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The dumpster fees will be paid, says J.C. Petit Jr.
Lisa Hobbs|September 1, 2026|1 min readJ.C. Petit Jr. contacted the Warren County Way, within hours of being locked out of the compactor for non-payment of fees and alerting your source for local news.
“They must have read your article, because Robert Bratcher called my attorney,” Petit stated. “He asked my attorney if he’d received the letter. My attorney said, ‘Yes, I received it Friday.’ I wasn’t aware of that. Robert is suggesting that I pay the dumpster fees, and my attorney is suggesting that I pay. So, that’s what I’m going to do.”
Petit says his decision to pay isn’t based on a requirement in the lease to do so. It’s based on a clause that allows the county to increase his rent.
“I didn’t even know that this clause existed. They don’t have to roll over month-to-month lease and keep my rent the same. They can double my rent. My attorney says page 26, section 8. I looked at it and read it. Sure enough, it’s in there.”
Petit says he wasn’t worried about being locked out of the dumpster, but he does fear a rent hike out of retaliation that would put him out of business.
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Lisa Hobbs
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Lisa Hobbs is an award-winning writer. She has 21 years of experience in newspaper journalism, including 17 years at a publication in Warren County. During that timeframe, she covered both city and county governments, education, wrecks, fires, crime, community events, and wrote a popular Sunday column named Just A Thought. “My desire at Warren County Way is to return ethical and dedicated news coverage to the community I served for almost two decades.”
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