I Need A "Client" -- Who Wants Their "$3,500" Bucks Back?
No time for formalities!
If you paid even a nickel of assessment into the Tri-W sewer "project" scam, download the pdf file at this link, NOW, print it out, quickly fill it out, and drop it off at the Los Osos CSD office by the end of the workday on Wednesday, October 24, and -- I guarantee it -- you will have the most fun you've ever had with local government, and it won't cost you a penny! This... will... be... GREAT!... on so many levels.
What that document is, is an official "claim" letter that I created where it outlines why Los Osos property owners that paid ANY money towards the now-failed, Tri-W non-project, should NOW get that money back, because you were deliberately deceived by the early Los Osos CSD regarding the Tri-W scam, and now you deserve to get your money back.
So, my strategy to 1) FINALLY get a great ending to my book, and 2) get the victims of the Tri-W scam a tiny, tiny shred of justice, is to shell out a $50 filing fee to get my argument into a small claims court, but, according to Small Claims Court procedure, a "claim" from the plaintiff must first be "rejected" by the government agency that's getting sued, and that's where a Los Osos property owner that was scammed by the Tri-W assessment comes in: I need at least one of you (and hundreds would be hilarious) to fill out that "claim," and get it to the LOCSD office, pronto.
Susan Morrow, the LOCSD General Manager, recently told me that if this claim is submitted to the District office by Wednesday, October 24, that it would be included in the LOCSD Board's November 1 meeting agenda, and the "rejection" would happen THAT quickly -- one week... at an official meeting!
At that meeting, the District Board will (certainly) "reject" that claim, and then we can take it straight to Small Claims Court, pay a $50 filing fee (that I'll gladly pay for one "client") and argue, in Small Claims Court, using my mountain of primary source documents, that Los Osos property owners were victims of a scam, obviously.
We'll argue this: That the Tri-W "project" was nothing more than a cover-up for the fact that the "better, cheaper, faster" Solution Group scam -- the "drop dead gorgeous" ponding project slated for the middle of town, that was "the basis" for forming the LOCSD in the first place, in November 1998, and that never worked (as predicted) two years later, had failed, and, instead of the elected officials that heavily hyped "better, cheaper, faster" going back to the community in 2000, and saying something like, "Hey, 'better, cheaper, faster' isn't going to work, what should we do now?," those same elected officials, instead, made the decision to start lying to the people of Los Osos, the California Coastal Commission, the State Water Boards, and the County of San Luis Obispo, about the cost, viability, and rationale on why their SECOND "project" -- the vastly different Tri-W "project" (when compared to their original "better, cheaper, faster" scam) -- had to ALSO be built with a sewer plant smack-dab in the middle of town.
Due to my extensive reporting on this amazing story over the years, I have a gigantic stack of primary source documents that, WAAAAAAAY beyond a reasonable doubt, shows that's exactly what happened, and now, after the Coastal Commission's June 11, 2010 decision, where they did NOT select the Tri-W disaster, six years after they originally approved it, THAT's when it FINALLY became official that the Tri-W scam was just that... a scam, and now, considering that, according to sources, the Statute of Limitations for "fraud" on a civil case is "three years," there's plenty of time left on the SOL clock to file a "claim" with Small Claims Court, arguing that you -- a Los Osos property owner that paid money into the Tri-W assessment -- should now get your money back, considering that, it turns out, the Tri-W assessment was based on nothing but lies -- a scam.
I'll be posting the evidence for this fun, and excellent argument here on SewerWatch soon, but first things first: At least one property owner (and, again, hundreds would be hilarious) that was a victim of the Tri-W scam needs to download this document, print it out, fill it out, and then drop it off at the LOCSD office by the end of the day on Wednesday.
Everything you need to file your "claim" is contained in that document, however, if you'd like to change some of the wording around, here's a Microsoft Word file of the same document, so if you have Word, you can edit the "claim" form yourself, and then submit it.
And if the District sends it back to you because they say you didn't cross some "t," or dot some "i," then we'll just go ahead and consider THAT letter the "rejection" letter, and that will allow us to go to Small Claims Court.
A perfect example of someone that I have in mind for this strategy is Stephen Marsden, where, at this link:
http://www.ksby.com/news/good-question-what-happened-to-los-osos-sewer-assessment-/
... Mr. Marsden asks KSBY's, John Reger, "A few years ago, I paid $3,500 into a fund for a new sewer. What happened to that money?"
EXCELLENT question. Terrible answer by Reger.
The real answer to Mr. Marsden's great question is: He was lied to by the LOCSD regarding that assessment, and BECAUSE of those lies, that non-project never worked, and he was completely scammed out of his $3,500 bucks, and now, following the CCC's June 11, 2010 decision, Mr. Marsden, as well as all of the other property owners that paid into the Tri-W sewer assessment scam, should get their money back, plus interest, of course.
Mr. Marsden would be a PERFECT candidate for my little strategy here. He could download my form, fill it out, drop it off at the LOCSD office, have it "rejected" by the District, then he could take my super-tight evidence (that I'll supply here, for FREE, over the next few weeks) to the Small Claims Court, and, for just a tiny $50 filing fee, make one helluva an argument on why he should get his "$3,500" back: because he was scammed, clearly.
And one of the best things (among many) about the Small Claims Court process: They don't allow attorneys! AND, they allow a "plaintiff" to subpoena a "witness," and that person HAS to show up!
Oh, Paaaaavooooo.
But, first things first, if you're a Los Osos property owner that paid anything towards the Tri-W assessment scam, get that "claim" notice to the LOCSD office before Wednesday night, and, according to Morrow, it'll be officially included on November's agenda, where, of course, they'll be forced to "reject" it. Then it's straight to Small Claims Court.
How cool is that?
This... is... going... to... be... FUN!
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If you paid even a nickel of assessment into the Tri-W sewer "project" scam, download the pdf file at this link, NOW, print it out, quickly fill it out, and drop it off at the Los Osos CSD office by the end of the workday on Wednesday, October 24, and -- I guarantee it -- you will have the most fun you've ever had with local government, and it won't cost you a penny! This... will... be... GREAT!... on so many levels.
What that document is, is an official "claim" letter that I created where it outlines why Los Osos property owners that paid ANY money towards the now-failed, Tri-W non-project, should NOW get that money back, because you were deliberately deceived by the early Los Osos CSD regarding the Tri-W scam, and now you deserve to get your money back.
So, my strategy to 1) FINALLY get a great ending to my book, and 2) get the victims of the Tri-W scam a tiny, tiny shred of justice, is to shell out a $50 filing fee to get my argument into a small claims court, but, according to Small Claims Court procedure, a "claim" from the plaintiff must first be "rejected" by the government agency that's getting sued, and that's where a Los Osos property owner that was scammed by the Tri-W assessment comes in: I need at least one of you (and hundreds would be hilarious) to fill out that "claim," and get it to the LOCSD office, pronto.
Susan Morrow, the LOCSD General Manager, recently told me that if this claim is submitted to the District office by Wednesday, October 24, that it would be included in the LOCSD Board's November 1 meeting agenda, and the "rejection" would happen THAT quickly -- one week... at an official meeting!
At that meeting, the District Board will (certainly) "reject" that claim, and then we can take it straight to Small Claims Court, pay a $50 filing fee (that I'll gladly pay for one "client") and argue, in Small Claims Court, using my mountain of primary source documents, that Los Osos property owners were victims of a scam, obviously.
We'll argue this: That the Tri-W "project" was nothing more than a cover-up for the fact that the "better, cheaper, faster" Solution Group scam -- the "drop dead gorgeous" ponding project slated for the middle of town, that was "the basis" for forming the LOCSD in the first place, in November 1998, and that never worked (as predicted) two years later, had failed, and, instead of the elected officials that heavily hyped "better, cheaper, faster" going back to the community in 2000, and saying something like, "Hey, 'better, cheaper, faster' isn't going to work, what should we do now?," those same elected officials, instead, made the decision to start lying to the people of Los Osos, the California Coastal Commission, the State Water Boards, and the County of San Luis Obispo, about the cost, viability, and rationale on why their SECOND "project" -- the vastly different Tri-W "project" (when compared to their original "better, cheaper, faster" scam) -- had to ALSO be built with a sewer plant smack-dab in the middle of town.
Due to my extensive reporting on this amazing story over the years, I have a gigantic stack of primary source documents that, WAAAAAAAY beyond a reasonable doubt, shows that's exactly what happened, and now, after the Coastal Commission's June 11, 2010 decision, where they did NOT select the Tri-W disaster, six years after they originally approved it, THAT's when it FINALLY became official that the Tri-W scam was just that... a scam, and now, considering that, according to sources, the Statute of Limitations for "fraud" on a civil case is "three years," there's plenty of time left on the SOL clock to file a "claim" with Small Claims Court, arguing that you -- a Los Osos property owner that paid money into the Tri-W assessment -- should now get your money back, considering that, it turns out, the Tri-W assessment was based on nothing but lies -- a scam.
I'll be posting the evidence for this fun, and excellent argument here on SewerWatch soon, but first things first: At least one property owner (and, again, hundreds would be hilarious) that was a victim of the Tri-W scam needs to download this document, print it out, fill it out, and then drop it off at the LOCSD office by the end of the day on Wednesday.
Everything you need to file your "claim" is contained in that document, however, if you'd like to change some of the wording around, here's a Microsoft Word file of the same document, so if you have Word, you can edit the "claim" form yourself, and then submit it.
And if the District sends it back to you because they say you didn't cross some "t," or dot some "i," then we'll just go ahead and consider THAT letter the "rejection" letter, and that will allow us to go to Small Claims Court.
A perfect example of someone that I have in mind for this strategy is Stephen Marsden, where, at this link:
http://www.ksby.com/news/good-question-what-happened-to-los-osos-sewer-assessment-/
... Mr. Marsden asks KSBY's, John Reger, "A few years ago, I paid $3,500 into a fund for a new sewer. What happened to that money?"
EXCELLENT question. Terrible answer by Reger.
The real answer to Mr. Marsden's great question is: He was lied to by the LOCSD regarding that assessment, and BECAUSE of those lies, that non-project never worked, and he was completely scammed out of his $3,500 bucks, and now, following the CCC's June 11, 2010 decision, Mr. Marsden, as well as all of the other property owners that paid into the Tri-W sewer assessment scam, should get their money back, plus interest, of course.
Mr. Marsden would be a PERFECT candidate for my little strategy here. He could download my form, fill it out, drop it off at the LOCSD office, have it "rejected" by the District, then he could take my super-tight evidence (that I'll supply here, for FREE, over the next few weeks) to the Small Claims Court, and, for just a tiny $50 filing fee, make one helluva an argument on why he should get his "$3,500" back: because he was scammed, clearly.
And one of the best things (among many) about the Small Claims Court process: They don't allow attorneys! AND, they allow a "plaintiff" to subpoena a "witness," and that person HAS to show up!
Oh, Paaaaavooooo.
But, first things first, if you're a Los Osos property owner that paid anything towards the Tri-W assessment scam, get that "claim" notice to the LOCSD office before Wednesday night, and, according to Morrow, it'll be officially included on November's agenda, where, of course, they'll be forced to "reject" it. Then it's straight to Small Claims Court.
How cool is that?
This... is... going... to... be... FUN!
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