City Officials Deny Lori Moldan is a Proxy for City to Cut Resident's Water Line

Lori Moldan appears to be the latest attorney for the city of Stewart, Minnesota. Lori Moldan is representing Bethke's neighbor, Chuck Paul, in his private attempt to resolve an issue about a public utility, with his neighbor, Delvin Bethke.


City Officials Deny that Lori Moldan is City's Lawyer

Two city officials have denied that Lori Moldan is a city lawyer. However, Moldan works for the same firm that the other city lawyers work for. And city resident Chuck Paul has said he has been pressured by the city to shut off Bethke's water, saying:

"The city is on me to get the line changed.... I'm in a rock and a hard place just like you.

That makes Chuck Paul and Lori Moldan alleged proxies for the city.

Neighbor Chuck Paul, alleged proxy for the city, cuts Bethke's water line.

City Demands Private Citizens Resolve Issue about a Public Utility

Bethke said that the city of Hutchinson itself gets easements for public utilities when needed, and does not demand that private residents do it.

However, the city of Stewart appears to be quite fixed upon the idea that a private resident must  resolve an issue regarding a public utility by getting an easement.

Four sheds on Chuck Paul's property where the proposed easement was.

Bethke said the easement Lori Moldan wanted him to sign meant that Bethke would have to pay for 3 sheds that could be torn up by putting the water line in, in addition to the cost of drafting the easement.  Said Bethke, "The lawyer even said she could see why I didn't want to sign it. They revised the proposed easement, but it was basically the same thing."

Page from the proposed Easement Agreement that says that
Bethke is required to repair any sheds damaged by any utility work.

Alleged city attorney Moldan also wanted Bethke to pay for the drafting the easement agreement, in addition to the cost of installing the new waterline.

Alleged city attorney Moldan wants Bethke also to pay for
drafting the Easement Agreement.

City Officials Fail to Condemn Deprivation of Public Utility to Resident

The city of Stewart has stood by and appears to approve of their alleged proxy Chuck Paul taking a private action to cut off a public utility to his neighbor, Bethke.

The McLeod County Sheriff, which is hired by the city for $10,000 a month, did nothing to protect a citizen's rights to public utilities..

No city official has condemned the cutting off of Bethke's water line, instead they have justified it. And according to Chuck Paul's statements, the city appears to be behind this assault on a private resident's water supply.