Maybe she ticked off someone. Maybe somebody wants her house. The municipality can fine her and put her in jail if she can't pay the fine. (Around where I live it's about $1,000 or two weeks in jail.) They can bulldoze the garage, probably using village vehicles and village employees, and put the cost of that (guaranteed to cost a lot more than any independent contractor) on her taxes. Presto, they take the house. Nobody will represent her with any vigor, either. They want their house taken away from them? We have to fight for democracy. This could be age discrimination, too. How likely is she to put up a fight? Any pro bono lawyers out her way?
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