I spent the last few days out of town seeing relatives, many I had not seen in quite a while.  It was a great time.

However, that meant I had to be away for the Spark Fishers Festival.  Since moving to Fishers, I have missed very few summer festivals, whether it is called the Fishers Freedom Festival or Spark Fishers.  2019 was a year missed.

But I am certain a good time was had by all.

One item that broke after I left town Friday had to do with the legal fees owed to the City of Fishers by the group called Save the Nickel Plate.  You may recall that back in April,  Hamilton Superior Court Judge David Najar dismissed legal actions filed by Save the Nickel Plate against the City of Fishers and awarded the city legal fees.  The judge wrote that Save the Nickel Plate’s legal actions were “frivolous and groundless.”

In a news release issued Friday, Fishers said the legal firm representing Save the Nickel Plate in this case, Brattain Minnix and Garcia, has provided notice to the court it will pay the legal fees in the amount of $72,367.50.

“The City of Fishers is glad to see the burden of these frivolous and baseless lawsuits will not be held by the taxpayers of Fishers but instead by the representatives of Save the Nickel Plate and their legal counsel,” said Ashley Elrod, public relations director for the City of Fishers. “This reaffirms the lack of legitimacy of the lawsuits and claims made by Save the Nickel Plate.”

In yet another matter, Clint Wilson was selected by members of the Hamilton Southeastern School Board June 26th.  He is scheduled to take the oath of office and assume his board seat at the July 10th regular board meeting.  Wilson will fill in the remaining term of Michael Bottorff, who resigned from the board in late May citing personal reasons.  The term runs through the end of calendar year 2020 and will be up for election in November, 2020.

I am scheduled to interview Mr. Wilson this week for a podcast, so watch for that in the coming days.