Archives for July 2008
As the City turns…
Days of our City…?
I have been watching the drama unfold, with a mix of emotions. There is a definite humor factor, but it is mixed with a bit of incredulity, and some embarrasment.
The claims of SME attorneys that a document attached to a change application for a CITY owned water right could somehow be confidential, […]
“The lawsuit dealt with the city’s refusal to hand over documents to critics who wanted to know more about the city’s dealings with Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative.”
From the audio of the Commission meeting. This is not verbatim, but I tried to be accurate.
3 points. Speakers interpretation of ruling.
1. Draws a distinction between […]
Lets rewind for a moment.
Ordinance 2681, Before the Great Falls City Commission, October, 2003.
This Ordinance noted ” The City Commission may issue bonds, payable from the revenues of the electric utility, to design, construct, acquire, install and improve, from time to time, electrical utilities in accordance with the provisions of Title 7, Chapter 7, Part 43 and 44 of […]
In the shadow…
MEIC won this round of the swirl of litigation surrounding a coal plant to be located near the City of Great Falls.
If you call the Clerk of Court in our little town, have your case number ready. There are at least three cases regarding the coal plant currently in litigation, and that can lend a bit of confusion […]
Different perspectives
” I hope the Tribune is happy. The Tribune is against any government spending. Even worse than not stopping these cuts is the Tribune’s fight to kill the Highwood plant. The Tribune has been against Highwood from day one and will do anything it can to stop it.”
This Trib forum poster (Skybig) doesn’t like the reporting. […]
Precedent!…or not.
A couple weeks ago, one woman,Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore, a Superior Court Judge in Fulton County, Georgia, made a decision that some believe is going to be influential to the future of Highwood.
She ruled on three major issues, affirming that CO2 is a pollutant subject to regulation, and they (Longleaf) must conduct BACT for it, that they […]
Can precedent be retroactive?
“Two environmental groups on Monday sued the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, alleging the state has failed to limit greenhouse gas emissions in an air permit for a coal-fired power plant planned east of Great Falls.”
“In a ruling in a separate case involving carbon controls, which also was filed Monday, a judge in Fulton County […]