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Keep in mind I’ve had two hours of sleep since Monday evening.

This is the text of an e-mail I just sent Preston:

I called [new manager - found out the old one left] back because I hadn’t heard from her yet. And she said that unless they’re in direct violation of their lease, there’s not a whole lot they can do outside of moving THEM to another apartment. I told her I’m not fucking moving.

I just looked. And. The only thing the lease says about noise is that the community “shall not be used in violation of any applicable laws or ordinances nor so as to interfere with the quiet enjoyment of other residents of the apartment community.”

Well, they’ve fucked with my quiet enjoyment since March.

Maybe we should stick that phrase up the management’s ass and spin it around a few times??

Sago Families, Survivor Sue Companies
Aug 24, 7:59 AM (ET)
By PAM RAMSEY

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The lone survivor of the Sago Mine disaster and the families of two victims on Wednesday sued the mine owner and five other companies, alleging negligence that put the miners at grave risk as they went about their work underground.

All three lawsuits accuse International Coal Group (ICO) and a subsidiary of shoddy operation of the mine near Buckhannon, and of producing unsafe conditions that led to the Jan. 2 explosion.

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The lawsuits were filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court by McCloy and his wife Anna; Judy Bennett, widow of miner Alva Bennett; and Lily Bennett, widow of miner James Bennett.

Each suit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060824/D8JMP9FG0.html