RULING ANOTHER VICTORY FOR AHMANSON DEVELOPERS.Byline: - Daily News Ahmanson Ranch developers won a partial victory Tuesday when a Riverside County judge tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by the city of Calabasas and several homeowners. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Dallas Holmes ''This article or section is being rewritten at Dallas Holm (born November 5, 1948 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a singer-songwriter of Christian music, whose musical ministry has spanned almost four decades. His influence has been greatest in contemporary Christian music. dismissed claims that the Ventura County Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. state open meeting laws by visiting the site of the planned the 3,050-home development shortly before approving it. Allegations that planning commissioners violated due process during the visit were let stand by the judge. There was no record of the visit, attorneys for the city argue. ``The important thing is we are able to go forward and establish that (the Planning Commission) took evidence outside of the public view,'' said Richard Terzian, attorney for Calabasas. Tim McGarry Tim McGarry (born 1964) is an actor and comedian from North Belfast in Northern Ireland. He is a member of the comedy group Hole In The Wall Gang, and played "Da", a Sinn Féin spokesman, in the comedy series Give My Head Peace. , spokesman for Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. , painted the ruling as a major blow to the city. ``We have said all along there were no (open meeting) violations, and now two judges have agreed,'' McGarry said. ``That is the heart of their case. ... They can continue their fact finding, but that's all they have left.'' The suit is one of several filed by the city, several environmental groups and surrounding cities in an attempt to block the $2 billion development in southeast Ventura County. |
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