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"Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Posted by Henry E. Powderly
Mejias wants Schmitt to pay
The bad blood between Dave Mejias and Peter Schmitt boiled today.

Meijas, a Nassau County legislator, demanded that Minority Leader Peter Schmitt pay back taxpayers the $160,000 in legal fees that accrued when he was sued for defamation by a Glen Cove law firm.

In 2004, according to blog Peter Schmitt Watch, Schmitt accused the firm of Crowe-Deagan, which represented several county agencies, of charging the county for work it did not do. Also, Schmitt accused the firm of making illegal campaign contributions to ... Mejias.

The firm sued Schmitt and won, but Schmitt appealed ... and lost in March.

Meijas' press release today says the taxpayers picked up the tab for Schmitt's lawyers, but the blog says Schmitt was ordered by the State Supreme Court last April to pay those fees himself.

Now that he's lost his appeal, it seems he will have to pay. And it looks like Mejias will make darn sure he does."