Lawrence B. Maloney Maloney Property Management Inc. 134 Gardiner Shore Rd.

Carleton Place, ON K7C 0C4 cc: Rankin Terrace Non Profit Housing Corporation March 14, 2014 Re: Damage to Lattice Fence We should have fifteen days from the time of receiving the corrected invoice to pay, which would bring the payment deadline to March 26, 2014. The letter correcting the invoice is dated March 11. The original invoice did show the charge beside the removal of the washing machine and without clarification on this issue, fifteen days from that invoice date should not be the due date. We find ourselves in a dilemma right now. First of all, you state that you do not interview children to determine their views of the accusation. Surely, before levelling charges, you would want to interview both sides so that you could come about a fair decision. You always had the option to talk to the parents of the accused children. Concerning your policy to not interview children, you state That is the tenant responsibility. Well, we took that responsibility and came to the verdict of not guilty. However, your verdict had already been made. You also mention that you dont take the word of accusing children however accusing children have obviously laid enough foundation for you to, not only level charges but to base a decision without providing opportunity for defense. So you do take the words of accusing children when it suits your purpose. The dilemma is that if we pay, we admit a culpability of which our children are not guilty. We also set up for future charges any time that you, Drew or any of the children that you decide to listen to, accuse our children of damaging property, whether they are guilty or not. The downside is that you do have power to affect two families credit ratings which can have powerful consequences for so small an amount. The threat of a collection agency taking over the invoice amounts to nothing less than extortion. The following two issues should have had no place in this letter because they have nothing to do with the issue. I will, however, address them since you brought them up. Hockey has been played here well before my children decided that they would like to play. You will have to take that up with most of the families at Aldburn Pl. It isnt only our boys but children from one end of the street to the other including their parents playing ball hockey. I would suggest calling the City of Ottawa and have them enforce their by-law.

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The claim that you are worried about children falling and hurting themselves on the chain link fence is another matter that you will have to take up with most of the children in the neighbourhood. Our children havent been up in that tree for years I have a feeling that you may not be entirely familiar with whose children belong to which family. To sum up, we require the proper 15 days from the time of the corrected invoice to seek counsel. Otherwise, we ask that you completely withdraw this charge from both of our families since proof is clearly lacking. We also remind you to carefully consider the quality of both tenant families that you are harassing. At a time when your management company is experiencing difficulty in filling units, it seems frivolous and inadvisable to quarrel with good tenants of long standing in this neighbourhood.

G and I McPherson 46 Aldburn Pl.

A and R Abou-Hamde 48 Aldburn Pl.

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