Twenty-six people spoke that evening, however there are twenty-eight recording tracks because two people ran over the time limit and others continued to read their prepared speeches. We’ll be providing our analysis of the comments later in the week, once we’ve had an opportunity to fully review them, but in the meantime, we do have some observations to share with our readers.
In 2014, multiple attorneys, including Village Counsel Patrick Bond, on multiple occasions advised the Village Board members at that time not to pursue or enact any legislation that might favor one party over another in a then private lawsuit (Drury v LeCompte). Doing so would most likely cause the Village to become a party in the suit they were warned.
Despite this advice, five Trustees voted for the Commercial Horse Boarding amendment. To make things worse, the amendment that was approved began with a proposed draft from one of the litigants in the private suit, Dr. LeCompte.
During Wednesday’s special meeting two former Trustees who voted in favor of passing that legislation certain to get the Village sued strongly advised the Village Board not settle the suit brought on by their ill-advised actions. In other words, they advocated that our tax dollars should be wastefully spent defending their actions.
Is it any wonder why these two are now former Trustees?
The link to the full menu of the September 23rd special meeting recordings can be accessed by clicking here.