Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Everybody into the pool....NOT!
From Channel Three in Memphis...
Filthy Pool Declared Public Health Hazard

Updated 4:55 PM, Monday, July 21

By Andy Wise

HICKORY HILL, MEMPHIS -- Something's in the pool at the Kirby Oaks Condominiums.

Like a scene out of "Swamp Thing," a film of green scum blankets water black as coffee. A fire extinguisher, bottles, a life-preserver and children's Legos float on the surface.

The Memphis-Shelby County Health Department cited the complex's homeowners association for code violations on the pool -- more than a year ago.

"They didn't clean up the pool," says Dee Jamison, inspector for the health department. "Now we're back in the same conditions, so we're going to attempt to serve them again."

Coin Management manages the property from a Memphis post office box. Manager Barbara Milam blames delinquent homeowners and renters at Kirby Oaks who haven't paid their maintenance fees. She says 70 percent of the residents have not paid their dues. They owe more than $100,000 to the Kirby Oaks homeowners association.

Read the entire unpleasant story, but not while eating.

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