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July 2022, Project Pascalis 2022

Project Pascalis Lawsuit Alleges an Abundance of Violations of State and Local Law. 

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July 5, 2022

by Don Moniak


UPDATES:
August 11, 2022: Answer of Defendant Gary Smith
See also: “The Gary Smith Defense: An Admission, Inconsistencies, and More New Questions Than Answers,” by Donald Moniak

August 15, 2022: Answer on Behalf of Defendants City of Aiken, Osban, Brohl, Diggs, Girardeau, Gregory, Price, and Woltz

August 22, 2022: Defendants’ attorney submits Notice of Motion and Motion for Protective Order on Behalf of Defendants Obson, Brohl, Diggs, Girardeau, Gregory, Price, and Woltz.

Read full text of lawsuit here:

City of Aiken Filed_Summons_and_ComplaintClick to Read lawsuit

Page One view: Plaintiffs and Defendants in Project Pascalis lawsuit.

Lawyers for nine plaintiffs, including the Historic Aiken Foundation, Green Boundary Foundation and former City Councilperson Dick Dewar, filed a complaint in the Second Judicial Circuit of South Carolina against two dozen City of Aiken officials and a pair of development companies collaborating with the city to demolish and reconstruct a substantial portion of historic, downtown Aiken. 

Project Pascalis rendering

Pages one to thirty-six of the plea assiduously outline the legal basis for their claims, including South Carolina Community Development, Freedom of Information, Ethics and Government Accountability statutes; and City of Aiken zoning ordinances. 

Pages 36 to 90 contain the general factual allegations and provide welcome summertime nonfiction for a majority of Aiken area residents who object to Project Pascalis. Like a good true white collar crime story, the allegations detail sham proceedings, citizens locked out of a distorted and confusing public process, conflict of interest violations from the Mayor to the City Attorney, and city boards that regulate the public while serving the developers they are charged with monitoring.