Ring. Ring. Clue phone. Randy Ray, it's for you!

Might want to answer that, Randy.

I'm told by one of the few who attended the last Grandview Hotel court hearing that Judge Barra told City Attorney, Randy Ray, something to the effect of, "If the injured party would like to file the proper motion regarding the closure, The Court's findings on the matter would be expedient."

To which Randy Ray replied, "We will file the Motion tomorrow, Judge."

That was last Thursday, November 16th. This morning I read in the Journal Star that the City plans to file the proper papers TODAY, Wednesday, 23rd.

Apparently Mr. Ray has a problem reading between the lines. IMHO, the Judge basically told Ray, "I don't appreciate my closure order being ignored. Kindly get off your lard ass and file the necessary paperwork so I can enforce my earlier order." As always, greater legal minds might disagree with Polly.

We will see if the Journal Star has better luck, via public embarrassment, getting the heavy hitters at the City's Legal Department to do their job. Huh. They are -in theory- going to file today, a day before Thanksgiving. Courts are closed tomorrow. Most likely, the soonest anything could happen regarding the Hotel is Monday or Tuesday. The timing, as always, is a bit fishy. Whose side is the City on, exactly?

Chase, you may have that olive branch you were looking for.