[statecom] From the Co-Chairs Re: [adcom] Legal Opinion

[Merelice]

On 5/25/08, Daniel Melnechuk <isis at isisdesign.com> wrote:
> Dear Statecom Reps and Adcom Members,
>
>  Please review the legal opinion (PDF) just obtained from an election lawyer
> about commonwealth law, our delegate selection plan, and communications with
> Michelle Tassinari regarding same. I am not going to extract any from the
> opinion since the entirety is important to read.
>

Dear AdCom:

Due to the submission of this letter from a lawyer working for two
private clients, offering legal advice and threatening the possibility
of legal action otherwise, we will unfortunately need to devote time
either at Monday's meeting or soon thereafter to consideration of
hiring a lawyer who would be working for the Green-Rainbow Party to
review the letter. It would, of course, be foolish and imprudent to
rely on legal advice from a lawyer working for a client or clients
currently engaged in a complaint against the party (i.e., the minority
report).

Because the two clients ---Grace Ross and Dan Melnechuck --- are also
members of AdCom, it will be necessary for them and any signers of the
complaint known as the minority report to step aside and not
participate in these decisions regarding the necessity and value of
seeking, selecting, and  paying for legal counsel explicitly
representing the party rather than these individuals.

It will also be necessary for AdCom not to entertain any changes to
the current delegate allocations as recommended by CDLC and already
communicated to the candidates until such advice from a lawyer
actually hired by the Party is received.

Sustainably yours,

Nat Fortune
Merelice

GRP co-chairs