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No, not the novel by Michael Crichton…a timeline of the events leading to the district’s recent adventure in court.
The issue of the district’s involvement in the whole restraining order scenario has obviously raised emotions on both sides of the issue…and given rise to some misunderstandings as well, as evidenced by comment 7 to this post at [...]

And It Begins Anew

As many of you are aware, the district has decided that legal bills are “protected”, and not subject to Open Records Requests…and of course, I disagree.
So, to test this, I submitted an Open Records Request for legal bills paid by the district (click on the images to zoom):

And, as expected, I was turned down:

Note the [...]

Why So Serious?

I’ve received a few emails recently asking about the tone of this site, such as this one:

Dave – You do your research, I’ll give you that, but is there anything about the district you like? Everything you post seems negative.

A valid question.
First off, I should point out that Woodmen Hills is my chosen neighborhood. [...]

Update to the “Case of the Smoking….Recorders”

Background:  Jan Pizzi and Debra Wright decreed at the last board meeting that personal recorders will not be allowed on district-owned tables the board meeting tables.  See this post for more details.
I asked the district for clarification, and today received this response.
I guess I can understand the concern…we all know how disruptive running tape recorders [...]

AAIAttIAttIA

[update 24 Feb - shortened the title - used to say "And Another Interesting Answer to the Interesting Answer to the Interesting Answer"]
When we last left this saga, the District had declared “governmental immunity” — they can take you to court, and if you lose, you will pay their court costs.
If you WIN, however, they won’t [...]