Monday, October 03, 2005

Blue Back Going to Trial

A couple of days before the town decided to move forward with the closing, Judge Booth ruled that the town did not supply sufficient evidence to prove they did not act "capriciously and arbitrarily" in moving forward with this project. This means we will be going to trial! This is very important as the town will have to answer why they did not secure independent analysis of traffic, economic and financial aspects of the project as well as state what they did when, etc. Obviously this was a huge blow for them, however as usual, arrogance, irresponsibility, and reckless disregard for the financial well being of our town has prevailed with our leadership and they declared they would close and begin to move forward despite the risk to the tax payers that we might win our lawsuit. Our legal position is as positive as it has ever been yet as you read this the town is rushing to cut down all the trees on the green and begin paving it over and erecting a parking garage. As I stated to Tom Pouleo of the Courant, the town continues to show disrespect for not only the Burr St residents, the tax payers, but more importantly the entire Connecticut judicial system. While I am not happy about living next to a construction zone while we are winning in court, I am absolutely thrilled that we are one step closer to exposing a $150 million NO BID deal riddled with inside connections. Stay tuned, the battle is far from over! From Jasyn Sadler