N.B. offered rehab opponents money for silence
Background?
The Concerned Citizens of Newport Beach (Inc.) sued the City over the Rehab Homes proliferation.
Sober Living by the Sea sued the City over the Rehab Homes ordinance.
The City of Newport Beach is trying to settle with Sober Living by the Sea.
And I guess the City of Newport Beach is trying to settle with the Concerned Citizens group.
According to the OC Register article, here are a couple of the conditions:
•City pays group $100,000, agrees to hold regular meetings where residents can air concerns about rehab homes, and dedicates at least $100,000 annually toward enforcement of every rehab home permit issued for next four years.
The first condition - they've put in lots more than the $100k to pay their attorneys and sue the City, but I suppose getting some of it back might not be too bad. Dedicating $100k towards enforcement of the rehab home permits is nice, especially since we don't have to worry about how the City will pay for it (borrow, borrow, borrow), the employee's pensions and benefits.
•Group drops lawsuit and public opposition, and supports legal settlement between city and largest operator of rehab homes.
The second condition is the doozy - Dropping the lawsuit would be the given, but dropping the public opposition? Supporting the legal settlement between the City and Sober Living by the Sea?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hold on...gotta catch my breath...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That's funny.
Now, I'm not part of that group, but I know plenty of people who are, and keeping their mouths shut over the hokey Sober Living by the Sea deal and actually publicly supporting it?
All for $100k?
I don't see any pigs flying yet...
No comments:
Post a Comment