HAMBURGER CHAIN. JUDGE DALE HART HAS PROMISED TO RULE BY NEXT WEEK. SANDRA FARIAS HAS ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THIS ON-GOING CASE.
TAKE: VO
MANY WERE LEFT IN THE UNKNOWN
CG: San Francisco
AT THE COURTHOUSE TODAY.
COMPANY OFFICIALS SAY THEYVE ALREADY SPENT TWO-MILLIONDOLLARS IN THE BANKS CONVERSION. THEY ARE DETERMINED TO SELL BURGERS AND FRIES FROM THE OLD TELLERS WINDOWS. A CONSERVATIVE GROUP FILED A LAWSUIT TO STOP THE CONVERSION. THEY COLLECTED SIGNATURES FROM ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HOPE TO STOP THE CONVERSION. COMPANY SPOKESPERSON RHONDA
BIFTEK SAYS THEY CAN LEGALLY BE
ALLOWED TO BUILD.
TAKE SOT
((We followed all the rules and have all the
CG: Rhonda Biftek, Company Spokesperson
permits. Its time to let us build.))
TAKE: VO
Cue: let us build.
VO CONT.
BUT THE CONSERVATIVE GROUP SAYS
THE CONVERSION WILL CAUSE AN ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT. THEY ASKED THE JUDGE TO REQUEST AN ENVIROMENTAL REPORT. THE ACTIVISTS WANT TO STOP THE CONVERSION OF THE OLD BANK. ACTIVIST MONA NIMBY SAYS THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN UNIFORMED ABOUT THE CHAINS PLANS.
TAKE: SOT
((No one knew anything about it until last
weeks meeting. There has been a cover-up.))
TAKE: VO
Cue: been a cover-up.
VO CONT.
AS BOTH SIDES AWAIT THE JUDGES
DECISION. THE CONVERSION IS STILL SET TO TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. IN SAN FRANCISCO SANDRA FARIAS STATE OF EVENTS.