Grafton plaintiffs' attorney responds

Last week, I was unable to get a hold of Jim Bishop, the plaintiffs' attorney for a story I wrote on the legal battle over Grafton Township's stalled town hall project.

You can read that story here.

Bishop e-mailed a news release the following afternoon, saying that because of the appellate court decision, "no negotiations with respect to settlement are either appropriate or necessary."

However, more lawsuits might be coming, and the township remains without an official attorney representing it.

Bishop recently filed a Freedom of Information request with the township, requesting various financial documents from the past four years. Information sought includes annual township audits for 2006 through 2009, monthly bank statements, check registers, and contracts relating to the sale of the existing township property.

By law, the township is required to respond to Bishop's request by early next week.

"...[S]hould the trustees continue to refuse to provide such financial documentation, another lawsuit will be forthcoming," Bishop said in the release.

– Amber Krosel