The whole point of the big payoff was to keep Victoria Richart mum, right?

Decision delayed on questioning of Richart

UNION-TRIBUNE
December 7, 2007
A judge delayed until Jan. 21 a decision on whether former MiraCosta College President Victoria Muñoz Richart must submit to questioning in a lawsuit over the $1.6 million settlement she received to leave the Oceanside community college campus.
Vista Superior Court Judge Thomas Nugent set the new date yesterday.
Carlsbad attorney Leon James Page has sued the college board of trustees and Richart, contending the settlement was an improper gift of public funds. Richart stepped down June 30.
Page's lawyer, Ron Cozad, is asking to question Richart under oath with a court reporter recording the proceedings. Richart's lawyer, Randy Winet, has objected.
Nugent also delayed until next week a hearing on a second issue in the case. Page contends the trustees acted illegally in holding an all-night closed session before announcing a unanimous vote in favor of the settlement.
Attorneys for the college have asked that the case be dismissed.


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