January has been traditionally the slowest month of the year for business and finances are usually tight. This year adds a new car, new accounts, and driving for a new company. Busy and expensive – and it’s only the 3rd! I’m adjusting to a car that’s much lower than the jeep, too. I now have to watch for curbs with the bumper and I’m using muscles I don’t usually use getting in and out so much, feeling it. For the last two days, I drove in McMinnville and Eugene respectively. Travel is feasible but there’s a practical limit to how much time I can spend working before returning at a reasonable hour. There is plenty of work here in Corvallis, but I’m afraid many of these places have gone with the company I work for now just to avoid me after all the attacks on my character and the bizarre amount of social engineering. I’ve been framed for crimes and regularly set up for probable cause in some way or other. There’s a verifiable campaign against me, but complaints are met with accusations of paranoia. If I use terms like the enemy, or use too many paradoxes, I’m called bipolar. When I’m wrong, apparently I’m delusional. It goes on and on. I am still just a jack-of-all-trades artist, photographer, writer, and part time delivery driver. And my landlord is a sociopath.

Most recently, the biggest press is to characterize me as violent and dangerous – I keep getting baited by people trying to get me to say or do things that would show harassing communication or some physical threat. This has gone on for a long time but in recent months it’s been a hard press, I think because my landlord believes that saying something is exactly the same as doing something if he disagrees with it – and he is obsessed with making sure I’m not treated with respect. Yesterday, a woman approached me at a Goodwill in Eugene and asked me to try a punching bag that was for sale there. Then she told me she was too embarrassed to try it herself but didn’t seem at all interested in buying it. In retrospect, I think she was dressed like someone who works in a law office and I started thinking about statements I’ve made in the past about how I’m the kind of person to take out my frustrations on a punching bag, not the landlord himself, and how I believe in Due Process and the legal system. But instead of a statement about self control, things like this get parts taken out of context to use against me. And in private, I don’t hold back. So while I am still accusing my landlord of severe violations of privacy among other things, he’s trying diligently to get public statements that can be construed as a threat. I don’t think the punching bag was being offered to me or that it was an attempt to flirt. While I continue to push for transparency and accountability, I’m up against religious extremists and some who work for the State, doing what they can to keep me from having any social or financial support.

And God Knows, my slumlord landlord sure doesn’t like what I say. Ever since I recently published that he has zero legal authority here except as the trash man, he’s had someone else picking up the trash. There’s no doubt he’s on a power trip. I guess it gives him a sense of authority to delegate the responsibility over the garbage. The fact remains that he calls himself a spiritual leader and claims to be equivalent to Jesus Himself, but he lies and cheats, and he is stealing tens of thousands of dollars a year from the residents here in illegal, baseless fees, just because he’s decided we should have to pay. This has been corroborated by several people in the legal system and I’ve been promised by the attorney who oversees mobile home parks and marinas at the Oregon Law Center that I will have this in writing. There is every reason to believe the manager knows he’s violating the law and stealing from residents… then he claims not to be the manager, or says he’s just a humble servant when it was his idea. And the man who claimed to be the owner is just as dishonest. Ironically, they don’t believe in money. But the law says they are allowed to add 10% for themselves which could be considered the same as tithing, even if it’s really taxation without representation in this case. But it’s clear they’re adding a huge amount more than the law allows, knowingly. The law also requires that they show us how much they’re paying the City for water and that the fees are clearly detailed in writing – he has refused this repeatedly. It’s possible they’re not paying the City at all. And the law requires there to be a registered manager and several other things, but it turns out that Highland View Mobile Estates has even failed to register as a business as of October 2024. So, the people who collect the rent and the added water bill with the unexplained charges are not even a legitimate business. But they do have lawyers. I pay my bills or I face an eviction.

Added to the ongoing situation with the landlord is the unresolved situation with Bodhi Bakery. What the hell is wrong with people who think they can play God in my life and not have to answer for themselves? The owner of Bodhi has sent me harassing text messages at home, tried to get me fired from my job, has chased me down on the road a few times, has no qualms trying to intimidate me but refuses to identify himself in an email or text. He’s told me I’m not allowed to have any contact with anyone who works for him in any of their locations, on or off the premises – and they’ve called the police trying to get me banned from driving down the street where they might have to see me. All this because I gave a barista a note when she was getting off work one day? I don’t know if the situation at Bodhi is related to my landlord or any of a few other situations over the years, but the common denominators are backbiting gossip, slander, and no accountability. To this day, I am available to defend myself against any accusation, but I’m up against people who would rather see me condemned even if they have to lie or use things out of context. So, when Bodhi tried to get me fired they failed, but they hurt my business and it cost me a lot of money. They ended up using a different delivery service almost exclusively… and now I work for that service because the landlord’s campaign against me has been so successful. I still believe I did nothing wrong and I have every right to provide for myself doing legitimate work, but at the same time it is very likely I will get several orders to pick up at Bodhi if I sign on for work in the town where I live. I have checked and there is no way of blacklisting a restaurant, but the restaurant can file a complaint against me and refuse me as a driver which is not something I need as I’m just starting to build my rating with a new company. I can’t afford the physical demand of working out of town indefinitely, either, and it’s ridiculous to think I should only sign on when they’re closed.

It seems to me, some professionals should be more professional. The last year was a loss, and there’s hope for the coming year but there’s a long way to go. I’m not allowed in a coffee shop where I should be welcomed as an invited guest. I got left out for the holidays… again. I get ignored no matter who I ask for help, even when it’s about my father’s death or my mother’s well being. I have been refused all the information I have requested regarding my home and activities that have greatly affected my personal life, and I have a legal right to this information. The eavesdropping continues. The fake water bills keep coming. I never did find out what I was forced to sign in an apartment in Philomath so long ago, nor did anyone care about the evidence of identity theft. Nevermind landlord retaliation. Law enforcement’s policy not to enforce Civil Law gives the landlord carte blanche permission to violate tenant rights, charge what he wants, and poison the water – as long as he doesn’t kill too many, because the State lacks resources to prosecute unless the crimes threaten a lot of human lives. It’s no joke that the landlord also sees himself as qualified to determine who should succeed and who should fail, going out of his way to starve me out. While legally (he even told the judge this), he’s just the groundskeeper. But the ‘owner’ is a member of his cult and a loyal follower, just as deceitful. And he’s let his license to do business expire, too. So who can I sue?

And now I have a lot more opportunity but a lot more debt, too. This year is undeniably more unpredictable in some ways, but change is imminent. One thing that remains the same is that I’m in the eye of the storm and I’m still succeeding. There have been major setbacks, but I’m still on track with my goals and the bills are still getting paid, even if they are illegal. This month is critical in the financial transition of getting a new job and a new car on the New Year – very expensive, and my income is at an all time low. I already depend on credit, so it’s important that I get through the first month with the best job rating possible. Then after I finally get the registration and plates in the mail, I’ll have the opportunity to drive people, too – this may come with it’s own set of issues, we’ll see. A lot remains to be seen.

I’m emailing a link to this post to the Oregon Attorney General who referred me to the Manufactured Communities Resource Center (MCRC) since the water bill is still unresolved, since there are clearly even bigger legal problems where I live, and since my case was dismissed by the Oregon Law Center though I am still waiting for an advice letter that I was promised. I’m also emailing the link to Highland View Mobile Estates since they are featured and I believe in transparency (they don’t). I’ll be publishing a number of letters from this last year and updating the Legal section of this site in the next few days. And, although coffee shops and my water bill may or may not be related, I’m sending a copy to Bodhi since they should at least be advised that such unprofessional behavior toward a delivery driver leads to bad advertisement, but also because it is very likely I will show up there for work at some point and it shouldn’t be a surprise. Anyone is welcome to contact me with respect – identify yourself and address the issues in writing if you want a change from me. But the insane amount of manipulation that’s gone on to avoid having to communicate – the stalking and harassment, all the backstabbing and baiting – has got to stop. I continue to demonstrate the power of self respect as I work and pay my bills as a law abiding citizen without cheating people out of their money or attacking anyone’s legitimate income. I know I don’t deserve the way I’ve been treated. Ignoring me is not making me go away and it doesn’t solve any problems. This is still my home and I was born and raised in Oregon. To those who are responsible for trying to put me out of a job, perhaps you’re now aware of how independent I am. Consider accommodating me as I continue to take care of myself, because you might just have to deal with me, anyway. My policy about accepting deliveries will stay the same – I do my job and I pay my bills. Feel free to send an email and be willing to address things legally if that’s a problem. And lastly, I’m sending a copy to the local police so they’re aware of the current status of things.

Happy New Year, all…

Indigo Michaud
2655 NW Highland Dr. #58
Corvallis, OR 97330
indigo@skysurfer.media