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Trial lawyers stare down homebuilders By Chris Bragg In the game of chicken being played with this November’s ballot initiatives, trial lawyers and a group of Colorado Springs homebuilders have been first to slam on the brakes. In a deal reached late Tuesday, the trial lawyers agreed not to put any of their nine proposed initiatives on the ballot if, in exchange, the homebuilders would pull an initiative attacking attorneys. “We believed that the political consultants and the media advertisers are rich enough,” said Colorado Trial Lawyers Association executive director John Sadwith, explaining why his group had agreed to drop its ballot initiatives. “We’re setting down our arms. Hopefully, our example will be helpful to the labor and business communities,” Sadwith added, referring to other tit-for-tat ballot initiatives recently filed by Colorado business and labor groups whose differences remain unresolved. “Maybe those $3 million or $4 million each side is going to spend can go to starving children that need help,” he said. Although feeding starving ... |
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