“As I understand it, the original contract had a severance clause. ....”
O.K. that makes all the difference. From what you said, the Council members were really in the wrong. This whole thing is on them. I was just speaking for the general principle of the sanctity of contract law.
Understood. And you are correct on the matter in general, of course.
I agree that it is bad to break a contract (or otherwise default on an agreement).
I think it’s even worse when the elected leadership conspires against the interests and will of the people by siding with the opposition in a lawsuit.
“I agree that you were wronged, let’s see if we can nulify this vote that we never wanted to take place since it came in against our policies”.
I likewise think that Chuck Rosenthal helped throw the Lawrence v. Texas case on same sex sodomy laws. He said he didn’t like the law in the first place and claimed that he couldn’t pick which laws he wanted to enforce. From day one, the activists said their goal was to overturn the law itself (not the charge) in the courts.
I guess you didn't hear about the Stock holders of GM, law meant nothing in their case.