Mason County Game of Biomess Hardball

OFFICIALS SHOULD BE NAMED AS DEFENDANTS

Submitted to Shelton Blog by Clear Cut Mason County Progressive

It is becoming clear that a number of heavy hitters are becoming involved in our little Mason County game of biomess hardball. In light of recent developments, I have some suggestions. Some may be viable and some perhaps not.

It is also clear that the Adage table, for all intents and purposes, has been cleared. The permits have been pulled, announcements made, and without permits the Port Lease is null and void.

Not only did the attorney for Concerned Citizens of Mason County (CCMC) weigh in on the bioma$$acre of Mason County, but so did the Department of Natural Resources and the Center for Biological Diversity (and their legal team). This was all very welcome news.

I have not compared the Simpson ORCAA permit application to Adage's application recently but, from what I remember, the emissions were similar. This could mean that CCMC's legal conclusions, and the Center For Biological Diversity's findings, may also apply to Simpson.

In light of the railroading, obfuscation and what appears to be outright corruption of ORCAA's Board, we need to step up the game and the consequences for illegal interpretations, actions and findings by State and local officials.

That said, I think it might be wise to personally name such individuals in any and all legal actions involving illegal interpretations.

Most State, County and City officials usually hold an "errors and omissions" policy provided by these governmental agencies. However, these policies only apply to innocent errors and omissions, not to outright unlawful activity.

I would bet that the insurance companies holding these policies will not just roll over and defend unlawful activities or interpretations of well-established law. These insurers will do one of two or three things: They will likely deny claims, because they are not errors or omissions but purposeful. They may cancel the policy. They will stand behind the policy and involve their own lawyers. This will likely result in the government agencies involved in such litigation later having their belts tightened and their activities restricted by their own insurance companies. Also, their premiums will be increased for these types of policies if they are renewed at all, and that will place more restrictions on the policies and agency activities in the future. Adding insurance company legal teams won't up the ante for us; we are basing our actions on established law and precedent.

In my opinion, we need to name the Mayor of Shelton, the members of the City Council, and various department heads in any and all lawsuits involving interpretations of Federal, State and local laws, in addition to naming the various jurisdictions and Simpson/Solomon.

We need to involve some of the legal heavy hitters to help us keep this a legal process, instead of the continued railroading we've been treated to as citizens.

If any of our public agencies are obfuscating, incorrectly interpreting statutes or breaking the law in order to find in favor of Simpson/Solomon and against the people, then we need to hold them accountable.

We need to make sure our government agencies and municipalities honestly represent the interests of the people.