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1 Radden disputed this conclusion, saying he certainly thought the • 2 implication that Mr. Tomas was running a business out of his garage 3 was certainly relevant to the request for another garage before the 4 Commission that evening. 5 Childs told Ms. Hogan it was very difficult for the City to enforce 6 animal violations and it was therefore imperative to build a case of 7 continued violations. He urged her not to worry about "becoming a 8 pest" but to continue calling. 9 Proponent Rebuttal - 10 Mr. Tomas indicated: 11 *he had been self-employed in the plumbing business ever since 12 he moved to that neighborhood in 1966; 13 *he does take calls at home and he and his third son, who works 14 for him, do drive their vehicles home every night just the same as 15 any working people do; 16 *he didn't see any difference between himself and a self- 17 employed attorney who takes calls at home and carries a brief case 18 home at night; 19 *at the present he has no outside help but did have a man • 20 working for him full time in the past; 21 *Don Zebro, his neighbor, has a four car garage into which he 22 drives his truck and closes the door and "nobody knows he has a 23 business there" ; 24 *he guessed a third of .the people on that street were also 25 self-employed; 26 *no one comes to buy anything from him; 27 *one of the vans which the family uses for camping is utilized 28 on occasion for his wife to go to the supply house and bring whatever 29 he needs on the job to him; 30 *some of the supplies are kept in the garage but most are kept 31 in his van; 32 *it was true that every day a delivery was made to him on the 33 job site but otherwise his equipment stays in the vehicle; 34 *the exception is those materials aren't used up on a job which 35 are stored in the garage for awhile; 36 *he didn't think the van was loaded and unloaded every day; • 7