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#BarnLaw updates!
We have filed a lawsuit to overturn the town's illegal issuance of a variance; the town has responded to our filing.
10 RTs of this tweet = 1 allegation / response to allegation, with commentary
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3/ This is awesome. Look at the exact wording of our claim: "the Town tried to amend its zoning ordinance to overrule this court's final decision in case XYZ" Town: "yes, your Honor, that's EXACTLY what we did, but it's ok, because..."
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4/ Put aside the merits. Just look at the emotional framing and wording here. The town could have taken the same argument and addressed it in a way where the connotations were much less of a slap in the face to the judge (who may or may not end up being the same judge). >>>
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5/ E.g. "Plaintiff is correct that the town sought to change the zoning code, but that was not at all an attempt to overturn the court's decision, but an acknowledgement that the court was correct that the old wording said X, and it had always been the intention of the town to..
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6/ Also, our case in general builds an easy to understand narrative (which is 200% true) that the town bent or broke every rule it could find to help one party and disadvantage another. That narrative starts w this paragraph...and town says "YEP, WE DID THAT !"
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7/ ok, just passed 20 RTs time for another comparison...
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