“You indicated that suing would punish the taxpayers for not paying enough attention to what their public servants are doing. It seemed you were implying that was the better option.”
Assumptions are dangerous.
“By the way, I didn’t realize that spending taxpayer money in order to punish taxpayers was a conservative value.”
Holding elected officials responsible isn’t conservative? Threatening to address the issue in the next election is rarely effective. The collective memory isn’t long enough for people to remember things like this unless the election is around the corner.
A few letters to the mayor are ignored unless you are a major power player. Is there another effective way of getting our elected officials attention besides filing a lawsuit?
Sure, but that wasn't what you said. You said the taxpayers should be punished for not keeping a closer eye on public servants.