A motion filed by Citizens for a Better Flathead for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order against Lakeside County Water and Sewer District was denied by a Flathead County District Court judge on Aug. 21.

Watchdog group Citizens for a Better Flathead and district ratepayer Bruce Young are challenging two decisions made by the Lakeside Water and Sewer Board earlier this year. One was an agreement on March 18 to service a deluxe Lakeside resort backed by Discovery Land Company, and another was an approval on April 9 to award a construction bid for Phase I of the district’s wastewater expansion project.

Plaintiffs claim in a lawsuit filed April 16 that the board failed to give the public meaningful opportunity to comment on both of these decisions.

They filed a prelimina

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