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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:48 AM Original message |
Lawsuit cost could overwhelm Valley (Swim) Club |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. perhaps they should have thought of that before their racist action |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. They could save money by just signing over the club to that |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Now everyone will know what it is like to not be allowed to swim there - howzat feel? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Poetic justice nt |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. Awww, that's a terrible shame ... |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good. (n/t) |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe they could raise money by renting the pool out to daycare centers - D'OH! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's well settled that a private club may discriminate. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. But what if like Bob Jones they are stripped of tax exempt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. A private club likely isn't tax exempt... |
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Naipes (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Did you even bother to read the link? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. No, I didn't. Mea culpa. nt |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Nonprofit - read this |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Well, they aren't a 'private club' in the sense that they can |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I don't think characterization as a "private club" turns on payment, does it? |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. The club has allowed the public to rent their facilities. The plantiffs have a case nt. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That is likely the only fact in controversy |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The only fact? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. If the club is deemed "private", there is no COA under Federal Civil Rights law. |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Section b essentially defines what constitutes a public accomodation |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. You have it reversed-- |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I thought the same thing, but someone pointed out -- |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. That is one prong of the eventual case... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. They are NOT a 'private club' in the sense that gives them |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. If what you say is true, then the plaintiffs should recover under the Civil Rights Act. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. Drowning in debt? Gee, what a shame. |
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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. Looks like the Board has entered deep waters without a flotation device. Looks like |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. Good news, and just what I predicted in the original thread on this story. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well here's a big crocodile tear for their plight. |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. So Sad! |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. Just hand over the keys....n/t |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. As I understand this thing(if I'm wrong, surely someone here... |
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