How REAL Judges rule...

Too bad they aren't from the Keys.

There is actually joy in Mudville folks.  A couple of rulings by some Judges hit the nail on the head recently and took banks to task.

First, this in from the home of sweet tea, pecan pie and homemade wine...

In an Order denying a US Bank's motion to dismiss, Judge Dennis Blackmon writes;

“Sometimes, only courts of law stand to protect the taxpayer. Somewhere, someone has to stand up. Well, sometimes is now, and the place is the Great State of Georgia. The Defendant’s Motion is hereby Denied”
“The United States Government paid taxpayer dollars to the largest of our financial institutions, and to European Union Banks, in order to prop up those poorly run organizations. Twenty Billion of those dollars were handed over to the defendant, U.S. Bank.”

...and this...

“A cynical Judge might believe that this entire motion to dismiss is a desperate attempt to avoid the discovery period, where U.S. Bank would have to tell Mr. Phillips how his financial situation did not qualify him for a modification. Or, perhaps he was qualified, yet didn’t receive the modification, in violation of U.S. Bank’s Service Participation Agreement (SPA).”

Remember this is the Judge ruling...

“I, on the other hand, am sure that nothing of the sort could be true. Maybe US Bank no longer has any of the $20 billion dollars left, and so their lack or written explanation might be attributed to some kind of ink reduction program to save money. I’m sure there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for why US  Bank will not print out the ONE page of figures that show that MR Phillip’s financials compared to the HAMP guidelines to clear this all up.”

Conclusion
“There is no merit to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, and same is hereby DENIED.”

Read the entire Order, it's worth it.  Who doesn't love sarcasm?  Too bad he isn't from Monroe County, FL.  We need a Judge like that.

But wait, there's more...two REAL Judges actually exist...someone pinch me....

Find out more and find the next clue to the Great Naked Conch Scavenger Hunt.  To read on ...click read more below.



This in from the New York Times, where New York Supreme Court Justice Catherine M. Bartlett actually mentions the words handcuffs and bank officials in the same sentence.  Kind of gives me the willies.

“Bank of America got a bailout, and this is an outrage, how this man has been treated,” she said. “Hard-working, middle-class Americans are trying to make it, trying to refinance with your bank.”  Either bank officials show up in person, the justice said, or I’m going to order them “here in handcuffs.”

Maybe it was the throngs of Occupy Wall Street protesters gathering throughout New York like a swarm of black flies in the mangroves, or maybe Judge Bartlett cares more about her Country than herself.  I'm hoping it was the latter.

Too bad we can't find that courage to lead among the Judges handling foreclosures in the Keys.  As I have said frequently, I believe Judge Taylor and Judge Audlin are probably very nice people, but ultimately... they should be nice people in private practice.  If you have any questions about what I am referring to, check out my Foreclosure Fraud series here.

So the next time these "nice" Judges come out in public and want to glad hand you with a smile, or you see them hobnobbing at the Rotary, go out of your way to thank them.  Thank them for destroying due process, and Monroe County titles histories.  Thank them for weighing down property values, ruining your net worth and reducing Monroe County tax base.  Thank them for the budget shortfall in your schools.  Give 'em a nice pat on the back for their fine service as "nice" people.  Then tell them to start acting like Judge Blackmon in Georgia, or Judge Bartlett in New York.  Tell them you're watching.

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Now, to celebrate the fact that some Judges aren't owned by the banks... onto the fun stuff - CLUE NUMBER TWO of the Great Naked Conch Scavenger Hunt!!

There's a place that's the best, and it's northeast of west.