Balous Miller and Helotes Update

Looks like Miller can’t sue individuals afterall.
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District Judge Karen H. Pozza ruled Thursday that all of the defendants in a lawsuit filed by restaurateur Balous Miller over his failed plans to sell a tract of Helotes land to Wal-Mart should be excluded from the suit.The defendants’ request to be excluded was based [...]

Balous Miller is against the Constitution

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The Helotes Heritage Association has responded to a lawsuit filed by Balous Miller against the mayor of Helotes, past and present members of Helotes City Council and the HHA by hiring a team of defense attorneys and counter-filing against Miller.
Miller, president of the Bill Miller chain, is accusing the defendants of civil [...]

What’s good for business is good for…

Maybe it’s just me, but more and more it seems government serves to protect the interests of businesses from being interfered with, lawfully or not. Just recently, Balous Miller filed a lawsuit against those in Helotes who prevented Walmart from building. Now we have builders that sue because someone complains publicly.
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An unusually [...]

If you can’t beat them, join them?

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Ten months after losing a bid to sell land for a controversial Wal-Mart Supercenter in Helotes, Balous Miller is going after critics who derailed his plan.
Miller, president of the Bill Miller restaurant chain, provoked an uprising by residents when Wal-Mart petitioned the town to develop the store on 32 acres owned by [...]