Will La Paz County take the 15 million offer to settle Yakima Company debt?

Investors, along with local businessman and three time former Quarzsite Mayor Richard Oldham have offered La Paz  County a solution to the 14 million dollar and rising (by a hundred thousand every month in interest) debt incurred by the 9.2 million dollar jury award to Jim Willette and Yakima Company in Sept. of 2007.
June 13th press release

http://www.parkerliveonline.com/2011/06/21/former-quartzsite-mayor-proposes-yakima-solution/#comments

http://www.parkerpioneer.net/articles/2011/06/25/news/doc4e0675a94c90e187382268.txt

County Administrator Dan Field worked feverishly with state legislators this spring, to legalize a possible excise tax on county residents, but potential investors say that a public private partnership or "PPP" can avoid that scenario.



According to the website for La Paz Disposal LLC:

What is a PPP?

A Public-Private Partnership [PPP] is a contractual agreement between a public agency [federal, state or local] and a private sector entity.

Through this agreement, the skills and assets of each sector [public and private] are shared in delivering a service or facility for the use of the general public.

In addition to the sharing of resources, each party shares in the risks and rewards potential in the delivery of the service and/or facility. 

History of the PPP

Jan Brewer, as Governor of Arizona, signed into law  on July 13, 2009, House Bill 2396 which provides for the establishment of Public Private Partnerships in Arizona.

La Paz County funds frozen for non payment of judgement!

Although all three La Paz County Supervisors were elected on their pledge to negotiate a settlement with Jim Willet and Yakima Company, and despite Dan Fields being hired as County Administrator for the same purpose, stalled negotiations and appeals of a jury settlement have resulted in a writ of attachment against approx. $10.9 million in public funds supervised by the County.

Former Quartzsite Town Manager/Town Attorney, now County Administrator feigned shock and surprise at this standard legal tactic, calling Willet "foolhardy" and "unethical" (looked in the mirror lately Danny boy?). Fields had previously laughed off Willet's attempts at negotiation claiming "you cant get blood out of a turnip".

The Appeals Court issued a mandate to the La Paz Superior Court on January 21st 2011

http://apps.supremecourt.az.gov/aacc/appella/1CA%5CCV%5CCV080759.PDF 

 With no settlement in sight and the Supervisors approving to hire yet another law firm at the Jan. meeting, the writ means that the attached funds cannot be used by the State, Special Districts, Public Works or any of the other entities to whom it is being held for, essentially putting all of the county services and employees at the mercy of the Supervisors greed, arrogance and stupidity. Naturally, they are trying to shift the blame for this financial crisis to Willet, who saw his life's work go down the toilet and just wants what he's owed. 

An emergency meeting concerning the Freeze on County Funds has been called for Thursday 2/3/11 at 1:30pm. The location of the hearing is the La Paz County Superior Court Room.