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Faith in county government shaken?Submitted by Andy on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 11:24.
If I had any faith in county government, it would definitely have been shaken by this article: A life left in ashes: Woman loses home, faith in government after fire The county burned this woman's house and business down (an approximately $230K value)and will only reimburse her $100K. How is this protective of her constitutional right to seek full remedy? Can the government really come in, burn you out, and then reimburse you only a small percentage of your loss?
Nevermind that she had received two earlier offers of more than $100K. But: Stallions (who heads up the county Risk Management Dept.) also said he was advised by attorneys not to discuss the two prior offers made to Ridings that exceeded the $100,000 cap. Alrighty, then. Just so long as we don't talk about it.
You go, girl. A brief Google session revealed that a number of other states have ruled that these caps are unconstitutional. ( categories: )
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