Grafton Township legal bills - yikes!

Linda Moore, Supervisor of Grafton Township, issued a press release yesterday. Pity the folks who live in Graftton Township... When all of the Grafton Township voters realize that their elected trustees allowed $340,000 to be blown out of town, what will the reaction be at the polls on the next voting opportunity? If there was every a reason to "throw the bums out", now there are 340,000 of them.

Of course, I don't think the trustees are "bums"; it's just a phrase, don't you know?

FIGHT AGAINST GRAFTON TOWNSHIP LEGAL FEES

Linda Moore, Supervisor of Grafton Township, said that she went to court this morning because she is morally opposed to paying the excessive and unreasonable legal fees she believes are being charged to Grafton Township.  “The attorney’s fees charged by the trustees’ attorneys are a lot more than my attorney’s fees,” Moore observed, “and my lawyer charges more per hour.”  Unfortunately, the court ruled that paying the trustees’ legal bills with tax dollars was a ministerial duty of the supervisor.  The court did not allow argument to determine if the legal bills of the law firm, Ancel-Glink, were reasonable or proper bills. 

Of particular concern, Moore said, was a recent bill submitted for the appeal of whether her attorney would be appointed as the township attorney.  “My attorney’s litigation fees are approximately $49,000, while the trustees’ attorneys have been paid a total of $340,000 (emphasis added) for litigation.  “I just think the trustees’ attorneys are too expensive.  They could get good representation for a more reasonable price.”

Ms. Moore said the court’s order compelling payment of over $45,000 in additional fees will be complied with.  “I started this litigation because the trustees literally threw me out of my office,” Moore said.  “I’m back, thanks to the court order.  Now I just want this thing to end and find a good reasonably priced, township attorney.”  She added, “The trustees will probably want to appeal this whole thing and cost the township a fortune.”

Moore pledged to continue her fight for the taxpayers of Grafton Township.  “It’s time for Grafton Township officials to consider cost-cutting measures, we just can’t keep up with this rate of spending.”