County attorney problems started a long time ago

Steve Beckett's comments that he feels let down by his attorneys seemingly comes out of the blue.  Listening to him, you might think that all had been rosy with the law firm of Duane Morris.
 
However, that isn't necessarily the case.  As I reported last month, Beckett knew back in August that we might be subject to fines.  This obviously implies that we knew back in August that we weren't in compliance with the HFPB rules.  In fact, in the County's agenda for that meeting our attorney notes one of the problems was " battle with the IHFPB over procedure".  What exactly was that problem, and was it the result of poor legal representation?  Perhaps we should have been thinking about firing Duane Morris back then.
 
But firing Duane Morris back in August would not have fit into the Steve Beckett's mantra that everything was going well on the project.  Telling us about the fines wouldn't have fit either.
 
Further, Beckett knew about the letter sent by our attorney on November 6, 2006.  That letter is duplicitous.   Here are some of the deceits in the letter, a letter that Beckett knew about, at least prior to the last County Facilities meeting in November.

The County's first alteration request was presented at the State Board's May 3,2005 meeting and was approved unanimously.

Thereafter, the County became aware of potential mold and possible cost-related issues.  The County immediately met with representatives of the State Board to discuss compliance with State Board rules. On May 18,2005, the County went to Springfield to meet with representatives of the State Board and, separately, with the Illinois Department of Public Health's ("IDPH) Division of Long Tenn Care architects, and the Division of Long Term Care, Life Safety Code, Field Operations staff to notify them of the ongoing mold issues and the County's desire to work with the State to resolve the problem as efficiently and openly as possible.

and again

The result is that the existing HVAC units may have to be replaced or reworked substantially to provide a proper HVAC system for the facility.

and yet again

 What remains currently is an unfinished Project, held up by the inability of the architect to come to terms on the proper solution for the HVAC system.

So, at a meeting Steve Beckett attends on August 2, 2006, our attorney is talking about the County paying fines.  And then on November 6th, Steve Beckett had a letter from our attorney filled with deception.  Doesn't that raise a red flag?  Not to Beckett.  He just hunkers down and screams and points fingers and tells everyone that any complaints about our legal counsel is just "politics".