FREE COMPUTERS AT FENLAND FIELD APARTMENT HOMES!

IF YOUR COMPUTER CRASHES AS OFTEN AS MINE DOES, YOUR SURE TO APPRECIATE THE COMPUTER ROOM FENLAND FIELD MANAGEMENT HAS PROVIDED FOR THEIR TENANTS - RIGHT IN THE LEASING OFFICE!

DIGNITY AT FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS

I'M A CONSCIENTIOUS AND RESPONSIBLE TENANT WITH A PERFECT RENT PAYMENT RECORD OF OVER 7 YEARS AND EVEN WITH LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AT THE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS ON HARPERS FARM ROAD, I AM ABLE TO HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONING, COMFORTABLE, PRESENTABLE, SAFE AND SANITARY APARTMENT HOME. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE'S THAT DREADFUL FAILURE OF AN APARTMENT COMMUNITY CALLED HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS - PICTURED IN THE LEFT COLUMN. TAKE YOUR PICK!

I HAVE!!!

KEN ULMAN - REVOKE THE LICENSE OF YOUR RAT TRAP HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS

HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS AND MARYLAND MANAGEMENT IS THE DISGRACE OF PROFESSIONALLY RUN APARTMENT COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE AND YOU'RE THEIR CHIEF ENABLER!

NEW COMPLAINTS BY TENANTS AT THE SLUMLORD RUN HARPERS FOREST APARTMENT COMPLEX IN COLUMBIA MARYLAND. CEILINGS CAVED IN FOR MONTHS FROM BUSTED WATER PIPES AND NO RESPONSE FROM MARYLAND MANAGEMENT FOR MONTHS. NEW, OR THE SAME OLD ONES THAT WERE NEVER ADDRESSED, REPORTS OF HEAVY BED BUG INFESTATIONS WHICH PROVES ONCE AGAIN THAT AT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTED HARPERS FOREST APARTMENT COMPLEX IT'S THE SAME OLD SAME OLD. IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL - WHICH MEANS IT'S STILL A SLUM!

FOR THOSE OF YOU HOWARD COUNTY APARTMENT SHOPPERS WHO HAVE BEEN VISITING THIS SITE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, YOU KNEW TO NEVER TAKE A CHANCE ON SIGNING A LEASE WITH HARPERS OR ANY PROPERTY MISMANAGED BY MARYLAND MANAGEMENT AND I HOPE YOUR SITTING COMFORTABLY IN YOUR NEW MORE BUSINESS LIKE AND PROFESSIONALLY RUN APARTMENT HOME, WHICH IS ANY APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE VILLAGE OF HARPERS CHOICE WHICH IS NOT CALLED HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS. BUT YOU NOW KNOW THAT DON'T YOU? THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE READING THIS SITE ALL ALONG KNEW THAT A FORMER MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ADMITTED TO YOURS TRULY THAT THEY WERE PLUGGING SEWAGE LEAKS WITH DUCT TAPE! NOW I'M ALL FOR EXTOLLING THE VIRTUES OF THAT VERY VERSATILE PRODUCT WE ALL KNOW AS DUCT TAPE, BUT FOR A PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TO EXPECT TENANTS TO ACCEPT AS THE ONLY BARRIER BETWEEN THEM AND ANOTHER TENANTS RAW SEWAGE TO BE A COUPLE LAYERS OF DUCT TAPE AND ALL THE BACTERIA AND DISEASE THAT GOES WITH IT - I THINK NOT! KEN ULMAN - WHILE YOU'RE STILL IN OFFICE AT LEAST PRETEND YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR FELLOW MAN AND REVOKE THIS LICENSE FOR HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS! YOU'RE ALREADY HALF WAY THERE BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT TO BELIEVE YOU REALLY CARE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE CONVINCING. THIS IS THE SHAME OF HOWARD COUNTY AND THE SHAME OF YOUR CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION. JUST BECAUSE THE OWNER OF THE HARPERS FOREST SLUMS IS YOUR CAMPAIGN SUPPORTER AND WEALTHY DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER, PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE, IS NOT SUFFICIENT REASON TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK WHILE THESE INCOMPETENT PROPERTY MANAGERS DRAG THE VILLAGE OF HARPERS CHOICE INTO THE GHETTO CONDITIONS AND ALL THE INCREASED CRIME AND LOWER PROPERTY VALUES THAT GO WITH IT!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE TAKEN IN BY THE SMILES AND WELCOME WISHES OF THE ON SITE MANAGEMENT IT WAS AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT, BUT WE'VE ALL MADE THAT MISTAKE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO NOW IS TO GET OUT OF THAT TRAP FILLED LEASE YOU SIGNED OR AT THE VERY LEAST START CHECKING OUT THE OTHER EXCELLENT APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, ONE OF WHICH BORDERS THE HARPERS CHOICE VILLAGE CENTER ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE AWAY, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHERS AND I DON'T WORK FOR ANY OF THEM. I'M JUST A CONCERNED APARTMENT DWELLER LIKE YOURSELF. STAYING IN HARPERS FOREST IS MUCH LIKE A SLOW DEATH THAT WILL BE THE SOURCE OF YOUR DAILY ANGST TILL YOU GET OUT OF THERE.

IF THERE'S ANY HOWARD COUNTY APARTMENT SHOPPERS CONSIDERING THE RAPIDLY DECLINING HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, LISTEN TO THE CHORUS OF TENANTS, BOTH CURRENT AND PAST WHO, HAVE BEEN ROYALLY BURNED BY THE MOST INCOMPETENT APARTMENT MANAGEMENT EVER AND ARE GIVING YOU SOME OF THE BEST FREE ADVISE YOU COULD EVER RECEIVE - DO NOT RENT FROM HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS! IT COULD VERY WELL BE THE DARKEST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS YOUR NEIGHBORS CAN HEAR YOU DOING THE HORIZONTAL BOP!

MORE TENANTS COME FORWARD TO SAY.............

"I WOULDN'T RENT THIS PLACE TO ANYONE!"

BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LIVED AT KEN ULMANS HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS - THAT'S NO SURPRISE!

TINY APARTMENTS - ALL YOU HEAR IS SQUEAK SQUEAK - AUTOMOBILES VANDALIZED - PERSONALLY THREATENED BY NEIGHBORS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW - MANAGEMENT DOESN'T CARE.

SOME OF YOU APARTMENT SHOPPERS MAY FIND SOME OF THESE THINGS A BIT FAR-FETCHED, BUT AS I AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW - YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT TO BELIEVE IT. IN FACT, I CAN HEAR THE MAN UPSTAIRS, (NO NOT THAT MAN AND NOT THAT FAR UPSTAIRS), ON THE FLOOR ABOVE MINE - I CAN HEAR HIM WRITING! BIZARRE? YOU BET, BUT IF THERE IS NO SOUND IN MY APARTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE SCRATCHING SOUNDS OF HIM WRITING AT HIS DESK.

I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE PERSON UPSTAIRS.....UMMM.......MMMMM...HOW DO I SAY THIS WITHOUT BEING OBSCENE?.........YOU CAN HEAR THE UPSTAIRS TENANT DOING THE HORIZONTAL BOP! OF COURSE, YOU MAY THINK THAT'S A PLUS IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX YOU WANT TO RENT FROM, BUT KEEP IN MIND - IF YOU CAN HEAR THE PERSON UPSTAIRS "DOING IT," THEN THE PERSON DOWNSTAIRS AND NEXT DOOR CAN HEAR YOU "DOING IT!" AGAIN YOU MAY LIKE THAT AND IF YOU DO YOU'LL LIKE HARPERS FOREST - TO EACH HIS OWN. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE A BIT MORE MODEST ABOUT YOUR SEXUAL ACTIVITY - KEEP IN MIND THE SE WALLS ARE LITTLE MORE THAN ONION SKIN!

READ THIS TENANTS FULL REVIEW AT APARTMENTRATINGS .COM -

http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/MD-Columbia-Harpers-Forest-Apartments-941538.html

YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO KEEP IN MIND, APARTMENT SHOPPERS, THAT IF YOU FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS - THEY WILL EVICT YOU - AND YOUR HOWARD COUNTY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, OR AS I CALL THEM - THE GANG OF THREE - KEN ULMAN, MARY KAY SIGATY AND DOUG GANSLER - ARE GOING TO BLOW YOU OFF - BECAUSE THE OWNER OF THE SLUMS AT HARPERS FOREST IS NONE OTHER THAN WEALTHY DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE! ONCE YOU SIGN THAT LEASE AT HARPERS FOREST, AND JUST LIKE THE TENANT ABOVE NOW KNOWS, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!

GOVERNOR O'MALLEY SAID, IN REGARDS TO BGE, CITIZENS EXPECT THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THEM, HOWARD COUNTYS GANG OF THREE DIDN'T GET THAT MEMO. MAKE NO MISTAKE SHOPPERS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE DREADFUL LIVING CONDITIONS AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, KEN ULMAN, MARY KAY SIGATY AND DOUGLAS GANSLER ARE GOING TO LEAVE YOU TWISTING IN THE WIND!

THE PAINED VOICES FROM THE CURRENT AND FORMER ABUSED TENANTS AT HARPERS FOREST IS DEAFENING - DO NOT RENT FROM HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS!

IN MY OPINION FENLAND FIELD IS STILL GOLD..

WITH JUST A COUPLE OF SMUDGES FROM ONE MAINTENANCE ISSUE.

THERE HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE MY SHOWER DRAIN HAS BEEN COMPLETELY BLOCKED UP AND MY BATHROOM LIGHT FIXTURE WAS THROWING OFF LIVE SPARKS. MANAGEMENT REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM IN A TIMELY MANNER AND WE WERE WELL ON OUR WAY TO ANOTHER APARTMENT FLOODING FOR WHICH BRAND X, HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, IS KNOWN.

I THINK WE'VE MOVED PAST THAT NOW AND I CAN STILL SAY THAT EVERYTHING I RAVED ABOUT IN MY ORIGINAL COMMENTS ARE STILL TRUE AND IN THE VILLAGE OF HARPERS CHOICE-FENLAND FIELD IS YOUR BEST BET. IT'S ALMOST AN INJUSTICE TO EVEN INCLUDE BRAND X'S NAME IN THIS REVIEW, BECAUSE HARPERS AND FENLAND JUST DO NOT COMPARE. HARPERS IS A HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SLUM. FENLAND FIELD IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE APARTMENT COMMUNITY WITH LOTS OF NATURAL AMENITIES AND A STAFF, SAVE THIS ONE STOPPED UP DRAIN EPISODE,THAT JUST HAS A MUCH MORE BUSINESS LIKE AND PROFESSIONAL FEEL.

HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS WILL NEVER CHANGE SHOPPERS!

IF COMMENTS LIKE THE ONES BELOW WERE BEING POSTED BY TENANTS IN AUGUST OF 2005 WITH LIVING CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC OPINION HAVING ONLY GOTTEN WORSE IN 2009 - LET'S JUST FACE IT APARTMENT SHOPPERS - HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS WILL NEVER CHANGE - FOR THE BETTER!

Looking for roommate & apartment in area between b-more & DC

14 posts - Last post: Aug 23, 2005

well i looked in the columbia area just for 1 bedroom apartments, ... do not live in harper's forest apartments. everyone in that complex is ... www.buzzlife.com

08/11/2006 Too many roaches, unprofessional management
07/02/2006 this place sucks
06/20/2006 Once a dump, always a dump
09/17/2005 too many roaches
05/02/2005 Look Elsewhere
04/07/2005 I can only speak for myself
03/15/2005 Rats, Mice,....Hell No!!!
02/11/2005 I would not suggest this complex to anyone
12/01/2004 Don't live here

ALL OF THESE COMMENTS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED AT

http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/MD-Columbia-Harpers-Forest-Apartments.html

THE SCURRILOUS OWNERS OF HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS ARE FAILURES AS BUSINESSMEN - BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY'RE FAILURES AS HUMAN BEINGS!

I THINK IT'S HIGH TIME WE MAKE ROOM IN OUR PRISONS FOR CRIMINALS, LIKE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER AND SLUMLORD OWNER OF HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE, AS WELL AS HIS HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENABLERS - KEN ULMAN, MARY KAY SIGATY, DOUGLAS GANSLER AND THE EQUALLY IMPOTENT HOWARD COUNTY HOUSING OFFICE!

UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, HOWARD COUNTY CITIZEN, THOSE WE DEPEND ON TO ENFORCE THE LAW ARE IN BED WITH THOSE WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAW! OUR ONLY LEGAL RECOURSE, FOR HAVING A LEGITIMATE COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN THE SHORT TERM, IS A RECALL OR IMPEACHMENT OF OUR DISGRACEFUL ELECTED OFFICIALS OR A RESOUNDING ELECTORAL DEFEAT ON ELECTION DAY.

AS FAR AS COLUMBIA'S PREMIER GHETTO COMPLEX, HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, THEY'RE ABOUT TO BITE THE DUST ANYWAY - THANKS TO THE ABUSED TENANTS, LIKE YOU AND ME, WHO INSIST ON TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT THE MOST INEPT AND INCOMPETENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT EVER TO SET FOOT IN HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND.

HATS OFF TO YOU - ABUSED AND ANGRY TENANTS!

HARPERS FOREST APTS MAY BE WELL ON THEIR WAY .........

TO THE GARBAGE HEAP OF THE WORST HOWARD COUNTY SLUMS OF ALL TIME.....

- AND STILL THEY'RE
DRAGGING THEIR TENANTS THROUGH THE SLIME AND THE MUD!
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ANOTHER TENANT SPEAKS OUT -

HAH, DON'T MOVE HERE!! THIS IS THE WORST PLACE EVER!!

Years at this apartment: 2008 - 2009 i lived there for 1 year. i never fully unpacked my stuff cause from the first day i moved in i was ready to leave! i was pregnant when i moved in and it was bad. you call maintenance and they take 4 ever to come!! the leasing office is horrible! they will lie to you in your face and wont fix a problem till you threaten to take them to court.

READ THE FULL REVIEW AT -


http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/MD-Columbia-Harpers-Forest-Apartments.html

I'M SURE YOU AGREE RENTERS, THAT WITH APARTMENTS LIKE THIS, EVEN BANKRUPTCY IS TOO GOOD FOR THESE SLUMLORDS! WEALTHY DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER AND OWNER OF HARPERS FOREST, PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE, HAS BEEN GRANTED IMMUNITY FROM INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION BY HIS HOWARD COUNTY ENABLERS,
COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN ULMAN, MARYLAND STATES ATTORNEY DOUGLAS GANSLER AND COUNTY COUNCILMAN MARY KAY SIGATY. BUT IT IS WE, THE ABUSED TENANTS, WHO ARE BRINGING THE LAWS OF A FREE MARKET PLACE TO BEAR ON THIS DREADFULLY MISMANAGED HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS. IT IS WE THE TENANTS WHO HAVE PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR THE BACKROOM WHEELING AND DEALING BETWEEN OUR HOWARD COUNTY OFFICIALS AND THESE GHETTO MERCHANTS AND IT IS WE THE TENANTS WHO ARE ABANDONING HARPERS FOREST IN DROVES AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING OUR NEIGHBORS TO DO SO AS WELL. NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS AND IT IS YOU, THE CURRENT AND FORMER TENANTS, WHO HAVE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS DEPLORABLE HARPERS FOREST MANAGEMENT AND IT IS YOU WHO ARE HOLDING THIS ILLEGITIMATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR BUSINESS PRACTICES, EVEN THOUGH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE REFUSED TO DO SO. THIS HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED THEIR BACKS ON THE LARGELY LOWER INCOME AND DISABLED COMMUNITY THAT RENTS AT HARPERS FOREST AND THEY'VE STOOD SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE SLUMLORDS, WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THEIR CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT ON ELECTION DAY! RIGHT TENANTS?

HOWARD COUNTY APARTMENT SHOPPERS TAKE NOTE - ALL OF THESE VOICES FROM ABUSED AND ANGRY TENANTS, THE DAMNING PHOTOGRAPHS, THE FAILED INSPECTION REPORTS OF DREADFUL MAINTENANCE CONDITIONS, HORROR STORIES ABOUT THE MOST INEPT MANAGEMENT TEAM EVER, DOCUMENTED ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS, MIGHT VERY WELL BE PICTURES OF YOUR HOME AND STORIES OF YOUR HORROR'S IF YOU SIGN A LEASE AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS. TAKE IT FROM THOSE WHO KNOW. TAKE IT FROM THESE CURRENT AND FORMER RENTERS WHO HAVE HAD TO LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS - DO NOT RENT FROM HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS! IT COULD BE THE WORST HOUSING DECISION YOU'VE EVER MADE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. DON'T SPEND YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS HERE. THERE ARE OTHER PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED AND SUPERIOR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED!

IF YOU LIKE THE VILLAGE OF HARPERS CHOICE AS MUCH AS I DO , THEN CONSIDER FENLAND FIELD APTS!

If you like the VILLAGE OF HARPERS CHOICE in Columbia as much as I do and want an alternative to the dreadfully mismanaged SLUMS AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, you'd be doing yourself a great disservice if you don't at least take a look at FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS. the few dollars extra it cost will be returned to you ten fold in very practical benefits such as:

1. Washers and dryers in your apartment. Wow! What a convenience this has turned out to be! No more trying to rush to the pay washers before somebody else fills up the machines. I can do my laundry at 3am if I want and I don't have to make a run to the bank for rolls of quarters to feed the machines. Of course it depends on the season of the year, but for my laundry alone I'm putting that $20.00 of quarters in my pocket now that I'm at FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS CHING! and that's the beginning, but it's only the beginning apartment shoppers.

2.You have much more window space to let the light in and refreshingly provides a sense of spaciousness and openness. Also the windows are on opposite sides of your apt allowing for cross ventilation, which for me is a blessing because I don't like the heat of summer and considering the still spiraling energy cost by BGE it will certainly result in immediate savings on your energy bill by delaying the need for air conditioning. For those of you who have lived at the crumbling HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS you know that the couple of windows available are all on the same side of your apt and there is NO cross ventilation and multiple fans only minimally relieve the stuffiness and stale air in those apts. You may find, as I have, that you have more money in your pocket when you rent at FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS! CHING! CHING!

3. Depending on exactly which building you are in you may have a COLUMBIA transit green and blue bus line literally across the street from your front door. The green and blue bus line travels down Harpers Farm Road just before heading up to it's major transfer points at the MALL IN COLUMBIA. Who needs a car with this convenience! It's more money in your pocket and in this economy there's nothing wrong with that! CHING! CHING! CHING!

4. At FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS you don't even need a car for the basics because, again depending which building you're in at this sprawling apartment community, you are most likely 1 to 3 blocks from the HARPERS CHOICE VILLAGE CENTER and full service SAFEWAY and pharmacy. Like much of COLUMBIA, there is plenty of sidewalk and is very 'walker' friendly. A bucket of CHING CHING! Boy - I might need to open a SWISS bank account!

5. FENLAND FIELD advertises balconies and in fact has balconies, unlike the deteriorating and discredited HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS who advertise balconies but don't have a single one in the complex. What BRAZEN FALSE ADVERTISING! Whats more important though is that at FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS you can observe the wonder of nature as the seasons unfold and change from the comfort of your own bright and 'window-y' home as well as from your own balcony where some of the beautiful trees are almost close enough to touch! I know you nature lovers appreciate that!

6. I generally have much more closet space including a very generous walk in closet in my bedroom.

7. My FENLAND FIELD APARTMENT, whether it's due to superior building materials or just the very cozy layout, has a sense of better soundproofing unlike the HARPERS FOREST GHETTO where you can hear every step the upstairs occupants make-YES-EVERY STEP AND MORE! NUFF SAID!

8. In the leasing office FENLAND FIELD has a COMPUTER ROOM available for FREE USE BY THEIR TENANTS which is a godsend for those times when your computer crashes and you immediately need a back up computer for basic but important tasks like e-mail and bill paying.

9. The furnace runs so quietly at FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS you hardly know it's running, unlike the HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS two-bit heating system which SOUNDS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN coming down the tracks and if you're watching television or listening to music, as I usually am, you'll need to constantly adjust the volume so you can hear over the racket, which means that due to the paper thin walls at HARPERS FOREST you are unfortunately and most likely disturbing your neighbors as well.

Granted folks, these are just my first impressions of living in FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS and sometimes first impressions fade with time, but as far as first impressions go - FENLAND FIELD is a winner in my book! Whether that opinion gets better or worse you're going to hear about it right here at the HOWARD COUNTY APARTMENT SHOPPER website. BEFORE YOU SIGN A LEASE AT THAT DREADFULLY MISMANAGED GHETTO CALLED HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS - CHECK OUT THE MUCH MORE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS at 5351 Harpers Farm Road in Columbia or contact the rental office at 410-730-2953.

THE DAMNING EVIDENCE THAT PROVES NOT ONLY ARE THOSE IDENTIFIED FAILURES IN BUSINESS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY-FAILURES AS HUMAN BEINGS!

THE BILL I RECEIVED, WHICH LOOKED LIKE A CRUMPLED PIECE OF PAPER IN THE STAIRWAY AND FOR WHICH HARPERS FOREST DENIED, AND DENIED AND DENIED, EVER GIVING ME. IT'S PRECISELY BECAUSE I VERY RESPECTFULLY DECLINED TO PAY FOR THESE, SINCE THE ONES THEY REPLACED WERE IN PRISTINE AND NEW CONDITION, AND BECAUSE THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THE COLOR. HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS-YOU CAN PUT DIFFERENT COLOR BLINDS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. YOU CAN PUT PEA SOUP GREEN BLINDS ON MONDAY AND HOT PINK CHECKERBOARD ON WEDNESDAY IF YOU WANT-BUT TENANTS ARE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT. YOU'LL TAKE A CUT IN SALARY BEFORE WE ABSORB THE COST OF YOUR RECKLESS MANAGEMENT!

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY-HOWARD COUNTY- SLUMLORD SCANDEL

IS DOUGLAS GANSLER QUALIFIED TO BE THE STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND? I USED TO THINK SO, NOW I'M RECONSIDERING. YOU MAY REMEMBER REMEMBER THAT DURING THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN A JUDGE WAS ASKED TO LOOK INTO WHETHER OR NOT GANSLER MET THE MINIMAL 10 YEAR REQUIREMENT, OF PRACTICING LAW IN MARYLAND, NECESSARY TO HAVE HIS NAME PLACED ON THE BALLOT. THE JUDGE RULED THAT HE DID. IS IT POSSIBLE THE JUDGE ERRED IN THAT DECISION?

GANSLERS OWN WEBSITE SAYS THE FOLLOWING - LANDLORD RETALIATION AGAINST TENANTS
Q. Julie and two other tenants in her apartment complex circulated a petition to form a tenants' group to deal with the landlord's failure to make repairs. The landlord's nephew, who is also a tenant in the complex, reported this activity to the landlord. Julie was notified by the landlord that her rent would increase by $100 a month. Does Julie have to pay the higher rent or face eviction?
A. No.
A landlord cannot evict you, increase your rent, or fail to provide services because you organize or join a tenant's organization. Nor could the landlord take any of these actions if you had complained to him, filed a complaint against him with the housing inspection department or other agency, or filed a lawsuit. However, you would have to prove that retaliation was the only reason for the landlord's action.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2006/10/gansler_gets_perez_treatment_1.html

GANSLERS OWN WEBSITE STATES THAT TENANTS CAN'T BE EVICTED SIMPLY FOR FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. NOT ONLY THAT BUT RECENTLY THE SUPREME CHIMED IN TO SAY( 'CRAWFORD V METRO' )
AN EMPLOYER IS NOT ALLOWED TO TERMINATE AN EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE EMPLOYER.

Ulman and Gansler support evicting tenants who.......

...file complaints against slumlords when they are also major Democratic Party fundraisers like Philip Ratcliffe! Rather odd, wouldn't you say, since Maryland States Attorney Douglas Ganslers own website says such actions are illegal. Even the Supreme Court chimed in on a similiar matter in 'Crawford v Metro.' If Mr. Gansler doesn't obey his own laws why should we?

For the sake of harvesting votes from those in the mental health community, smirking Howard County Executive Ken Ulman wants you to believe he cares about you and your life circumstances in 'progressive' Columbia Maryland, but don't you believe it! Ken Ulman for at least this past year has solidly backed slumlord and wealthy Democratic Party fundraiser Philip Ratcliffe in evicting both lower income and disabled tenants for filing complaints against Harpers Forest Apts for sub-standard and inferior maintenance standards, rodent infestations and violation after violation of minimal legal requirements and minimal moral standards of common decency. It's illegal, but that's another part of the problem. Maryland States Attorney Doug Gansler, also siding with slumlord Ratcliffe, refuses to enforce his own laws. Looks like the County Executive and States Attorney believes, as does owner of Harpers Forest Apts., that lower income and disabled folks are so stupid and desperate that they will take any crumbs they throw our way! Let's show Mr. Ulman and Mr. Gansler how stupid we are not - fire them on election day! Tell them we will not accept 'crumbs' like Ulman and Gansler to represent us in this disgraceful Howard County Maryland. We can do better. Much, much better!

INVESTIGATE KEN ULMANS UNHOLY ALLIANCE WITH HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS AND THE PRESS

IS HOWARD COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN ULMAN MANIPULATING JOURNALIST TO GAIN FAVORABLE NEWS COVERAGE FOR HARPERS FOREST OWNER, SLUMLORD AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTOR PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE?

I am addressing this matter to investigative journalist at the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post newspapers. There's been a developing story in Columbia Maryland for about the last year which started out as a rather simple matter between a largely lower income and disabled apartment community and some rather inept property management. It could have been resolved swiftly and thoroughly with competent management but sadly, County Executive Ken Ulmans campaign fundraiser and owner of Harpers Forest Apartments, Philip E. Ratcliffe chose a different route to the dismay of the tenants who live here and of which I am one.

There's no shortage of detailed accounts from tenants at Harpers Forest Apartments, many with photo's and documentation of violation after violation of sub-standard maintenance conditions, health and safety hazards and the repeated attempts by some tenants to have their grievances addressed by Maryland Management who has refused. Appeals by tenants have been taken to almost the entire Howard County Government including local HUD office and three Democratic elected officials - Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, County Councilman Mary Kay Sigaty and perhaps to a lesser extent Maryland States Attorney Douglas Gansler. All of these officials refused to return a single telephone call or e-mail sent to them by their constituents who have lived in unsafe and unsanitary conditions and received abusive treatment by management at Harpers Forest Apartments. The mistreatment ranges from one tenant, Charles, who was blackmailed by staff when he was told he had to foot the $3000.00 to have his kitchen damages repaired which were the result of a crumbling infrastructure and maintenance staff who, by their own admission, repaired plumbing leaks with duct tape, to a similar situation which happened to me when Harpers Forest Management refused to repair damages in my kitchen which resulted from a reckless management who refused for more than three days to respond to repeated emergency calls reporting continuous water leaking and increasing property damage. All of the elected officials were contacted and every one of them refused to respond. When all normal channels of registering grievances were exhausted and as a last resort I posted this information online and was told Harpers Forest Apartments was not renewing my lease, even though I've had an excellent landlord-tenant relationship for over five years. Let me clarify - they approved me for lease renewal before they disapproved me. They sent me a letter offering to renew then after a few days later I was told I had to vacate. Just one more example of the ineptitude that permeates everything that is Harpers Forest Apartments.When there are rodent and insect infestations Harpers Management refuses to address the problem always saying that that tenant is the only one who ever complains, which might be believable by some til you have a dozen tenants who were told the exact same thing. In the case of the bed bug infestation tenants are told there will be no treatment of the property and that they need to destroy their own furniture and buy new items. With the introduction of a local journalist who approached me about doing a story, this matter has now morphed into a much larger issue that questions whether or not the supposedly independent press is being manipulated by Ken Ulmans office to benefit a campaign supporter and to and cover up his own negligence in addressing tenants complaints. I always thought the role of the press was to, among other things, report on activities of government representatives, present that information objectively to the public so that we may better know what our government 'of the people' is doing in the name of it's citizens.

Based on an experience I've had recently with one Howard County Journalist this principle may have been compromised. Ken Ulmans office may be trying to manipulate news coverage of his campaign supporters business operations and his own actions to help cover up those misdeeds. The journalist, let's just call her Mona, contacted me to ask if I'd speak with her because she might consider doing a story about the landlord-tenant issues. I responded right away indicating that I'd like to speak with her and would contact her after the weekend to arrange a meeting. I intended to call on Monday, but this being the first journalist expressing interest I wanted to run the idea around in my head a bit before meeting with Mona, but she took the initiative contacting me on Wednesday of that week saying that she was being pressed by Ken Ulmans office to hurry up and speak with me and return to the County Executives representatives to file her report. File what report? I thought journalist write news stories and present them to the public. Mona 'the journalist' wasn't. Mona was rushing around to present her report to the Howard County Executive and she noticeably jumped when Ulman snapped his fingers telling her to move faster. Is Mona 'the journalist' on the Howard County payroll? If she is how is it possible she could have enough objectivity to write an article about the slum operation at Harpers Forest Apartments which both Ulman and Gansler refuse to address? Is Mona going to be able to point the finger, any of them, at Ken and Doug when they sign her paycheck? IT IS A SILLY QUESTION - ISN'T IT? Of course she can't! This is why some of us see some possible improprieties between this journalist, her (FREE) paper and County Executive Ken Ulman. It appears her allegiance is not to the public and objective journalism but to a partisan Democratic elected official and his financial backers. If by prearrangement Mona had already agreed to report to the county executive, then by the time she contacted me claiming she wanted to write an article, and I ASSUMED she meant OBJECTIVE article - there I go again ASSUMING - she was already being dishonest. Just what we need - dishonest journalist in bed with dishonest Howard County officials! Is it possible that these private and cozy arrangements between elected officials and journalist is just a holdover from the Bush administrations practice of paying commentators, as they did with Armstrong Williams, to write favorable articles supporting their governmental policies? Is it possible that all this talk by President Obama about a change from eight years of destructive Republican rule is just more political smoke and mirrors and all politicians are really alike? Is it possible that there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats? Is it possible that Mona's professional obligation is to partisan elected officials like County Executive Ken Ulman to the detriment of private American citizens who aren't wealthy and usually can't access these officials and therefore have very little real political power? Is it possible Mona and Kens allegiance is to wealthy slumlords and high ranking Democratic Party financiers who can buy any and everything they will ever need including, apparently, political favors? Is it possible? Your damn right it is! Not only is it possible that's exactly what's going on with Ken's backroom orgy of the Howard County Government, Maryland State's Attorney's office, wealthy Democratic Party fundraisers and owner of the slums at Harpers Forest Philip E. Ratcliffe and now the FREE press! SCURRILOUS IS AS SCURRILOUS DOES. REMEMBER THAT ON ELECTION DAY! FIRE THE MOST SCURRILOUS BUNCH OF MARYLAND POLITICIONS SINCE SPIRO 'WHO?' AGNEW! FIRE HOWARD COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN ULMAM, MARYLAND STATE'S ATTORNEY DOUGLAS GANSLER AND FIRE ANY SPINELESS DEMOCRAT WHO STILL TREMBLES AT THE MERE MENTION OF WEALTHY FUNDRAISER AND SLUMLORD PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE, HIS ODIOUS AND SHAMEFUL MARYLAND MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND HIS SLUMS AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS!!!