Right after I hung up my apron I drove over to see the taxpayer’s attorney Craig Hunter. He wanted me to see the most recent packet of motions and memorandums from the defendants in our suit. It was a thick one.
I parked in the ramp this time because a couple week’s ago I got a ticket when my short stopover tuned into two hours and my meter ran out. Darn. I still haven’t paid it off. That was ten days ago and my fine has just jumped again. I hate having to help pay off the City’s retiree health care obligations.
It was a good thing I ramped it because once again I spent two hours with him.
Among other things that inch-thick pack contained a number of the posts my regular readers have poured through. It seems that the defendant’s is heavily dependant upon proving that the plaintiffs (at least this one) are mean people with poor motivations. Apparently the law should not be enforced to benefit such people. (Think eminent domain) Oh yes, and the District has already spent so much money that its too late to get it back. This may explain Dr. Dixon’s eagerness to candidly tell the Editorial Board that $50 million has already been spent. He should have told this to his Finance Director, Bill Hanson, who told ATS&R last week that the District has only spent between $10 and 15 million.
Attorney Hunter left me with this old lawyer’s maxim as I was leaving.
When the law is against you, pound the facts.
When the facts are against you, pound the law.
When the facts and the law are against you, pound the table.
I hope the Sixth Judicial District has a little money in their budget for furniture repair because the defendants have some serious table pounding ahead of them.
