Londoner whose perennial garden was destroyed by city workers describes ‘utter shock’
After leaving for a summer vacation earlier this month, Susan McKee returned to her London, Ont., home to find thegarden she’d been tending for some 20 years had been weed-whacked to within an inch of the ground.
“After that call went to voicemail, I called one more time and they said ‘Susan, if you call here again, we’re going to call the police,’” she explained.“The only information I received from the city was that it was based on a complaint from last year and again this year,” McKee added. “I checked my mailbox two or three times, and nothing was ever there,” she said. “I did end up talking to a bylaw officer and he told me that the reason they didn’t give any paperwork is because there was the complaint filed last year,” McKee added, referencing the previous conversation she’d had with a city employee.The city said, within their statement, that all yard complaints go through a clearly defined process in accordance with the Weed Control Act.
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