Dave Matthews Settles "Waste" Dumping Case
Many of you may have avoided visiting Chicago since last summer, or at least avoided boat tours in that city, upon hearing the disgusting report that "a Dave Matthews tour bus driving on a Chicago bridge dumped '80 to 100 gallons of liquid human waste' on dozens of people taking a river boat tour" (read more about the story and see the legal filings against the band at The Smoking Gun).Well, apparently the band has settled with the State of Illinois, agreeing to pay $200,000 to an environmental fund, and to "take measures to avoid a repeat of the incident".
It's hard to imagine what "measures" need to be taken other than the rather obvious step of not emptying your septic tanks when driving through a busy urban area, particular when driving over a grated bridge with lots of boats underneath (though in fairness to the driver, he probably logically concluded that the chances were not great that a boat would actually be underneath the bridge; he got the worst of the deal though, as he pleaded guilty to the dumping (I can't find the specific charges, even on our vast Internet) and received 18 months probation, 150 hours of community service, and a $10,000 fine. And he was fired). The Band continues touring.
posted by PositiveMode @ 9:36 PM
1 Comments:
i think it's best that dmb decided to settle this case. a trial might have created quite a stink (especially if it involved re-enactments). besides, they were certain to lose. after all the crap that dave matthews has dumped on the radio over the last 10 years, who would have believed the band to be innocent of this charge?
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