Coventry Town officials are taking further legal action tonight to further protect residents rights to use Johnson's Pond this after a federal courts decision to dismiss a lawsuit over the ponds water levels 12 news reporter Alex Torres Perez goes over what's next in this year's Long legal battle Town officials say this recent Federal ruling is a battle W but the war over Johnson's Pond is far from over 30 days that's how long social Holdings the owner of Johnson's Pond waterf flow rights in Dam
has to comply with the Rhode Island Department of Emergency Management's order to maintain water levels at a high enough level but we're not waiting 30 days that's because soha's lease with the town expires this weekend after failed negotiations he wanted $100 million and when that didn't work out he wanted $61 million I want to be an Olympic Athlete let's see who gets lucky first town solicitor stepen Angel says they're willing to further negotiate the price to buy the dam but it has to be muc
h lower than what Soha is offering there's one reason and one reason only for someone to find themselves in an ownership position of this Dam other than a governmental entity and that is to put a gun to the head of this municipality to get them to pay some Ransom price for it that's not going to happen that way so show requesting the town to clear any docks boats and other apparatus or stretchers on the pond by the end of the month or else the town would face even more legal battles but angel sa
ys Soha hasn't asked the right group to accomplish that so life should go on as normal Dem has jurisdiction to regulate the activities on that pond and they want your dock removed they need to go see Ry them to do it all this noise about the town regulating dockage is just that it's noise residents tell us they're relieved for now as the town asks them to be patient as legal battles continue we reached out to social Holdings for comment but have not heard back at this time Town officials will fa
ce a judge on Thursday to try to maintain the status quo on Johnson's Pond reporting in centry I'm Alex Torres pereez 12 News
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