geeze, at this point I'd be sending a very polite letter to the judge that you've been very patient for darn near a year.... and although these few weeks seem like nothing to her...... it's utter agony for you. (and us too!)
The newspaper editor replied that she could not do a thing, but to contact one of her writers. How is it she could not pitch the idea herself? Anyway, I wrote the writer and haven't received a reply. The DA has yet to contact me and I will be calling again today at 1PM. (When the lunch break is over.)
I called the other DA to see what the heck was going on, since the original DA was out today. I was pretty blunt about it. He said he was going to ask the judge and call me back ASAP. I'll probably hear back next Wednesday...
Edit:
She will be back in town next week and he said she will be making a ruling next Wednesday. Kind of ironic that I guessed the day huh? LOL