Brickbat: None of Your Business

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has called on the state legislature to seal certain eviction records. Shapiro didn't provide many details on his proposal. But he did indicate that tenants who win eviction proceedings should have their records sealed, which could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of people.
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I need more information so I know what to be irate about.
Yeah, sealing proceedings when you defend yourself and win seems different than sealing records indicating you were actually not paying rent.
Well, twat if the sealed proceedings where the tenant won, will conceal for you the owner and landlord (after your worked hard for many years to earn the money to buy properties), COULD have let you know that your next prospective tenant won in court, due to a heavy-handed fed, which protects "therapy animals" that trash houses and apartments? https://reason.com/2025/02/02/you-cant-evict-polly/
AND that your next prospective tenant has "cumpanion-therapy animals" ass follows:
12 moose a-stomping
11 hakkencrakks a-howling,
10 woodchucks a-chucking,
9 beavers a-chewing,
8 porcupines a-pining,
7 horses a-pooping,
6 skunks a-spraying,
5 hippos a-farting,
4 cobras a-spitting,
3 bulls a-shitting,
2 donkeys a-braying,
and a Trumpanzee in a riot-revolt!
PA kulaks should be lined up against the wall!
Better option that doesn't protect degenerates who refuse to pay their bills: in any eviction action where the matter is dismissed, compel the landlord to provide the lease-holder a verifiable notarized Letter of Dismissal that said renters can show when applying for future leases.
That way even though the eviction shows up, the prospective tenant can illustrate that it was, in fact, just a misunderstanding. And scumbag squatting holdovers can't.