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PLEASE SHARE YOUR: Information, Ideas, & Opinions ================================================ Excuse me. Mr. Karner�s creative wish list may have some chuckling, but not over here. I would encourage him to make any one of those moves he conjured, but thousands of us take very serious issue with the insulting characterization of CASE�s attorney, Mike Unger, whose three-plus years of pro bono litigation and legal advice has proven invaluable, not only to the plaintiffs who have suffered at least as much, probably more than Arno Karner has and been willing to put their lives on hold while fighting this notorious and dangerous intrusion in the West End. Of course, if Arno Karner can find a better lawyer than the man who was just feted as among Minnesota top five legal eagles, a senior partner in one of the most effective law firms in the USA � Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, the state�s first student member of the UofM Board of regents and one the nation�s most respected environmental and plaintiffs� attorneys � then I urge him to cough up the dollars no one else has been able to for having such a gifted and talented advocate. Mike Unger is no pro bono mediator, Mr. Karner. He and his firm have poured thousands of hours and three-plus years into this battle in which Mike has become an authentic expert in the production and operations of not only this ethanol plant, but of the business as a whole. There�s no immediate sign of holding this company accountable for its danger to the community, but Unger and RBEA have committed to bringing closure � either to this issue or to the plant itself, should the company�s incredible arrogance and stonewalling finally be seen by the courts for what it is: a leech on state and federal taxpayers to run an operation that puts devastating chemicals into the air for our children to breathe and remaining in the face of court orders and contempt citations to budging but an inch this way or that to throw off the authorities. Now this: Mayor Randy Kelly and his administration and a county board who thumb their noses at the hundred thousand or so sufferers � regular or sporadic � and approve the transfer of delinquent sewer bills to assessments and property taxes, in effect, as Diane Gerth points out � yet another subsidy from taxpayers � this time St. Paul property owners. As such we have already paid GSE�s sewer bill and now may have to wait until 2007 to collect when other entities in the city lose their water service altogether for being delinquent. So, forget the attorney, Mr. Karner � run for mayor. That�s where the change is needed. Randy Kelly and his administration are dragging us through yet more summers of stifling heat and noxious air, making children sick with asthma and others with serious lung problems. It�s this mayor�s responsibility to enforce the law, including the court orders his own city attorneys have secured from the courts � and he�s giving away our money instead. This is where crime has paid. GSE is till making us all sick. Andy Driscoll Crocus Hill ------ From: Arno Karner: wow a million bucks at 5%, lets see what could I do with that. No credit check, no forms just a couple of hockey tickets... <jump to...> 2) get a real lawyer, instead of a pro bono mediator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip> > The interest rate on this de facto loan? About 5%. The amount of unpaid > sewer assessments? On one parcel of land alone at the GSE complex (Parcel No. > 122823230112) the outstanding Sewer Assessment is $688,520.35. There are five > or six parcels in the complex, but not all of them have such amounts due. Now, > given that the total property tax payable on the complex is about $135,000 per > year, this is a bit larger than adding the costs of mowing Arno Karner's lawn > onto his property tax bill. > > The Strib story says they owe over $1 million in past-due taxes and > assessments. <snip> wow a million bucks at 5%, lets see what could I do with that. No credit check, no forms just a couple of hockey tickets. 1) move and take a few of my nieghbors with me 2) get a real lawyer, instead of a pro bono mediator 3) expand my business 4) make my house air tight, n sound proof 5) run for mayor / city council to do something about GSE 6) pay for all the enviomental testing that city / county / state / fed refuse to do 7) maybe hire a lobiest 8) a good down payment on a containment dome around GSE without a retractable roof, to prevent them from sharing there stink and noise. the possabilities just boggle the mind. But alas I am not GSE, and when I fell behind on my water bill, I didn't have any extra hocky tickets to give away so I had to come up with the money or else they shut off my water and the city condems my home for lack of running water. Arno A. Karner West 7 th. St. < 300 ft. NNW of GSE aka Behind the Muffs http://tnss.com/noise_stink ------ End of Forwarded Message _____________________________________________ 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/
