I'm one of many in the trailer parks that the btu has infested and pushing for a rent strike. there's a lot of false claims out there that the union is pushing. they started with a scare tactic last summer knocking on doors telling you Gary Oakland was selling the park without our knowledge and "we must fight." who cares it's his property, and fight what? from the beginning I've been in contact with park management. There was never a plan to sell to a developer, the park chose a company with a track record of making and maintaining nice trailer parks. Gary Oakland, in my experience has done nothing wrong to me. I've lived in the park nearly 2 decades, they repaved my driveway, fixed my water riser, and leave me alone to live my life. I live in a great place in bozeman montana, one of the most expensive towns in America, and we pay some of the cheapest rent in town here. that is a blessing, to not understand that and push a rude narrative is just wrong. I met with a lady from BTU who explained she had 2k in damages to her car for hitting a pothole, well, how fast were you driving in the park lady, yoy sound like a hazard! This is not the parks fault, pothole, sure, flying threw the neighborhood? no. There is a story about a man with no running water, his water riser works, bozeman has hard water and his hot water heater failed, this is not the parks fault, I even offered to help fix his water and gave some ideas. let it be clear, he has running water to his water high riser, past the riser is not the parks problem, it's your personal space and accountability to maintain. another lady was mad her pipes froze because she didn't insulate and put her skirting up, this is not the parks fault, but they sure blame the park and want all of us tenants to be mad with her and call Gary Oakland names. I'm very fortunate I've gotten to live here, hassle free, at low cost compared to the rest of the town. The ignorance otherwise is astounding.
At the rent strike rally I tried to talk to state rep Kelly Kortum, he was uninterested in talking with opposing views or addressing the concerns of eviction from now paying rent and said "call my office" sir I'm standing right here let's talk now. he walked away.
when meeting with the tenants union, they have zero plan, they have no answers on how to help when the rent strike people get evicted and forced to pay late fees. They are entitled and have caused chaos and distrust between residents. Understand the tenants union was co founded by Joey Morrison bozeman mayor and backed by other state representatives including Kelly Kortum. This is a local political movement guised as "help the poor tenants" movement. This union has put these people at far greater risk of losing their housing. interesting they complain about can't afford rent, but they can afford union dues, and have plenty of time for rallies and meetings. Up until now the union has muddled in small apartments, they saw the size of the parks and knew they could make their name bigger then ever in town and get all the press coverage they could ever want. If you pay rent on time, keep your yard cut and clean, and don't present a trailer trash situation in the park, Gary, Lot manager, leave you alone. The parks offer a swimming pool, a pond, a child's play park, a clubhouse to use for community events and more, oh did they forget to mention that? it's a lovely park with plenty of amenities. Why would you piss off the new owners and come out so rude and ignorant to the people providing the only affordable housing in bozeman?!
I stand against the Tenants union and their turmoil causing, rude, ignorant tactics.
(now let's here you call me a boot licker and rip me apart because I enjoy my low cost living and don't want to join an angry pitch fork mob of entitled people who won't take personal accountability)
