Hick Might as Well be Playing Whack a Mole

Hick has several things needing his attention. Just when he thinks one is under control, he discovers it is not. Like the upcoming city meeting about the property of the guy who is squatting on HIS LAND. Hick called to talk to the building inspector, to see if he would actually be allowed to speak at the meeting concerning this guy's request for a variance. The building inspector wasn't in, so Hick left a message. Never got a return call. So Hick plans to show up anyway.

Remember the "fire" at the apartment building? Hick and Old Buddy installed new locks on the doors of assorted closets and storage rooms, so they all work on the same key. Well. On Monday, Hick discovered that one of the doors with a new lock had been kicked in! Not completely. Nobody gained access. But the frame of the door was damaged, and had to be fixed. Hick can't imagine anybody that would do that. Unless maybe a vagrant somehow got into the building, and wanted to sleep in that room. Funny how only one door was damaged.

Oh, and you may recall that Hick talked to his boss about his dissatisfaction with how the Fire Chief handled the emergency, concerning the lock box and not knowing how to access the apartments. Hick's boss has since talked to the mayor about it, who was quite displeased with the info. Saying that she had personally sent the chief an email about the lock box, as she had promised at the city meeting. And she was going to search her emails to see if the chief had even read it.

None of these untied ends are going to endear Hick to city power-holders...