| Liquor store owner files lawsuit against village
Fearing bankruptcy, the owner of Hazel Crest Food and Liquor has filed a lawsuit against the village and a handful of elected officials. The suit, filed last week by store owner Ed Tadros, is against the village, Mayor Robert Donaldson and four trustees. It alleges the recent ordinance banning package liquor sales in a tax increment financing district unfairly harms and singles out his store located at 2014 W. 170th St. The suit also alleges that political favoritism served as a major factor behind the ordinance. "My client made the mistake of supporting people who the mayor didn't like," said Dennis Both, Tadros' attorney. He said "it's no coincidence" that the ordinance came about months after the April election, when the store posted campaign materials for candidates opposing the mayor.
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REGIONSAIR: RegionsAir filed suit in federal court Monday, claiming breach of contract and other violations by the federal government. The airline that was grounded in March and lost its contract to fly commercial flights between Quincy and St. Louis has named U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin as a defendant along with the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration. MEEKS: Zachary Meeks, charged with 15 counts of first-degree murder in connection with his role in a fire that killed five young Quincy children earlier this year, will be arraigned Aug. 31. Attorney Ed Downey, the public defender representing Meeks, asked for additional time Monday before Judge Scott Walden to have his client's "mental fitness" to enter a plea determined. UTAH MINE COLLAPSE: As the rescue stretches into the night, workers trying to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground are unable to make significant progress and the initial effort is declared a failure.
Hixson finds a new niche
When David W. Hixson leaves his post as executive director of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority this month, he won't be going too far from the embattled project at Penn Square.
Hixson, 42, will still live in Manheim Township with his wife and four sons; he'll also be available to answer questions his successor might ask about the $170-million hotel and convention center.
But Hixson will remove himself from the relentless swirl of the public/private partnership as he becomes the chief operating officer of The Cope Co. SALT at 549 W. Roseville Road.
The Manheim Township company is a multimillion-dollar niche operation that delivers salt in different forms to farm operations, food processors and for water-softening systems in schools, hospitals and other large industries.New challengeBen Cope, founder and owner of the enterprise, holds patents on a number of salt-delivery systems.
National mortgage problems hit Houston market
One of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, Houston-based Aegis Mortgage Corp., stopped taking new loans Monday, amid a day of news that signaled tougher days ahead for lenders and homebuyers. "It's a bloodbath out there," said Mark Cady, senior vice president of Market Street Mortgage in Houston. The announcement came on the same day New York-based American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection. Falling home prices nationwide and a rise in foreclosures have scared investors away from buying securities backed by home loans. That, in turn, has led to tougher lending standards and higher interest rates. For example, late last week, Wells Fargo upped its interest rate for large 30-year fixed rate home loans made through mortgage brokers to 8 percent from 6.875 percent.
Tickfaw declines to renew contract with Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control
TICKFAW - Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control will not get a contract renewal with the village of Tickfaw.The parish agency that gets its funding from parish and municipal governments had sent Tickfaw a bill for $1,600 for 2006.Also included with the bill was a contract agreement between the village and TPAC in the event the village should renew the contract.Village attorney Maurice Trippi advised against the contract, and the council agreed.“In my opinion, I would not pay for a service not rendered." Trippi said. .
Dimensions sues Prince George's again
Dimensions Healthcare System has filed a second lawsuit in Prince George's County Circuit Court asking, once more, for the full $14 million the hospital system said it's owed in county funding, county officials said. County officials said they were notified Friday by the county's law office that Dimensions filed another lawsuit reclaiming its right to $14 million in county payments, despite a previous ruling that the county had no obligation to pay $12 million of it. .
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