Busy day – the lawsuit

After the interview I returned a call from our attorney, Craig Hunter, who had been on a conference call with the Judge and all the attorneys for the defendants. He was pleased to report that the Judge had granted us the right to argue our case on every motion we’ve brought to the Sixth District Court. Once again it wasn’t a very good day for the School Board.

Apparently the Judge had read all of our pleadings in advance which is not always the case. The defendant’s attorneys raised some issues but had brought no formal motions for the judge to consider. They had requested a delay for presenting the documents we had requested for discovery. They were past the deadline already but they were given a deadline. They must present the documents we requested by May 15th.

Whatever they produce is not required for our case since we already have all the documents which we feel proves that the contract between the District and JCI is unlawful. JCI may feel that way too. Mr. Hunter got the same impression in reading JCI’s reply to our complaint – “Hey, we just did what the District wanted us to do.” That should give the District cold comfort.

On the other hand that’s a pretty limp defense for a company that has executed hundreds maybe thousands of contracts with school districts. How can it seriously argue that it didn’t understand the statutes pertaining to construction contracts?

There will be no delays and our case is still scheduled for May 22nd.

Oh, Surprise! Surprise. Apparently the School Administration has been holding secret one-on-one meetings between school board members and the District’s attorneys to make sure Gary Glass is kept in the dark. How typical. I can’t off hand think of how this violates the open meeting law. School Districts are permitted to hold closed hearings over issues of litigation. Every such closed meeting I attended when I was on the school board was held will all the members of the School Board present.

I think the District is blazing new legal ground once again. I wonder what law gives them this power? Someone ought to sue their sorry behinds. Oh, I forgot. We are suing them.

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