Friday, May 25, 2012

Shutesbury Library: Noose Tightens




 And NO, it will be

The desperate motion by attorney Michael Pill and FRIENDS OF THE M.N. SPEAR MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, INC. for a review by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court of Judge Rup's recent decision to throw out his grown children's two yes votes in the overly contentious failed Shutesbury Library $1.4 million override vote has been denied.

The case remains in the appeals court but this attempt to leapfrog that judicial arena would have fast tracked the case thus giving it a chance to be heard before the June 30 deadline for the town to accept a $2.1 million state grant towards construction of the $3.5 million library.  Now it as all but assured the June 30 deadline cannot be met.  A very expensive overdue notice for sure.
 
Maybe now would be a good time for, um, compromise?

  Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

RE:    No. DAR-20760

FRIENDS OF THE M.N. SPEAR MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, INC. & others
vs.
BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOLTERA OF THE TOWN OF SCHUTESBURY & others

Franklin Superior Court No. FRCV2012-00014
A.C. No. 2012-P-0843

    NOTICE OF DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR DIRECT APPELLATE REVIEW

Please take note that on May 24, 2012, the above-captioned Application for Direct Appellate Review was denied.

Susan Mellen, Clerk

Dated: May 24, 2012

To:  William A. McDermott, Jr., Esquire
Michael Pill, Esquire
Donna L. Macnicol, Esquire
Alan Seewald, Esquire
Franklin Superior Court Dept.

1 comment:

  1. So very happy this is the end of the story. Now how about taking all that money they raised and cleaning up the PCB's? Or will we get to pay for that to?

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