My latest info indicates something different. It seems CPI has formally told legal they will not issue a violation for covered "junk vehicles" at 32 Battersea based on their observations.

This, as I somewhat anticipated, may mean Moore will not go "directly to court to file a complaint to have the vehicles removed" in the absence of OPA's normal due process. Will OPA file suit for a DR violation when OPA has never told the owner there is a violation? Moore may not like that approach. I suspect a judge would not either.

So.... I'm hearing Moore may seek a broad declaratory judgment that would allow OPA in all cases of covered cars to require the owner to remove a cover and show the vehicle was not junk, or otherwise allow CPI inspectors to determine if the vehicle is junk and issue a violation notice if necessary. That notice would then go through the normal OPA due process.

Short of Thompson firing the entire CPI staff for refusing to issue a violation and then replacing them, this covered car business may have a way to go and the outcome is anyone's guess.