Indep. City headaches and potentially moving on from property

[Chip Dozier]

BP,

Looking for advice. I had a problem tenant (now evicted) I didn't place. He had numerous code violations for trashing the lawn on my property. I received notices and a ticket for code violations (never received the ticket just code violations and invoices for the city contractors that "cleaned" the property). I believe Independence is a crooked city for landlords as I paid hundreds of dollars for my PM company to go out 4-5 to clean the property while I was in the process of evicting the tenant. 

Independence has charged me $500 plus in invoices for clean ups as well and won't waive the last invoice for then they "removed trash" while their sheriffs office was waiting (10 window) to evict the tenant. 

I have already spent hundreds in legal fees and trash removal and now more to repair the property for another tenant. My question is do I move on to a more A class property in a more landlord friendly city (currently in a C class property) by selling my current unit, could probably break even. Or fight the city on some ground?