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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - "Attorneys dodging Porter County RDA battle"
Bob Kasarda reports today in the NWI Times:
Dan Whitten said political pressure has made it tough for him and the other members of the Porter County Council to find a qualified law firm willing to represent them in their attempt to pull out of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority.Two of the three Indianapolis-based firms that initially showed interest later balked, saying they were warned by either state or local officials against taking the county's side in the hotly disputed case, he said.
One of those firms was Bose McKinney & Evans, which backed out after being contacted by Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., Whitten said.
McDermott said he did ask Bose McKinney & Evans to drop Porter County as a client in the case because the firm is an affiliate of Bose Public Affairs Group, which has served the past four or five years as a lobbyist for Hammond. * * *
Whitten said the county will soon ask a judge to decide if a member can walk away from RDA. He down played predictions by some that the county will rack up huge legal costs in the battle.
"We're not talking about the trial of the century here," he said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 21, 2009 09:04 AM
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