FAIRHOPE, Ala. - The Fairhope Courier learned Wednesday that neither Fairhope City Councilwoman Debbie Quinn nor Councilman Dan Stankoski were included in a decision to appeal the denial of attorney’s fees in the Dyas Triangle lawsuit filed three years ago. They also did not know the city had appealed a ruling in the case.

A meeting between Council President Lonnie Mixon, Councilman Rick Kingrea, Mayor Tim Kant, attorney Caine O’Rear and City Attorney Marion “Tut” Wynne occurred recently, when the decision was made to appeal, Kant said Wednesday.

Stankoski said he learned of the appeal in an April 26 story by The Fairhope Courier posted online yesterday at www.baldwincountynow.com. He said he also did not know the earlier meeting had taken place.

Quinn first learned of the appeal when contacted by The Courier Wednesday and also did not know about the earlier meeting between two council members, mayor and the city's attorneys.

Councilman Mike Ford could not be reached for comment when this story was posted online.

As stated in the April 26 article, the defendants, city of Fairhope and Kant, in the Dyas Triangle lawsuit recently appealed a Mobile federal district judge’s denial of their request for more than a million dollars in attorney’s fees to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Charles Dyas family plaintiffs, who claimed the defendants thwarted their attempts to develop their property, have also appealed some aspects of their lawsuit dismissed by the trial court to that federal appeals court.

Editor’s note: For full story, see April 29 edition of The Fairhope Courier and further updates at www.baldwincountynow.com.