10 Citizen Suit to AUDIT City Hall

579,191 @ 7:36 am

Dear Mayor Bob,

It is time for we citizens to stand united.

10 people can band together to demand an audit of the high school and city hall, isn't that correct?

"Now is the time!" to quote the butler talking to the Senator (Gene Hackman) in The Birdcage

Let Mr. Ruggiero have his "Charter Review" - this seems to be the more prudent avenue that can be most effective.

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-1st-circuit/1376605.html

United States Court of Appeals,First Circuit.

TEN TAXPAYER CITIZENS GROUP;  Cape Cod Marine Trades Association, Inc.;  Raoul D. Ross;  The Massachusetts Boating and Yacht Clubs Association, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CAPE WIND ASSOCIATES, LLC, Defendant, Appellee.

No. 03-2323.

    Decided: June 28, 2004

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge. John W. Spillane, with whom Spillane & Spillane, LLP was on brief, for appellants. Timothy J. Dacey, with whom Kurt W. Hague and Goulston & Storrs, P.C. were on brief, for appellee. This appeal is an early round in the legal battle over whether a commercial wind energy farm may be built in Nantucket Sound.
In October 2002, Ten Taxpayer Citizens Group and several additional plaintiffs (together, Ten Taxpayer) filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts state court to prevent Cape Wind Associates from erecting a 197-foot data collection tower in Nantucket Sound.   The complaint alleged that Massachusetts state courts had jurisdiction over the project and that Cape Wind had failed to obtain the necessary permits under state law.   Cape Wind removed the action to federal court and Ten Taxpayer moved to remand.   After denying the motion to remand, the district court dismissed the complaint on August 19, 2003.
On appeal, Ten Taxpayer argues that the district court was obligated to remand the case to state court for lack of federal subject-matter jurisdiction.   Ten Taxpayer also challenges the court's dismissal of the complaint.   We affirm.