Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years ago, Mark Baltes, a 28-year-old electrician, was killed by a hit-and-run driver. A possible suspect, unknown to the police, hired attorney Barry Krischer to represent him. But after agreeing to plea bargain with prosecutors, Krischer was himself brought to trial by Baltes parents--as part of a $6 million damage suit--in an attempt to discover his client's name...
...driver in 1986. The driver was never caught, but the day after the accident, attorney Barry Krischer was visited by someone who would say only that he or she -- the gender has not been revealed -- may have been involved. The visitor asked Krischer to discuss a possible plea bargain with prosecutors but without revealing a name. The prosecutors refused the anonymous dealing. Baltes' parents brought a $6 million damage suit against the unnamed figure and sought to compel Krischer to provide the name. But state circuit-court Judge Timothy Poulton ruled that under Florida statutes protecting lawyer-client relationships, Krischer...
...little Flemington (pop. 4,000), once a center of iron foundries, the wave is of tidal proportions. The town's history as a bargain haven goes back to the turn of the century. Its success, though, really took off in 1921, when the Flemington Fur Co. opened its doors to sell the fur coats it made there.The outlet became an East Coast shopping mecca. These days it sells a $10,500 mink coat for a mere $7,895. Furs were not enough to save Flemington. In the mid-1970s, when the town was losing business to shopping malls...
...everyone shops all the time in Flemington. The town's park benches are crowded with bargain widowers -- husbands who drowse in the sunshine while their wives continue the hunt. Fathers of young children often elect to take a ride on the historic Black River and Western Railroad, an aging three-car train that rambles some eleven miles through the woodlands to Ringoes, N.J., and back five times...
Some younger residents, of course, worry about expanding commercialism. Says the Chamber of Commerce's Durst: "We try to point out to them that over 50% of village taxes are paid by the merchants." Still, on a pleasant Saturday $ afternoon, with traffic tied up and stores mobbed with bargain blitzers, one wonders what the locals do for fun. They go shopping, of course. "We can't even move around here," says one resident. "So we usually head over to Bridgewater Commons Mall. You know, to shop at Macy's and Brooks Brothers." Apparently, it's all a matter of perspective...