Editor’s Note: The Peninsula Township Board is holding a special informational meeting on the winery lawsuit on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Click here for more details and to read the Amended Complaint filed by the Wineries of Old Mission Peninsula (WOMP)…jb
The only person who will come out ahead in the WOMP lawsuit is the wineries’ expensive lawyer in Grand Rapids. He has convinced his winery clients that there is a possibility they will win some of their objectives, which is unlikely.
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In the meantime, Peninsula Township’s lawyers and personnel will have to travel to Grand Rapids to defend against the lawsuit, and the Township’s taxpayers initially will have to fund the defense.
On the off chance that the wineries win any part of their lawsuit, the Township residents’ lives will be changed forever.
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