E-Pledge-O-Meter (8:55 PM - 4/6/04) ------------------------------------------- |XXXXXXXXX-|----------|----------|----------| ------------------------------------------- In a message dated 4/5/2004 9:18:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Opponents made the tired arguments about the State facing a > lawsuit (who? where > are they gonna get the money?) You sound like the suburban legislators who still don't understand how the road got built. It is not that there will be a lawsuit, but that the state would have to go to Federal Court to get the speed limit changed. So, the who and where are they going to get the money is the state and your tax dollars if they wanted to violate the settlement agreement and defy the court order that allowed the road to be built. There was a lawsuit, the basic argument was that building a freeway in that location would cost the abutting property owners in quality of life and resale value on their properties. They stopped the construction of the freeway. They had a reasonable chance for success in the lawsuit because the Federal Government's interest in completing a freeway from Mexico to Canada had been accomplished by the completion of 35W (moving troops is the reason for Federal dollars in the highways). Since there was no Federal interest in completing the road the state agreed to mediate the impact of the potential damages by reducing the speed limit and keeping trucks off of the road. The citizens agreed to the State's offer and the Federal Court ordered that agreement. Attempting to go back on that agreement would be next to impossible, what is the compelling interest of the State in raising the speed limit? The section has few accidents and as you have said delays traffic less than a minute. How do you win in court? So, other than another republican scheme to waste tax dollars by attempting to mug an inner city neighborhood, there isn't a good reason to back out of the agreement. J.M.O.N.T.O.A.O.M.E.P.P.O.F. Chuck Repke party to the lawsuit _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
