Coming up Monday, 2 p.m. Room 10E of the Palm Beach County Courthouse

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Case Description

	Case ID:	502013CA012420XXXXMB
	Case Caption:	LAUREL DECKER V CITY OF LAKE WORTH
	Division:	AJ - MARX
	Filing Date:	Monday , August 05th, 2013
	Court:	CA - CIRCUIT CIVIL
	Location:	MB - MAIN BRANCH
	Jury:	N-Non Jury
	Type:	EW - EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
	Status:	PE - PENDING

Well, a hearing in front of Judge Joseph Marx will take place at 2 p.m. Monday, December 16th in Courtroom 10E of the Palm Beach County Courthouse. This is to address the writ that was filed by Laurel Decker to force the city to recognize the results of the March 2013 election regarding height in the downtown. I plan on attending to monitor the goings-on. E-mail me if you would like to attend and we can rideshare, perhaps taking in lunch somewhere in downtown West Palm Beach.

The city has filed a motion to dismiss. Among the Clerk of the Court website listing for this case is this:

Filing Date:	05-AUG-2013
Filing Party:	DECKER, LAUREL
Disposition Amount:
Docket Text:	A Payment of -$401.00 was made on receipt CAMB809997.

A payment was made by the leader of the Respectful Heights PAC to file the case on August 5th. We have to assume it was drawn using her own resources, as the PAC's termination report was filed in July. The remaining amount in their account was given to the Lake Worth High School Band. A land use attorney is also being used which would mean there would be an in-kind contribution to the cause, if that attorney were working for free. It would also be limited to $500, I believe. If that attorney is not working for free, then the money is coming from somewhere to mount this legal charge against the city and pay that attorney's fees. Perhaps the leader of the closed-out PAC has more resources than her modest manse at 519 North D Street would indicate? Perhaps not. And that is why it is important to know where the money is coming from. I doubt that Carolyn Deli's dogs have the resources either, although they were heavily impacted by the decision to abide by HB 537. The city is incurring a cost to defend this action. The public simply must know the source of funds behind this effort.

I'll let you know what happens.