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Certified Mail Receipt Number 70052570000015731731

March 31, 2007

Mayor Purcell

City of Lawton

103 SW 4th ST

Lawton, OK 73501

E-mail: jpurcell@...

Fax: 580-581-3515

Dear Mr. Mayor,

On Sunday February 26, 2006, you presented our Family with a

symbolic check for ten thousand dollars. The check was from a Federal

grant by HUD that the City of Lawton managed. The home was built by

Habitat for Humanity.

Shortly after you made the official presentation we started

having construction problems with our home. We immediately told

Habitat of the issues but most of the issues were not dealt with or

were not correctly properly.

In June of 2006, four months after you gave us the check for

the brand new home, water leaked through the roof and saturated our

HVAC and water heater. The pilot light on the gas hot water heater

went out so we had no hot water to bathe in.

I notified Habitat and the City and sent them photos of the

damage and a few days later Habitat sent a few people to put gunk

around a vent pipe. They returned a few days later and ran a water

hose to check if the leak had been repaired. After five seconds we

had water leaking again. The problem has still, as of this date, not

been fixed.

On Tuesday, March 27, 2007, we had water leaking through our

kitchen ceiling onto the floor. I contacted Habitat again. They said

they could not find the source of the roof leak. On Thursday, March

29, 2007, we had even more water leaking again and pouring into the

kitchen and the leaks also put out our pilot on the hot water heater

again.

It took Habitat 24 hours to get somebody to come back and

restart the water heater. This meant we could not bathe again. It is

most difficult for our Adult Disabled Son because he wears diapers.

If not bathed he can get infections and have to be hospitalized. By

chance, our Son's Doctors came for their annual home visit on March

30, 2006 and saw that we had no hot water for bathing him.

Throughout our ordeal of the leaks that began in June 2006 we

have also asked the Lawton City Inspections Department for help.

While they did send a building inspector nothing more was done.

The Inspector that was sent told us that he helped Habitat

install the tile floors in our home. He also said that he was told

that when the foundation was poured no inspection of the plumbing in

the foundation was done. Habitat had poured the concrete before the

inspection took place.

I reviewed the City Inspection report and it shows that the

City Inspector came at 10 AM and rejected it immediately. The City

Record also shows that the Habitat Contractor called for another City

Inspection one minute after the original inspection rejection.

For several months I have requested an answer as to why the

rejection was issued and how a minute later it could be ready for

another inspection. Nobody from the City has ever answered this basic

question.

Also, I have requested many records from the City under the Freedom

of Information. I was looking for the reports the City was required,

under Federal Law, to provide to HUD as Lawton is responsible for

oversight of how the HUD Grants are used. These reports have been

denied to me.

What was most alarming to hear from an official of your inspection

department was to be asked what did we expect because our home was

built by Habitat. I reminded the inspection official that I expect

the Law and Codes to be enforced during the construction of every

home and business in Lawton no matter who builds it.

Receiving no help from the City and the ongoing failures of Habitat

to make complete and quality repairs to our home, we were forced to

file a formal complaint with HUD and other Federal Agencies. Our

complaints were accepted.

As time went on from my initial complaint filing, I added more issues

to the complaints that involved Habitat and the City with the

Government Agencies. As an example, I became aware of issues that

might be considered of a Predatory nature by Habitat and possibly by

one City official. It also appeared that this City official was

helping Habitat to prepare their responses to HUD and to deflect

issues of discrimination and the misuse of Federal Funds.

We also were forced to file Federal Criminal complaints due to issues

of possible identity theft and people trying to get unauthorized and

illegal access to my Military and VA financial and medical records at

FT Sill. It seems that all of these efforts were part of a plan to

slander and smear my Family.

I can tell you that the Department of Justice has told us that these

identity and access issues are of a Federal Criminal nature and a

formal investigation is under way. The Government has asked, and I

have agreed, to testify should a Federal Criminal trial be necessary

on these issues of identity theft and illegal access of my Government

records.

Since June of 2006, I have sent you and several other elected City

Officials and City employees copies of many of my communications with

Habitat. The Federal Government is also aware that I have been

providing the City with this information.

The fact that the City has done nothing is most alarming. At this

time I would like to meet with you to discuss these issues. Perhaps

it would be a good idea for you to come to our home for this meeting

so that you can see, first hand, how poorly we have been treated by

Habitat and by City officials.

Perhaps you could come over on Wednesday. April 3, 2007, evening

around 6:30 PM. Please let me know of your decision. I feel it would

be best for you to see, first hand, the issues rather than having a

meeting in your office. If you have another suggestion for our

meeting I am willing to listen.

I am, again, sending you a copy of the State Licensed Architects

report that I sent to you last week. It clearly shows the Code

violations that were allowed and continue to this date. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Ken Moulton