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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FFS, get ready folks, tomorrow's testimony includes Wootton flexing their money muscles and overtly trying to intimidate (threaten?) the BOE with lawsuits because they may not get their way.

This gem of a parent starts with, "I’m the one sending legal notices....You’re probably tired of hearing from me. I’m definitely tired of writing them" So, just a thought: no one asked you to do that so maybe take a break?

She then says, "My role is not to advise—you have counsel for that—but to caution that we are watching closely. Here’s just a few of the many legal issues we are tracking."

First of all, yea, pretty sure that's intimidation at it's finest. But also, she acknowledges they have counsel who is advising them and unless she thinks they are literal idiots, said counsel is not allowing them to do something illegal.

Or, maybe in typical Wootton fashion, she's just the smartest of them all?

Is she even a lawyer? I'm too lazy to google but I do hope she shows up in a Judge's robe tomorrow for her testimony. [/quote]

Let them sue.  [/quote]

Be careful what you wish for. Didn’t MCPS get spanked by the Supreme Court last year?  I’m quite sure that MCPS’ lawyers are going to be very careful about doing anything that even comes close to the legal line. [/quote]

You are very, very wrong. MCPS’ lawyers only get paid big bucks when MCPS is sued. [/quote]

MCPS lawyers lol aren’t even competent enough to argue in SCOTUS. MCPS lawyers get paid the same annual salary regardless of whether they get sued or not—which is why they don’t care and aren’t competent. When shit hits the fan lol MCPS hired out and pays insane amount of money for third party lawyers because they know their own lawyers are inept. Just Google who actually represented MCPS in the Supreme Court cases—wasn’t MCPS in house lawyers.

They sure do love wasting taxpayer money.[/quote]

You are both woefully misinformed. MCPS' lawyers don't represent MCPS when they get sued . MCPS participates in the self-insurance fund, so when MCPS is sued the County Attorney represents them. It's a weird system because the County Attorney doesn't advise MCPS and so can't make sure they do/don't do the things for which they're getting sued. By the time the County Attorney gets involved, whatever happened has happened.

If the County Attorney's office is conflicted out of a case or maxed out on workload and doesn't think it has the capacity for a case, then outside counsel is retained by the County Attorney, with approval from the County Council. [/quote]

The County only represents MCPS in a very few types of cases.  Workers comp cases are one of the cases the County routinely takes on.  The rest?  They go directly to outside counsel.  Procurement, special education, property all go directly to outside counsel charging current hourly rates for attorney time.

You are fantasizing if you think the County Council retains outside counsel.  That never happens.  Outside counsel are retained by the Board of Education.  And you are out of your mind if you think the County Council plays any role in approving the MCPS outside lawyers. [/quote]

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