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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Former Mayor Richard Oldham takes legal action against Quartzsite

A Notice of Claim was served upon the town yesterday afternoon, through it's CEO, Mayor Ed Foster by process server Duce Minor.. This is the prerequisite first step to a lawsuit over the destruction of Oldham's airstrip by Quartzsite Public Works employeees without a court order. The town will now have 90 days to pay Oldham $250,000 for diminuation of his land under the AZ Property Protection Act, or risk a full blown lawsuit they have no hope of winning. Oldham intends to sue the town and councilmembers both jointly and severally, according to the Notice.  He reports filing two unanswered requests for the work order showing who authorized this warrantless action, but has received no response as of yet.

4 comments:

  1. Quartzsite politics will be featured Saturday in the Los Angeles Times!

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  2. Does anyone have an update as to what action the town is taking? After all it has bee 66 days so fare of that 90...

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  3. Where are they in this lawsuit? Has there been a settlement or is the case still pending?

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  4. Oldham's attorney's are drawing up the paperwork. They are also dealing with an appeal of the town's assertion that he should pay AZ sales tax on mobile homes he sells in CA, as well as the criminal zoning citations the town charged him with.

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