Suburban assessor: 'Bunch of Mexicans' botched fence

As Frankfort Township assessor, Paul J. Ruff is in charge ofproperty tax bills.

But a lawsuit accuses him of ducking one of his own debts.

A New Lenox business is suing Ruff in Will County Circuit Court,claiming he owes $1,900 for a fence installed at his home inNovember.

Ruff says he hasn't paid up because "a bunch of Mexicans" workingfor Fence Outlet made more than $2,000 worth of mistakes, likeinstalling part of the structure in his neighbor's yard.

Workers also punctured a gas main, causing the entire block to beevacuated for four hours, he said. Two painters he hired for the …