Wednesday, February 22, 2006
The Bill Comes Due
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The Associated Press (found here in the New York Times) is reporting that the Dover School Board has agreed to a settlement of the plaintiff's claims for legal fees:
The Dover Area School Board unanimously agreed Tuesday to pay $1 million in legal fees to the plaintiffs who successfully sued to end the policy of presenting ''intelligent design'' as an alternative to evolution.
The eight board members agreed to pay three legal organizations that represented the plaintiffs in the case.
The organizations also said they agreed to reduce their attorneys' fees and expenses by more than $1 million because members who supported the intelligent design policy had been voted off the board.
It is truly a shame that the children of the District will be deprived of what that money could give them in terms of education but I'm sure that the old board members who were responsible for the policy were aware of the concept that actions have consequences.
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Too bad they didn't have the consciences to go along with that loudly proclaimed faith.
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