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Baitball Blogger

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2. One? Really? One?

Reply to marybourg (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 16, 2023, 03:56 PM

Aug 2023

Lawyers like the three I have mentioned have been using our local communities for training grounds. Who do you think was behind the dismantling of community development plans in Florida? It was the public and private attorneys. Sometimes working together. Private lawyers who either had land interests or clients who did. Public lawyers with their own novel ideas of minimalist public protection and due process. The useful idiots in the community just provided cover for them,

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There is a saying that probably applies to every state in the country and [View all] Baitball Blogger Aug 2023 OP

Never heard that saying. marybourg Aug 2023 #1

One? Really? One? Baitball Blogger Aug 2023 #2

A legal opinion is not the same thing as giving a client representation. marybourg Aug 2023 #5

What would you call it if you asked them over the phone? Baitball Blogger Aug 2023 #6

Maybe the applicable law changed or was re-interpreted in the interim. marybourg Aug 2023 #8

Major flaw in your reasoning. We're deep in a good ole boy community and the lawyers were a big Baitball Blogger Aug 2023 #9

Hmm.... anciano Aug 2023 #3

Nope. Baitball Blogger Aug 2023 #4

I thought it was, "Thank Gawd For Louisiana." Course for Louisiana it was unintentionally ironic. marble falls Aug 2023 #7