Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:30:33 -0400
From: Taylor Kish
Subject: Follow the money. . .
It was proffered Chatham taxpayers may rest easy because the developers agreed to cover Pittsboro’s legal costs if stupidity prevailed. It did.
Who stands to benefit from a frivolous lawsuit? The principal(s) who control PittsboroMatters’ funds and the lawyers. The lawyers know they cannot and will not “win”. But they also know going to court is the last resort. It usually plays out, “We will drop the suit if you. . .” The lawyers are not suing the town FOR FREE or they would be telling EVERYBODY, “HEY, LOOK AT WHAT WE’RE DOING FOR FREE!!!” The “free” lawyer becomes THE Spokesperson.
Somebody could be getting a “kickback” from pushing the business to a certain legal firm.
“Oh, look, the developers have deep pockets! Let’s sue the town so we get some billable hours! With so many people unemployed, we have fewer ambulances to chase.”
The plaintiff lawyers (for PittsboroMuggers) know what the game is and the score. They want to run up some legal fees somebody else pays. There is a very slim chance the town will have any urgency to countersue if the developers pay the town’s legal costs. There is probably some ambivalence on the part of some people on the council and/or town employ anyway. The PittsboroMuggers’ lawyers know about how much PittsboroMuggers can afford if they have to pay their own money and how much they can push the developers to avoid a countersuit.
The developers are perfectly within their rights to legally develop private property to the benefit of us ALL..
My hope is the stupid people funding PittsboroMuggers will figure out they are being duped and donate their money to people who do good. Fat chance, huh? I hope the developers squash PittsboroBuggers. We ALL pay in the end with higher prices passed on to us.