Mr. Dale Johnson:
I understand.
Let me try to explain this in a way both you and Larry understand.
Imagine you make a written agreement to buy homemade peanut butter from a 13 year old girl, each month. The contract is dated, signed by both parties, and clearly spells out the large quantity of peanut butter you require each month from her, as well as the suspicious above market pricing.
What happens with regard to the contract when the girl, a circus worker, can no longer steal enough peanuts from Dumbo's cage to make enough peanut butter to satisfy the contract and your corresponding lust for it and moves to the next town? Nothing.
It doesn't make any sense to argue with her about where your nuts went. You need to accept they are gone. The contract was never valid. Any legal proceedings would be a circus. The real dumbo would be you.
You can't have a legally binding contract with a minor regarding stolen property that results in a product that does not meet FDA regulations.
Since the apartment was not authorized by the City it constitutes an illegal business, not to mention the secondary illegal hot rod shop business. The rental agreement is invalid. Larry has no legally binding document with me and no valid claim against me for utilities or rent or otherwise.
Larry and you have continued to ask me for payment on utility bills at a residence that was never classified as residence, and lacked the utilities to be livable as a residence, which the City of Redmond determined cannot be a residence.
I have no obligation to provide receipts to settle out of court. If Larry is not interested in settling out of court, please let me know.
Regards,
Venkat P. Bannister