California is trying to do that, but it's always been a state versus local fight.

yeah, sure a niche here or there might provide some safety, but when the major trend is down, fighting it is a losing battle!

It also demonstrates that we are serious about turning them over for collection.The contingency route, which costs 50% plus court costs if it ever get there, is expensive but for the hard cases where collecting on our own doesn't seem remotely possible it could be a plausible path to collect even a small amount owed or at least to let the deadbeats know that we aren't rolling over without a fight. 

Start lifting weights and learn how to fight. 

Focus on these and not on picking fights about small items8.  

For example, if your tenant turns out to not pay, fight you to the death on eviction, and damage the place, the thousands you spend will reduce your ability to spend on more worthy causes.For that reason, I agree with everyone else.

I’ve met entirely too many children that didn’t have a dog in the fight.

If there is the slightest risk of life-safety issues for the FD, they will fight you saying they are saving lives. 

(Should have gotten it in writing...)I have to fight against this attitude almost every day.

Under the circumstances - and after a long fight, which made me think that the company’s management team is absolutely unprofessional - REI made me mostly whole.