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The Richard Happ story has

Mark Olson — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:09:13 -0600

The Richard Happ story has been updated to include the findings of the Judicial Appeal Panel. The panel's findings have also been included with the story as attachments.

Good point jennyjean4,

Mollee Francisco — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:48:26 -0600

Good point jennyjean4, though residents will incur no direct costs from being involved in the lawsuit, dues money ($125,000) has already been earmarked to cover the anticipated legal costs. You can read more about that here: http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/jonathan-association/jonathan-lawsuit-b....
(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

Are there any readers adding

Mark Olson — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:47:40 -0600

Are there any readers adding their names, pro or con, to the class action lawsuit?

Was it a tough decision? An easy decision?

We got our letter about

jennyjean4 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:16:25 -0600

We got our letter about volunteering to be a part of the lawsuit and in the same bundle of mail I got my bill for the yearly association fee. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around all this... you want me to volunteer my input in a lawsuit that I don't even think should exist AND you want me to pay for that lawsuit via an association fee for an association that you claim our home legally shouldn't be a part of. It's a bit much to ask.

This is the e-mail I sent to

Citizen — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:07:02 -0500

This is the e-mail I sent to the Carver County Attorny:
Notice: It seems Officials in the jurisdiction of Carver County are proposing the Social Host ordinance that may become a conspiracy to commit a crime under color of the law and put the City, County, and official open to criminal prosecution and civil suit. Here is what strikes me on an elementary level as a Citizen of the State of Minnesota. City ordinance seems to violate Mn. Rules, unlawfully Mixes Criminal and Civil law usurping Mn. State Legislature Jurisdiction. The Ordinance requires under threat of coercion that A host individual must obtain age information from other individuals and therefore The City Must follow Mn. Data Practices act and procedure of the Tenneson Notice including if this is mandatory or voluntary and if they do not do this the City and officers making citation are committing a misdemeanor violating the MGDPA Section13.04(Subd.3.) of Mn. Statute One floating around Case Law:
CITY OF DALLAS et al. v. MITCHELL 245 S.W. 944
"The rights of the individual are not derived from governmental agencies,
either municipal, state, federal, or even from the Constitution, but they exist inherently in every man, and are merely reaffirmed in the Constitution and restricted only to the extent they have been voluntarily surrendered by the citizenship to the agencies of government."
In order to enforce the ordinance???s provisions, the zoning ordinance must incorporate the building code. See State ex rel. Utick v. Bd. of Comm???rs of Polk County, 87 Minn. 325, 341, 92 N.W.2d 216, 220 (1902)

Concerned Citizen with the open corruption in government, Citizen Gomez

Not big on the First

Drayzen — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:37:24 -0600

Not big on the First Ammendment huh? You're certainly welcome to stop reading and posting in this section if you wish! Placing blame on this publication is ridiculous!

Some poster's PUNCTUATION is

Drayzen — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:36:42 -0600

Some poster's PUNCTUATION is equally as ridiculous. By the way, I fixed my spelling error so you can sleep tonight, whereas I'll be crying myself to sleep because of your name-calling. *sniffle, sniffle*

Some posters spelling is

2nd thought — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:46:59 -0600

Some posters spelling is also very RIDICULOUS.

This forum should not be

Brownie — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:08:12 -0600

This forum should not be happening. All you are doing is inviting mean and rude comments on a situation that already has broken many hearts in our community.

Shame on you Chaska Herald for creating this forum. Close it immediately, it serves no purpose but to hurt more people.