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Judge Tosses Telco Suit Over City-Owned Network

Posted by kdawson on from the why-not-sue-the-state-for-building-roads dept.

tsa sends along news of the city of Monticello, Minnesota, which was sued by their local telco, Bridgewater Telephone Company, because the city chose to build a fiber optics network of their own. The judge dismissed their complaint of competition by a governmental organization. Quoting: "The judge's ruling is noteworthy for two things: (1) the judge's complete dismissal of Bridgewater Telephone Company's complaint and (2) his obvious anger at the underfunding of Minnesota's state courts. Indeed, the longest footnote in the opinion is an extended jeremiad about how much work judges are under and why it took so long to decide this case."

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  1. I know. by AltGrendel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's all send the judge $5.00.

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  2. jeremiad ? by CPNABEND · · Score: 3, Funny

    Um, my vocabulary includes FORTRAN, COBOL and BASIC. Couldn't you have said "bitch" instead of "jeremiad"?

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    1. Re:jeremiad ? by cHiphead · · Score: 4, Funny

      your decision to gerrymander on the subject is an aloof attempt to cause disruptive comprehension of the litigous subjects in question.

      rawr.

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  3. Thank you, Judge! by CaptainOfSpray · · Score: 3, Funny

    "jeremiad", now that's what Mark Twain would have called a 10-dollar word. I love it, and now I can dump my 10-cent word "rant".

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  4. Re:Costly Waste of Time by mweather · · Score: 4, Funny

    People working in government agencies do not start their day thinking how they can be inefficient for you.

    Some things come naturally.