By George Niemann
PoHo contributor and R-LAND and UCAN activist
The Board of County Commissioners spent 1 ½ hours of their regular meeting yesterday deciding what the next steps will be in settling the Kevin White Sex Trial Case. So far they’ve passed two motions: 1) to spend an additional $10K to have attorney Claire Saady file Post Trial Motions which would try to remove the county’s liability, as well as allow an appeal in the future, and 2) to begin negotiations with Alyssa Ogden’s attorney on the settlement amount.
A key issue was not decided, however. Who is going to pay the settlement, Hillsborough County, or Kevin White, or both?
This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2009.