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Where were the city lawyers in all of this?
Why didn't Solomon and Merolla get their own legal opinion about this plan?
They and other council members have been making hay about school officials not being trustworthy -- and yet they trusted school officials on this?!
Solomon and the city council rushed to have a politically favorable deal in place -- and now it's been shown to be illegal.
The fact that they're apparently protected from a Caruolo lawsuit is good for the city council, I guess -- but it's small consolation when the school department still has to close a $4 million deficit within the next month.
One way or another, taxpayers will wind up paying for this.
(Going by some of the testimony at this week's budget hearings, there's apparently a lot of money left in the paving budget...)
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