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Judge denies motion in hotel lawsuit

In November I told you about how a judge threw out a $4 million lawsuit against the city — but only after the city had spent $1.3 million defending itself. The losing side asked the judge to reconsider, but last week the judge affirmed his ruling. That means the case is over, at least at the [...]
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Top 10 local government stories of 2009

It’s time to count down the top 10 local government stories of 2009. Some top 10 lists are not in any particular order. This one is listed in order of importance, because what fun is a list unless it makes people mad? So if you disagree, let me know. Here we go: 10. Buffers The trouble started in [...]
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Stevens & Wilkinson will ask judge to reconsider

I wrote this story in today’s newspaper about how the city won a lawsuit filed against it by some companies who say the city did not pay them for their work on a failed 2003 publicly funded hotel project. Basically, Judge George C. James Jr.  ruled the memorandum of understanding signed by the city and the [...]
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Columbia City Council members will not testify in hotel lawsuit

Judge Casey Manning ruled yesterday that Columbia City Council members will not have to testify in a multi-million lawsuit against the city over a public funded convention center hotel. To read the order, click here. “In this case, the only reason for the Plaintiffs to question the council members is to peer into the Columbia City Council’s [...]
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A setback for Columbia

I wrote a story today about a judge ruling against Columbia in a multi-million lawsuit. Columbia attorneys said the city did not have a contract with Columbia, but Fifth Circuit Judge Casey Manning disagreed. To read the judge’s order, click here. The ruling has definitely gotten the attention of City Council members. Tomorrow morning, council members will [...]
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