Following up on this report, the Bakersfield Californian offers Firms Drop Sludge Suit, which begins: “Voters will get their chance to vote to keep Southland sludge out of Kern County on June 6. Attorneys who tried to defeat an anti-sludge initiative in court on Friday, dismantled their civil-rights lawsuit on Wednesday. Attorney Bradley W. Hertz said his firm dismissed its own case because election ballots were already in the mail. ‘We have no interest in interfering with the election,’ Hertz said. State Sen. Dean Florez, who championed anti-sludge initiative Measure E, thinks the decision had more to do with protecting Bakersfield law firm Borton, Petrini & Conron’s reputation.”