I finally made time tonight to read the latest submission to the court from the attorneys for ISD 709 and JCI. It was a stack of papers a little over half an inch thick and it took me from 9:30 to 12:30 PM to get through it. The District’s attorney made a pretty good case for bankrupting the plaintiffs (meaning me) with a surety bond if you ignore our contention that the contract we are challenging is illegal.
JCI’s memorandum was nearly unfathomable. The most intelligible thing I picked out of its 12 pages was that JCI denied the School District’s documents concerning the contract. The reason? Apparently some law says that if exhibits (evidence) are in dispute the Court has to throw the case out. Presumably JCI had access to the real documents which gave them the $293 million project but they didn’t show the court the real ones. Inexplicably, after denying our documents their memorandum they then rely on them to prove their case. Kind of like saying: “We deny that we broke your window but that baseball in your living room is ours.”
The District submitted 26 pages that came from our LDV website and from this blog. Rereading them persuaded me all over again that the citizens of Duluth have been robbed. They were given to the court to prove that Let Duluth Vote has been vexatious. That’s how most predators regard the kicking and screaming of their prey. I hope the judge enjoys them as much as I did.
I had more to say but its time for bed.
