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Tyrone's Insurance Policy DOES NOT COVER lawsuitsIt was once told by a confidential source that when Barry Amos was confronted with the possiblity of the town being sued over the land uses and ordinances, he replied, "let them sue, we have insurance." Originally, and naturally, the public is astounded at his flippant, dismissive statement which shows he does not care who he runs over because the town has insurance to pay for lawsuits. Several taxpaying citizens of Tyrone questioned his rationale because Barry Amos does not pay the premiums on the insurance policy, the taxpayers do!! Now the policy has been read and it DOES NOT COVER many claims like inverse condemnation/eminent domain, employees acting outside the scope of their duties, and many other interesting things. These items are excluded under the insurance policy, i.e. not covered. So if the town gets a judgment against them for one of the exclusions, then the insurance does not pay, the town pays out of their pocket or rather, the taxpayers pay through increased taxes!! There is rumor of a $25 million dollar lawsuit in the works against Mike Smola personally and the town of Tyrone over some statements that Smola made during the last council meeting of September '07. Do the taxpayers of Tyrone want to continue to support this and eventually pay for it. Even if by some far shot the town wins the lawsuit, the lawyer fees will be outrageous. Lawyers don't care about anything but getting paid and as the Town's lawyers are defending the town against 3 lawsuits currently with one more coming, the lawyers are billing by the hour and that cost will eventually trickle down to you the taxpayers. DO YOU WANT THIS? Tyrone90210's blog | login to post comments |