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A second moratorium on the conversion of dwelling units in four of Brainerd’s zoning districts to green space or parking lots will take effect in mid-January.
We're going to do what we want to do and essentially reinvent a new moratorium, why even bother having judges? >> second moratorium, the second gulf moratorium was imposed for the exact same reasons that judge feldman found were invalid to impose the first one. now, he specifically ordered them to reissue the permits. if judge vincent in florida specifically orders the secretary of health and human services not to implement the statute and she does, then he can hold her in contempt. >> does the interior department care that they're being held in contempt? >> very good question. the federal gov...
In the case of the gulf moratorium, the administration had issued 31 permits and because the b.p. disaster pulled all 31 permits, even though the b.p. problem didn't exist for 30 of the 31. the drillers sued, judge feldman and u.s. district court in new orleans said there's no basis for this moratorium. the government -- there he is, the government appealed judge feldman and the government lost the appeal and he signed a second order saying to the interior department, issue those permits, the drillers went to get the permits and the interior department refused. wednesday, he held the interior ...