I?’ll just paste the link to the story rather than the whole article on the settlement the city made with its engineers:
http://www.columbusmessenger.com/091106/southeast/stilson.php
The short version is that the city agreed to pay W. E. Stilson Consulting Group $125,000 towards cleaning up the mess the city created with the state up behind the Holiday Inn Express.
Now for the long time readers of this site I have been away for quite some time. I went the way of Soap Box Hero with a job transfer that kept me away from here. Suffice it to say that I was finally able to transfer back and have spent the better part of the last couple of weeks catching up on this site. I am preparing a dissertation on my observations of this site for later. I have been in contact with Old Soapy to commiserate.
I noticed the websites for the local papers have changed somewhat since I last looked at them and I am having trouble locating information from past editions older than 30 days or so. The subject of the Stilson/city/state conflict at Ashton Crossing is not new. However, what I clearly remember about the story (which I can?’t find in the archives) is that the fines levies were much less than $125,000. Can anyone tell me why they went up so much?
In my employment transitions over the last couple of years I have has the opportunity, or better said, the pleasure of interacting with W. E. Stilson. I have to tell you that this firm personifies professionalism, integrity and respect in the engineering field. Therefore, I can?’t imagine that this dramatic increase in the amount of the fine can be attributed to them. To whom can it be attributed is my question.
Can anyone in this area remind me of what the amount of the original fine was? Also, can anyone explain how it went up so much and to whom the increase can be ascribed?
Thanks!
By Maverick
