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| Phil Lauer: Sue the Bastards! |
As you no doubt have heard, the rocket scientists in command at our Airport Authority
want to sell Braden Airpark. They need the dough to pay off a $16 million judgment created as a result of their own mismanagement. Braden is losing money anyway, they say. But a group of pilots, along with every person running for anything in Northampton County, are outraged. They've even created a
Save Braden Airpark Facebook page. The hell with the damn whales, we need more airports, damn it!
Northampton County Council instructed their lawyer, Phil Lauer, to research the County's options if the Airport Authority dares sell.
He prepared a legal memorandum for Council, outlining issues, background, applicable law and available remedies, telling them exactly what they want to hear.
Sue the bastards!
Now litigation by a County really should be brought by the Executive branch, not Council. So Executive John Stoffa's Solicitor, Danny Spengler, sitting by himself in a forlorn corner as he battled a cold, was asked what he thinks.
This is basically what he had to say:
Sue the bastards!
Now if it were up to me, I'd keep Braden and get rid of the Airport Authority. Maybe put a hockey rink there. Everyone seems to think if we just put in some gazillion dollar customs station or sell more latte, all the airlines will stop here. Not gonna' happen. Ever. We're simply too close to major airports with much larger population centers to be profitable to airlines.
But I'm all for suing bastards.
Tonight, Council will vote to sue the bastards.
