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Old 08-03-2015, 07:31 PM
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Hmmmm- Total costs suffered by districts= +or- $100,000

Reimbursement from "someone" $25,000.

Apparantely someone has a smidgen of remorse or wants us to shut up.
In Julys CDD 5 meeting, the ballpark cost of remediation thus far was estimated to be about $25,000.
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Old 08-03-2015, 07:56 PM
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In Julys CDD 5 meeting, the ballpark cost of remediation thus far was estimated to be about $25,000.
WHAT about the fine? What about replanting? What about the 5+/- years of monitoring, estimated on another thread to be $2500 per year for about 4 or 5 years. What are the funds meant to remediate?

The offer by CDD 5 is ambiguous and poorly defined. Why does CDD 5 get to speak for several other CDDs who are also on the hook for a proportionate share of these costs.

It looks to me that the kitchen is heating up. Someone has blinked. Maybe more than one.
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By gosh, we are not giving this up until we get our pound of flesh........
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By gosh, we are not giving this up until we get our pound of flesh........
IMHO. Some want to hang someone..... but they don't have a tree.
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IMHO. Some want to hang someone..... but they don't have a tree.
Very good!
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Old 08-03-2015, 08:59 PM
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Don't forget they also have to pay their lawyer who no doubt has run up a lot of billable hours for research etc.
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Old 08-03-2015, 10:49 PM
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WHAT about the fine? What about replanting? What about the 5+/- years of monitoring, estimated on another thread to be $2500 per year for about 4 or 5 years. What are the funds meant to remediate?
Just wondering. Why would anyone need to spend $2,500 per year to "monitor" a few growing trees for 5+ years? Sounds like a government project.
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Their lawyers' billables hours are not my problem,if they have done an illegal deed,they should pay the whole bill and then answer for their misdeeds,what they did was illegal .Jail time is what the lady
on the square got,what makes this person above the law?
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And the beat goes on.
Why not just copy and paste your posts from the other thread?
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IMHO. Some want to hang someone..... but they don't have a tree.
Clever.
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What happened to "it's not about the money, it's about justice blah, blah, blah"? Would running the perps through the town squares after being tarred and feathered suffice?
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What happened to "it's not about the money, it's about justice blah, blah, blah"? Would running the perps through the town squares after being tarred and feathered suffice?
We got some money, but we don't have justice. We don't need to tar and feather. How about we just publicly charge these persons in a court of law and subject them to the legally prescribed penalties for the crime they committed, like we do with other persons in society who commit crimes? Clearly there is another standard of justice if you have the money to influence it.
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Old 08-04-2015, 07:08 AM
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We got some money, but we don't have justice. We don't need to tar and feather. How about we just publicly charge these persons in a court of law and subject them to the legally prescribed penalties for the crime they committed, like we do with other persons in society who commit crimes? Clearly there is another standard of justice if you have the money to influence it.
Look at it as a form of plea bargaining. The state attorney agreed to not prosecute if the perps ponied up the costs to rectify the damage caused. It happens every day in our judicial system.
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We got some money, but we don't have justice. We don't need to tar and feather. How about we just publicly charge these persons in a court of law and subject them to the legally prescribed penalties for the crime they committed, like we do with other persons in society who commit crimes? Clearly there is another standard of justice if you have the money to influence it.
Do you remember your post (#83 in another thread) - "Apparently the amnesty offer has not caused the perpetrators to come forward, and why should it! Though I applaud the offer of prosecution amnesty, why should they come forward since it seems we are no closer to solving this crime than we've ever been?"

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I have always thought it likely that the perpetrator(s) were reading, and perhaps participating in, the other thread on this subject. Thus, I am a little suspicious of the posts advocating closing the matter. Bank robbers and other felons (and the tree cutting is a felony) do not get investigations closed by anonymously returning the loot.
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Old 08-04-2015, 07:48 AM
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It seems to me the perp(s) should have been required to make restitution for ALL costs involved as well as make a public apology to avoid doing time for their crime. Their continuing anonymity appears to be quite cowardly IMHO.
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