Star Tribune Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:02:40 GMT
Mayor's son drops suit against Northfield
The suit claimed city officials and staff members violated public-records and open-meetings laws in discussions about family business interests. Northfield Mayor Lee Lansing's son has dropped a lawsuit that he and his father brought this fall against the city, its administrator and three City Council members. The suit, filed in October by the mayor and his son, David, claimed city officials and staff members violated public-records and open-meetings laws in discussions about family business interests. Two weeks later, the mayor withdrew as a plaintiff, and David's wife, Heidi, added her name to the suit. This week, the couple agreed to dismiss the case, much of which dealt with documents and council discussions about property owned by David Lansing that the city had eyed as the new site of a municipal liquor store. "It was getting long and protracted and expensive," said Gregg Corwin, the Lansings' attorney, who added that unfavorable publicity about the suit also contributed to the decision.
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