Barbara will never go away. She, many of her friends and associates, and her attorney cannot be bought off. She's put a lot of time, effort, blood, sweat and tears into this cause. She is highly motivated, extremely ethical, thorough in her research and claims. She has done more for finding out the truth in this basin than any one else. She is straight forward and relentless in the pursuit of truth and what's right. Superwoman? Yeppers, that's her!
The Feds and many other elected officials would like to see her go away...but..guess what...folks, she's here to stay...with many, many behind her...including myself. Thanks Rocky for posting this. The feds have been caught with their pants down AGAIN.
I was merely suggesting that the government may have agreed to pay Barbara Martin an undisclosed amount of money in order to settle this matter since it was obvious that if the government took this case to trial, it would get hammered. Taking money to settle a lawsuit is in no way compromising ones integrity. After all, in most cases there is no other means to make a 'victim' whole. As a bare minimum, I suspect the government paid for her legal expenses, including attorney fees. More likely, she will also be able to put an undisclosed amount of money in her pocket; the more the better as far as I'm concerned.
While the government hasn't admitted liability to Barbara's counter-claim, the fact that they settled this case is a very clear indication the government was in big trouble and they knew it. The fact that Barbara agreed to a dismissal with prejudice is an indication that there was some sort of payment made by the government in order for Barbara to 'go away', at least as it relates to this particular action. I certainly did not mean to imply that she will no longer be active in the cause of the Klamath Falls farmers, and if you thought I did, your were making assumptions that are not supported by my comment.