City Document Disposal Technician -- ahem, I mean, Assistant City Attorney Daniel Ophoff -- sent us a response on September 7th to our Clean Water Act notice. He sounds upset. He threatened contempt of court and sanctions if we proceed against the City. Apparently Ophoff doesn't quite get the fact that we are already proceeding against the City in an action formally approved by the Michigan Court of Appeals. Moreover, I'm surprised that Ophoff doesn't better understand the meaning of contempt. After all, it takes a hell of lot of contempt as a person on the taxpayers' payroll to destroy government records to hide from the taxpayers what Boss Logie was doing to screw them.
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While Mr. Ophoff is in charge of destruction of city documents that pertain to the community and it's citizens (CRITICAl legal documents on important legal and illegal activity)and can get away with it - expect no honesty or fairness if you are an average citizen. This Editor is appalled that these actions can go unpunished. It just goes to show if you know the right people and the right slick moves - anything is possible in America. Let's hope Mr. Ophoff knows he can run with his little shredder machine but, he can't hide while the Local Area Watch reports the news the local news won't report.
Posted by: Bridget | September 27, 2004 at 06:44 PM