On December 31st 2009, Downtown Landlord's filed suit against the City, State and Marble Valley Regional Transit District. The suit claims flooding, caused by the named defendants, damaged their property during storms in June 2008 and August 2009.
The suit does not state damages caused by the flooding during the storm of April 2007.
The suit claims negligently designing, building and maintaining infrastructure, including sewer and waste water lines, catch basins and the transit center itself, that contributed to the flooding in the basements of the buildings that abut the transit center.
One of the plaintiff's, Gus Louras (The Mayor's Father), commented on Friday stating "the Mayor has no connection to this lawsuit. "
Mayor Christopher Louras stated "he had absolutely no knowledge that Sam Frank Inc. was a party to a lawsuit and frankly, I had no idea that any suit was filed against the city on this matter. The city attorney has wisely kept me uninformed out of concern for ignorant individuals jumping to conclusions about any potential ties between me and Sam Frank Inc."
Listed on the Mayor's election website: "Upon returning to Rutland to raise his family, Chris joined his brother Nico, his sister Valerie Fothergill, and his father Gus in running Sam Frank Inc., a regional wholesale distributor of grocery, tobacco and candy products serving stores throughout central and southern Vermont. Here he has gained twelve years of invaluable experience with the day-to-day management, operation and oversight of a multi-million dollar business and learned how to relate those lessons-learned to running a municipality."
One chef downtown has stated the Mayor advised downtown business owners effected by the flood to sue the city?
The suit does not state damages caused by the flooding during the storm of April 2007.
The suit claims negligently designing, building and maintaining infrastructure, including sewer and waste water lines, catch basins and the transit center itself, that contributed to the flooding in the basements of the buildings that abut the transit center.
One of the plaintiff's, Gus Louras (The Mayor's Father), commented on Friday stating "the Mayor has no connection to this lawsuit. "
Mayor Christopher Louras stated "he had absolutely no knowledge that Sam Frank Inc. was a party to a lawsuit and frankly, I had no idea that any suit was filed against the city on this matter. The city attorney has wisely kept me uninformed out of concern for ignorant individuals jumping to conclusions about any potential ties between me and Sam Frank Inc."
Listed on the Mayor's election website: "Upon returning to Rutland to raise his family, Chris joined his brother Nico, his sister Valerie Fothergill, and his father Gus in running Sam Frank Inc., a regional wholesale distributor of grocery, tobacco and candy products serving stores throughout central and southern Vermont. Here he has gained twelve years of invaluable experience with the day-to-day management, operation and oversight of a multi-million dollar business and learned how to relate those lessons-learned to running a municipality."
One chef downtown has stated the Mayor advised downtown business owners effected by the flood to sue the city?
Back in the April 2007 storm the city hired an outside service company to clean and removed all debris from the waste water drains. Hartigan, from Stowe VT, was hired to make sure all drains were clear from debris to alleviate flooding in the future. If the suit claims infrastructure was not properly maintained, this could be placed on the lap of his honor, Mayor Louras.
Now we will wait and see where this lawsuit goes, but one could expect a capital improvement project be annouced from the Mayor in the very near future. By incorporating a lawsuit he will try to scare the taxpayers into more bonding. Note: the wastewater projects due to be completed this year, do not have this project on the radar. Must not have been such a big concern, until now? Will those so-called ignorant people believe one more lie from this Mayor?
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