Lower Macungie Township
Jaindl Development: Lower Mac Residents File Supreme Court Appeal
The LMT residents who sued the township regarding the Jaindl development at taking their next appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
"The Appellants," -- as they have come to be known -- the Lower Macungie Township residents who will be directly affected by the original Spring Creek development plan, and whose names are on the lawsuit against the Lower Macungie Township Commissioners, have taken their legal action to the next level. Donald Miles, the group's attorney, filed an appeal Monday with the state Supreme Court even after David Jaindl came up with a "Plan B" last week. The appellants' move could take Jaindl's revised plan -- which would have assured less development -- off the table since a condition of the plan was that the appellants would not pursue legal action. Some are not convinced Jaindl's revised plan is better, however. "While Jaindl’s new proposal …
Scott Bieber
8:51 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Dear Michele, the names of the four appellants who are "dragging this on and on" are in the article. Are you implying that they should not have exercised their consitutional right to seek redress of their grievances against the township's decision to rezone this land without consulting the residents who would be most affected by the rezoning ?. You can blame the township for the "continued waste … more ›