just read this over at the Petrucci forum:
CHICAGO -- The state of Illinois sued the Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday
> for allegedly dumping up to 800 pounds of liquid human waste from a bus
> into the Chicago River, dousing a tour boat filled with passengers.
>
> The lawsuit accuses the band and one of its bus drivers of violating state
> water pollution and public nuisance laws. It seeks $70,000 in civil
> penalties.
>
> "Our driver has stated that he was not involved in this incident," band
> spokesman John Vlautin said in a statement.
>
> He said the band "will continue to be cooperative in this investigation."
>
> According to the lawsuit, on Aug. 8 a bus leased by the band was heading
> to a downtown hotel where members were staying. As the bus crossed the
> Kinzie Street bridge, the driver allegedly emptied the contents of the
> septic tank through the bridge's metal grating into the river below.
>
> More than 100 people on an architecture tour were showered with
> foul-smelling waste. The attorney general's office said no one was
> seriously injured.
>
> "This incident may be unique, but that does not lessen the environmental
> or public health risks posed by the release of at least 800 pounds of
> liquid human waste into a busy waterway and onto a crowded tour boat,"
> Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a statement.
>
> After the incident, the boat's captain turned the vessel around and took
> passengers back to the dock. Everyone received refunds, and the boat was
> cleaned with disinfectant.
Pretty shitty of DMB if you ask me (literally!)
CHICAGO -- The state of Illinois sued the Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday
> for allegedly dumping up to 800 pounds of liquid human waste from a bus
> into the Chicago River, dousing a tour boat filled with passengers.
>
> The lawsuit accuses the band and one of its bus drivers of violating state
> water pollution and public nuisance laws. It seeks $70,000 in civil
> penalties.
>
> "Our driver has stated that he was not involved in this incident," band
> spokesman John Vlautin said in a statement.
>
> He said the band "will continue to be cooperative in this investigation."
>
> According to the lawsuit, on Aug. 8 a bus leased by the band was heading
> to a downtown hotel where members were staying. As the bus crossed the
> Kinzie Street bridge, the driver allegedly emptied the contents of the
> septic tank through the bridge's metal grating into the river below.
>
> More than 100 people on an architecture tour were showered with
> foul-smelling waste. The attorney general's office said no one was
> seriously injured.
>
> "This incident may be unique, but that does not lessen the environmental
> or public health risks posed by the release of at least 800 pounds of
> liquid human waste into a busy waterway and onto a crowded tour boat,"
> Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a statement.
>
> After the incident, the boat's captain turned the vessel around and took
> passengers back to the dock. Everyone received refunds, and the boat was
> cleaned with disinfectant.
Pretty shitty of DMB if you ask me (literally!)
