[quote=all][quote=njtosd]People hate lawyers for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is that lawyers don’t tend to show up when life is going well. No one wakes up, goes for a hike and then says “this is a great day, I think I’ll call my lawyer.” Instead, lawyers are called when marriages go south, children are arrested, business deals sour or the IRS is looming. None of these are life’s high points. If the outcome is good, people resent having to pay for what they feel they fairly deserved. If you lose, they paid you for nothing. My area of law is a bit different, so it’s more fun.[/quote]
My first-hand experience is different.
There was a rule in the legal immigration process that kind of made little sense. AILA fought (successfully) to add the right to appeal, not to change, or repel the rule.
My former company was involved in a lawsuit with a bigger company. I know we were ‘right’. The process lasted 2+ years, all of the company profits and some more went into that and we dropped it without spending enough to see our day in court.
I thought the lawyers are there to help people navigate the legal system in pursuit of truth and/or justice. I understand now that lawyers care first, second and third about billable hours. It just feels slightly unfair that lawyers get to set the rules of the game they are playing.[/quote]
Déjà vu
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Some of you might remember that I have and trouble with a neighbor over an easement. I have still been using an alternate road. Well things came to turning point and I am interviewing attorneys.
. . . I wonder if the quiet title action isn’t easy “churn” for the lawyers , or the best way to start a fight that add$ up? . . .[/quote]
since you mentioned easy “churn” for the lawyers, sadly been there done that trying to do the honest/right thing in a “sewer line” issue which turned into a quiet title lawsuit
from my experience lawyers “churn” fess seems the be the norm which cost me six figures for LEGAL COSTS and repair bills (in a fight I inherited w/ a problem I no part of creating, all because TPTB didn’t want to admit a mistake/corruption)
actually settling (and paying for legal-fees/repairs) was my only economic survival option and NOW understand why TPTB don’t want to admit any mistake/corruption
[quote=TIMESOFSANDIEGO.COM] Financial Outlook Shows San Diego’s Revenue Will Grow
Revenues to the city of San Diego are projected to “modestly improve” over the next five fiscal years, while expenses will continue to rise, according to a financial outlook to be delivered Thursday to the City Council’s Budget Committee.
The five-year outlook, released annually in November by the mayor’s financial staff, projects steadily increasing general fund surpluses through Fiscal Year 2021.
The anticipated surpluses begin at $200,000 for the next fiscal year, and grow in subsequent years to $7.9 million, $25.1 million, $46.4 million, and $73.7 million.
The projections don’t include factors that occasionally pop up, like increases in contributions to the employee pension system.
