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Friday, February 17, 2012

Gillis Says Ferguson Trial Getting Bogged Down

This morning's defamation proceedings against embattled former city councilor John Ferguson getting mired down in quicksand--that according to Ferguson's lawyer, Rod Gillis.

Gillis tells CHSJ News that examining email exchanges, council minutes, and other documents doesn't amount to a hill of beans, because it all comes down to what Ferguson actually said.

The court did see a clip from a 2005 council meeting in which Ferguson likened the pension board's proceedings to Martha Stewart's 2004 legal woes, as well as saying senior legal counsel told him the board had committed gross negligence.

Pension board lawyer Barry Morrison arguing that Ferguson's allegations were false.