http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/20/rswa-settles-van-der-linde-lawsuit/ Where the News is Made!™ (online) Tue, 22 May 2012 00:46:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/20/rswa-settles-van-der-linde-lawsuit/comment-page-1/#comment-539 blair Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:16:13 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=2096#comment-539 Settling a civil lawsuit is like plea bargain in a criminal suit. With a plea, you may be totally innocent but financially unable to fight the charge. But newspapers will always say you admitted guilt to whatever charge you plead. So, are Van der Linde and BFI admitting guilt with the settlement (they claim no)?, Or are they unable to fight the bottomless pockets of RSWA? Or did RSWA promise something-something as long as RSWA gets a kick-back (funding stream when Van der Linde takes over city-county waste disposal)? Why are they under a gag order? Does Van der Linde think they will leave him alone after he pays the $600,000 over 5 years? When you make a deal with the devil, don't be surprised when you get burned. Settling a civil lawsuit is like plea bargain in a criminal suit. With a plea, you may be totally innocent but financially unable to fight the charge. But newspapers will always say you admitted guilt to whatever charge you plead. So, are Van der Linde and BFI admitting guilt with the settlement (they claim no)?, Or are they unable to fight the bottomless pockets of RSWA? Or did RSWA promise something-something as long as RSWA gets a kick-back (funding stream when Van der Linde takes over city-county waste disposal)? Why are they under a gag order? Does Van der Linde think they will leave him alone after he pays the $600,000 over 5 years? When you make a deal with the devil, don’t be surprised when you get burned.

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