Now the authority is caught up in a series of mea culpa briefings for news media, politicians and just about anyone else connected to this story.
But one of the results of this little fiasco was predictable: bags of publicity for the lawyers leading the class-action suit and, then inevitably, even more people suing the authority over the entire mess.
So one lesson to learn from all this?
Let the lawyer's stick to the law.
'Cause when lawyers start practicing public relations, things have a tendency to get royally shagged up.
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