citizen digs in

and fights back?

If the citizen disagrees, hires legal counsel and wins the argument, the city looses nothing while the

citizen is out hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars in legal fees as reward for pleading " not

guilty " . If the citizen concludes he is victim of political persecution, he may find it cheaper to pay

a fine, sell his home and leave town.

. . . If the citizen fights back, cost may not be the only penalty. He may then be labeled as a

" troublemaker " and through back room whispers of conspiracy, ordered not to enter

certain " buddy " businesses under threat of arrest for " criminal trespass ", again by the same

police and before the same court.

" The harassment possibilities of reprisal by a city, under the cloak of being legal, are infinite ".

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