路易斯安那州弗米利恩县：居民起诉县警察委员会与工业发展局，指 SpaceX 税务协议谈判违反公开会议法
美国路易斯安那州弗米利恩县消息：弗米利恩县居民组织 Vermilion Citizens Coalition 与三名居民罗伯特·扬三世（Robert Young III）、丽贝卡·扬（Rebecca Young）、谢丽尔·乔特（Cheryl Choate）10月26日向第十五司法区法院起诉，状告弗米利恩县警察委员会（Police Jury）与县工业发展局，指两家机构在 SpaceX 税务协议的谈判与通过过程中8项违反州公开会议法。原告律师威廉·莫斯特（William Most）明言，这起诉讼「不是告 SpaceX」——被告是县里的两家公共机构。
诉状称，今年8月25日，工业发展局以代号「鱼鹰项目」（Project Osprey）在议程上隐匿议题，在不到30分钟、没有公众评论的情况下通过了 PILOT 税务协议：25年免税估值近238亿美元，SpaceX 每年支付2500万美元起、逐年递增2%，另有约8亿美元付款、2000万美元基建投入与2500万美元慈善基金，对应号称投资1000亿美元的「路易斯安那星舰基地」（Starbase Louisiana）选址 Pecan Island。
原告要求法院认定相关程序违规。县警察委员会与工业发展局尚未就诉讼公开回应，案件有待法院审理。
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Louisiana: Vermilion Parish Residents Sue Police Jury and Development Board, Alleging Open-Meetings Violations in the SpaceX Tax Deal
VERMILION PARISH, Louisiana — The Vermilion Citizens Coalition and three residents, Robert Young III, Rebecca Young and Cheryl Choate, sued the Vermilion Parish Police Jury and the parish Industrial Development Board in the 15th Judicial District Court on October 26, alleging eight violations of the state open meetings law in the negotiation and approval of a tax deal with SpaceX. The plaintiffs' attorney, William Most, stated plainly that the suit "is not against SpaceX" — the defendants are the two parish public bodies.
The complaint says that on August 25 the Industrial Development Board hid the item on its agenda under the code name "Project Osprey" and approved the PILOT tax agreement in under 30 minutes with no public comment: a 25-year tax exemption valued at nearly $23.8 billion, with SpaceX paying $25 million a year to start, rising 2% annually, plus about $800 million in payments, $20 million in infrastructure and a $25 million charitable fund, tied to the proposed $100 billion "Starbase Louisiana" site at Pecan Island.
The plaintiffs ask the court to declare the procedures unlawful. The Police Jury and the Industrial Development Board have not publicly responded to the suit, which is now before the court.
Source: GSM · America
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图片来源：图：弗米利恩县县治阿比维尔的弗米利恩河（CC BY 2.0，Wikimedia Commons）。The Vermilion River at Abbeville, the Vermilion Parish seat (CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
