The sound of one big-ass shoe dropping…
PLF sues Coastal Commission for blocking cleanup of contaminated Balloon Track property
PLF attorneys represent organization of Eureka citizens promoting environmental cleanup and protection
WHAT: Press conference announcing PLF’s lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission for blocking plans to clean up the Balloon Track property along Humboldt Bay near downtown Eureka, a former railroad facility that is contaminated from years of industrial use. The lawsuit contends that the Coastal Commission has no legal authority to interfere in the matter, because the cleaup plan has been approved by the regional water quality control board (the Eureka City Council has also approved). In the lawsuit, PLF attorneys represent Citizens for a Better Eureka, an organization of a cross-section of Eureka residents, formed to promote environmental protection.
WHO: PLF attorney Damien Schiff, lead attorney in PLF’s lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission. Gary E. Bird, president of Citizens for a Better Eureka (the organization represented by PLF attorneys in this lawsuit), and other members of Citizens for a Better Eureka, an association of environmentally concerned local citizens.
WHERE: 34 Waterfront Dr., Eureka (near the corner of Commercial and Waterfront; adjacent to former Go Fish building).
WHEN: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
About Pacific Legal Foundation
PLF (www.pacificlegal.org) is the nation’s leading litigator for limited government, property rights, and a balanced approach to environmental regulations. For three decades, PLF has litigated successfully against abuses of power by the Coastal Commission, at all levels of the judiciary, including the landmark U.S. Supreme Court property rights victory, Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987). Watch a video about PLF’s history and mission, with comments by former U.S. Attorney General Edwin J. Meese II, and a description of the Nollan case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnBSlRQwxKU.
This article appears in Thrift Store Angels.
Why is this a big-ass shoe dropping? Arkley wants to build on a contaminated site, has refused to fully establish what toxins are contained in the site and is being called out for it. So he goes to his lawyers for a lawsuit and you’re surprised?
OK, in other big-ass news stories, Neely is seeking re-election, Bass is a challenger and it rained in Humboldt County over the weekend. Sheesh, where is Burstiner when you need her needlessly overwritten, self-reverential critiques?
So touchy over a single sentence!
Maybe I should have introduced Pacific Legal Foundation, for people who might not be familiar with it. No time at the moment, but suffice to say: It is to be feared.
Pacific Legal Foundation is about as much an advocate for a "balanced approach to environmental regulations" as Fox News is for "fair and balanced" news coverage. Speak the lie often enough and it becomes truth.
I’m aware of the PLF, their signature win was for Ventura couple who wanted, and was granted the right to, block public beach access.
When Edwin Meese is your keynote speaker, they don’t need much introduction. What was it Arkley’s lawyer said at one of the city council’s meetings, something along the lines that if the council didn’t clear the way immediately you’ll see 10 more years of litigation? And here they have done it themselves. Maybe they’re going to argue that Neely’s vote was bought and paid for.
This must correspond to Gary’s My Word piece in the Times-Standard.
No wonder Bonnie had a lawyer present during their conversation! I wonder if he even identified himself at the meeting at the President of the Citizens for a Better Eureka?
The meeting with Bonnie occurred before the formation of the citizens committee, and only after the meeting was it apparant that a follow up plan was necessary. The questions were straight forward and non-threatening and her reluctance to respond was surprising and disappointing. Nothing had to do with the CCC these were all 4th district issues, my district issues.
Is it all worth a home depot though?
Perhaps as long as we can hold their feet to the flames on the clean up.
Too bad the 2003 Major Use plan got shut down.
What ever happened to that?