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court records,then she needed to verify According to court records,Lake Point (interfering with a company's ability to County County Conservation Allianc�
<br /> her actions in her failed attempts to re-
<br /> attorneys discovered that Heard had been do business). commissioners'calendars,phone calls
<br /> trieve the requested,private emails from routinely using her private,Yahoo ac- After Martin County took no action and text messages,public and private,
<br /> her personal computer. count to conduct county business as they over the past year to fulfill the Lake used to conduct public business from
<br /> Point Water Restoration Project's public Nov 1,2012,to the present;payment`.3
<br /> WW y1 records request.for public and private made to Maggy Hurchalla,Virginia
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<br /> emails between County Commissioners "tinny"Sherlock,Howard Heims,or
<br /> and former Commissioner Ma Hur- their firm,over the past 5 -ears;all da
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<br /> ehalla that referenced the Lake Point ments in which Maggy Hurchalla is m
<br /> project,attorney'Ethan Loeb filed a tor- tioned relating to.the comprehensive F�
<br /> tious interference claim against Martin amendments for Martin County;and t
<br /> r >{ County for failing to comply with county's retention policy for emails,to
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<br /> Florida's Public Records Act. messages,phone records,and calends
<br /> Martin County immediate) filed a "If the County will not produce any of
<br /> motion to block the amended motion requested documents,"Martin said
<br /> 00, however,in a hearing Jan.28,Circuit "please provide Pacific Legal Foundat
<br /> . Court Judge James McCann dismissed with the stated basis for the refusal."
<br /> MAY 4 the county's motion and granted Ieave
<br /> to Lake Point to file their amended mo-
<br /> ' ;, !` tion,thus their tortious interference Martin claim against Martin County will stand County Ta)
<br /> h' s �•{•` until ruled upon by Judge McCann.
<br /> nnay/ rs Associatioi
<br /> Lake Point also charged tortious in-
<br /> terference against Hurchalla a year ago.
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<br /> Hurchalla's attorney sought to have the
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<br /> charge dismissed in October,however G e iS I ¢"e r „U
<br /> Judge McCann denied their motion. i7 M
<br /> °, According to court records,Loeb "the full weig t"c his ox nization v
<br /> "` claimed that the secret email corres on- the middle of t e Stuart ity Commis.
<br /> k Bencebetween the county commissioners sion's decision t levy a versa)fire
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<br /> and Hurchalla regarding Lake Point are perhaps saving S art esidents.and bi
<br /> vital to Lake Point's case against Martin Hess owners a blo their pocketboc
<br /> County and the South Florida Water Man- In the Feb. 10 p ked-house City
<br /> ��� agement District for breach of contract. Commission me in that lasted moi
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<br /> On Jan.6,2014,Lake Point ex- than four hour ,Geis ger offered to
<br /> x T, panded their public records request to analyze an o z fram artin County
<br /> include all public and private emails, Commissio z Ed Field g to consoli
<br /> eks all text messages and phone records date police nd fire se
<br /> es for effi-
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<br /> , from all commissioners in their com- ciency an cost savings, ich had
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<br /> munications with the Growth Manage- ! been par of the county's a lier strat
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<br /> ment staff to and from Hurchalla gic plan 'ng discussions.
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<br /> regarding not only Lake Point,but an The ' e fee resolution as ed,but
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<br /> reference to the proposed amendments with sone-year sunset clause oxde
<br /> to the county's Comprehensive Growth pursue possible consolidation h tl
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<br /> I rani � fktiQt Management Plan. county's services.Geisinger promisee
<br /> tY� - aral�a EY3ari+s Lake Point also is a party to the legal return results of their research to the
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<br /> ,. _' ccs z:., a ,.. • :.:,: �.._ ..+2 > �4 4 challenges of the rewritten Comp Plan within 60 days.■'
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