This isnt the first time for her in trouble for building.
in trouble for NO exit second floor for tenants- "she said didnt know they needed one. thought it was grandfathered- what ever- tha tis why all those single owner homes now have small landing second floor or some BIG ugly stairs to second floor. as a landlord you NEED to know this AND Youre a realestate agent. ever been to an inspection??!!
also in trouble failure to get building permit AND failure to get it inspected. could this be the carriage barn incident?? or is this the Second story exit/stairs??

I odnt know why SHE doesnt think she has to follow rules and then says "theyre picking on me" cry me a river youre near it.

Whew. I know I'll be sleeping better tonight.

Bob and Walker - could you please call the city and inform them of the violations you see? They don't actively patrol looking for violations, they rely on citizens to call in with complaints. That's why Karen has the city all over her, she's made lots of enemys who call the city and complain when they see her breaking the law (I'd like to say I called on her, but alas, I live too far away to keep an eye on her)

When the electorate votes for councilmembers they are voting for anyone one of them to be council president. The council president is effectively the mayor. He or she is much easier to replace by another councilmember. This system doesn't have the political baggage that a mayoral system has.

The president of the city council is Bill Truman. Truman is a truck driver and resides in the Fourth Ward. The president of the council is effectively the mayor. He or she and the other councilmembers are elected by the people. Then the councilmembers elect the president. It's called democracy.

Not a personal vendetta. But I do resent that she slanders people in the city administration and on the city council. They have families.

The entire thing about her stemmed from her renters' complaints about her and the condition of her property. If you know of problem properties then complain about them and hope that those owners don't do a B'moon on the city administration and the city council.

And I do resent her efforts to damage the reputation of the Fourth Ward. You should too.

You have tunnel vision my friend , read clearly . I am not in her favor . She has done quite a few hair brained things over the years , however there seems to be a lack of enforcement to other.......OTHERS who clearly are in violation of city ordinaces . A quick stroll around town , and if your paying attention you will find more than you can shake a stick at. Im getting the feeling that you have personal vendetta with Briarmoon since your willing to drill your point so hard.

She targeted the city. She manipulated a situation to draw attention to herself either way it played-out. If you knew anything about her, you'd know this.

Complaints by her own tenants began the carriage shack problem. The city went out of its way to accommodate her. She did everything she could possibly do to exacerbate the problem.

The city complies with the council's wishes. If the city was as wrong as you claim, there would be substantial opposition to what the city is doing.

You have tunnel vision.

Look around this town and you`ll see all the demolition\building work that is going on weekly .Its also quite clear unless your not paying attention , that the city intends to just keep leveling structures to suit their needs .I am also not defending Briarmoon actions , however the city seems to have hate\hate relationship with her for many years .No one can tell me that she is the only person in janesville that has`nt followed the rules , or should we call them the "Bend Rules for are Buddies" ordinances. Sit back and really watch what happens in this city day by day . It amazing !

bobwood, you disagree with her claim that the city is on a bulldozing rampage. Then you defend her my saying she is being singled-out. At least you disagree with her claim that the city is on a bulldozing rampage.

Repeated complaints about problem properties should get the best results. There are a lot of fine-looking, well-kept homes in the Fourth Ward. The owners of those properties should organize to do something about the shabby ones.

Look at the forth ward and tell me why the rest of the property owners that have horrible dwellings are not pursued by the almighty janesville harrasment squad .Im not a friend of hers but I am a neighbor , and I know the area very well . look across the street from her locust home and check out the white house that has been in a refurb process for more than 3 years , where are the janesville goon squad patrol to harrass this home owner . The forth ward looks like a shanty town now thanks to the lack of enforcement (too late gazzettefan). Did the city ever think of getting their crews back to academy a finish their socalled water pipe repairs from march and april, and fix the darn road .Its crap like this that adds to the maylay .It time the janesville goon sqaud starts finding the gutts to enforce the rules on everyone , not just their wipping boys\girls who are not one the good ol boys list . ."""DISASSEMBLE THE CITY COUNCIL"""

The city should go check out the property at 266 Riverside St. There is a huge hole in the roof and the garage roof is collapsed. It has been that way for some time.

To end any confusion, the city tore down her "Carriage Barn" years ago on her property on Court st (across from Voigt music center) the big purple house with a business sign out front even tho there is no business.
This story is talking about the "Shed" behind her actual home on locust st. The shed was on land behind her house and apparently she tore it down herself.

As far as I know she doesn't have any more sheds or garages or carriage barns so this should be last of that fiasco.

justsaynotomath - this is a different shed, not the one the city tore down.

I saw it and cannot remember exactly but somebody must be crying again whine whine, any cheese to go with that.
I dont remember it being that bad not libel just FACT!!!

genrene and hannah, you are both correct.

Did anyone see what SwissChick wrote that was deleted? I hope she didn't say anything bad about me!

;~)

I do believe with the origianl shed they said fix it and she didnt THEN they said we are tearing it down. THEN she fixed it w/o proper permits and they STILL tore it down. so yes she had he chance to work with the city and REFUSED. then did the tantrum thing.

justsaynotomath,About the same time that her 1st carriage house was in question with the city, they were talking to me about mine to fix it up. The city went out of their way to work with me and the repairs/updating did not cost much at all. Although I do not agree with everything the city does all the time, I am more than positive she had ample time and help from the city to fix both of her sheds, all she had to do is talk with the city calmly and as an adult, which obviously she cannot.

The shed in question in this story is different than the one on Court. The city went out of its way to help her comply in the matter of the first shed. She manipulated the matter only to draw attention to herself. justsaynotomath, you don't know the story behind the first shed.

i remember the city tearing down the shed not Briarmoon.Briarmoon and her son were also arrested or ticketed i believe. so as far as i can remember she didn't tear it down the city did. i remember driving by while it was happening and wondering what the hell was going on there. the city was a bully to her it seemed to me and she was just standing up for what was her's. the city can do whatever it wants and she had no chance from the get go.

The city could still have made her pay $1245, but didn't. There is no city agenda to give her a hard time. Her act of removing the shed is proof that she brings these problems on herself and that these problems are easily resolvable or preventable by her. Look at her properties on Court and Locust. They are shabby. If she had her way and if the city gave into her, Janesville would look like a shanty town.

The city discovered April 22 that the shed had been removed. The judge dismissed the case April 30. Shed removed, charges dropped against Briarmoon Thursday, June 11, 2009

Why did it take so long to get this published in the paper?

I am positive that with all the problems that she gave the city through the years, the city will continue to find problems for her to fix. I'm just wondering which side is holding the score card???

Did she have to take out a permit to tear it down?

Well, not knowing the situation, but using the noggin... typically, when there's a fire or something that doesn't affect the detached buildings, they are left when the ones affected are torn down. JMO

what no police , no tantrum??????
"save my shed"

why was there a shed with no major dwelling? was the dwelling torn down at some time??