ethics

Patty Salkin

Patricia E. Salkin
March 07, 2010 05:12

Plaintiffs appealed the granting of a permit to extract gravel by the planning and zoning commission (PZC), alleging a conflict of interest because the mother and father-in-law of one of the PZC members had a connection to the property that adjoins the property in question.  In finding no conflict ...

Environmental Assessment: Worth the cost?

March 05, 2010 12:44

The main finding of this study is that the lengthy time frames and higher costs to comply with the Municipal Class EA process are not providing additional environmental or other benefits.Federal Conservatives have often signalled their reservations about environmental assessment and approvals, and...

Patty Salkin

Patricia E. Salkin
March 04, 2010 05:04

Where a county zoning administrator granted a zoning permit for the construction of a proposed wind energy facility, an objector appealed to the zoning hearing board (ZHB) claiming that the application contained 28 deficiencies, and the ZHB dismissed the appeal. Objector appealed to the Court of...

2683 days

March 04, 2010 02:34

That's 7 years, 4 months, and 3 days. Two years and two months ago, I received a letter from an inmate. He had been convicted of burglary 1st degree and sentenced to 15 years (the minimum sentence for burglary 1st...That's 7 years, 4 months, and 3 days. Two years and two months ago, I received a...

Thoughts from the RSA Conference

March 04, 2010 00:51

As the partners of InfoLawGroup make our way through the sensory overload of the RSA Conference this week, I am reminded (and feel guilty) that it has been a while since I posted here.  I have good excuses - have simply been too busy with work - but after spending several days in the...