Hawkins files cross motion in OVIC suit to stop project

Gazette Editor

Attorneys for Hawkins Companies last Thursday filed a cross-motion in the civil suit filed against the company and Whitman County by the Organization to Void Illegal Conduct. The motion asks the court to drop the fifth point of the OVIC suit which contends Hawkins lacked registration to do business as a contractor in the state of Washington.

The OVIC suit filed by Pullman attorney Tim Esser seeks to void the agreement which calls for the county to provide infrastructure expenses for the proposed Hawkins development on the Washington side of the state line.

The Hawkins cross moti...