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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Boy Scouts Sue

Philadelphia continues to suck ...

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Last year I wrote that the Thug City City Council, without debate, and under pressure from an organization that promotes the rights of “sexual minorities,” stabbed the Scouts in the back. They voted 16 to 1 to break a 79-year-old agreement allowing the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts to occupy a building in a city park. The Scouts built the building in 1928, and turned it over to the city in exchange for a rent-free lease “in perpetuity.” Apparently, “perpetuity” in Philadelphia now means, “until gay groups boot you out.” Famous commenter "Anonymous" observed:

Seems to me a smart attourney could sue the city for breach of contract on behalf of the scouts. How'z 'bout rent plus interest for the city's past 80 years use of the building for a start?

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Anonymous : 11:22 PM EDT

Which brings us to ...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Boy Scouts chapter engaged in a long fight over gay rights has sued the city of Philadelphia to try to avoid paying $200,000 a year in rent to stay in the city-owned space that has been its headquarters for 80 years.

The Cradle of Liberty Council currently pays $1 annually for the space, but the city has given it until Saturday to open their membership to gays or start being charged fair-market rent. [rest of the story]

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Damn sad to see the decay of morals
forced on ANYONE.

-Dale-; 5/28/08, 12:09 PM
Thud said...: oh..let them in..it will not take long before the scouts suffer some'friendly fire' from one of the poofters..hey presto the local govt is sued for millions...hooray!; 5/28/08, 5:47 PM
Anonymous said...: I want to see the original contract. From what I've read on other boards the Scouts actually gave the building to the city in return for a perpetual right to use it for a nominal rent.

I have no idea who drafted the original contract but I can't imagine they were stupid enough not to include protections against this sort of thing. After all, the other side had the ability to pass laws.

Unless the drafters were effing incompetent I'd expect the contract to say that if either side couldn't live up to their side of the bargain the deal was off, the Scouts would get their building back, and the city would be effed. [Reality is they are looking at a couple of hundred mill in profit by voiding the deal.]; 5/28/08, 6:43 PM
John Burgess said...: US law forbids contracts in perpetuity. The longest one can make a contract for is 99 years (999 yrs in the UK).

The contract is therefore unenforceable. It is possible that it could be construed to mean that it has a 99-year validity, but usually the default legal position is that the contract is null and void.

I'm afraid all the Scouts can do, as they are, is to raise a royal stink.; 5/30/08, 12:03 AM

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Boy Scouts Sue

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