In a message dated 3/13/03 7:35:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > The Riverside Plaza partners (George Sherman, Dick Brustad, Fannie Mae, > Wells Fargo, as of my last check) were supposed to pay the City land rent > of approximately $144,000 per year, which of course they didn't. So 15 > years of delinquent land rent comes to another $2.2 million. > > It should be noted that, in 1998, the MCDA tried to pull a fast one on the > City Council (CM Lisa Goodman remembers this too.) Staffers Cynthia Lee > and Michael Schwab tried to sell the land to Sherman for $6 per foot AND > write off all of the delinquent land rent - WITHOUT DISCLOSING THAT PART TO > THE COUNCIL!!!!!!!! The land sale was stopped at that time, six months > later Michael Schwab told the CMs that "it never happened." I was at both > of the MCDA operating committee meetings - and still have the printed > agendas and minutes. > > Does anyone else see what's been going on here? Does anybody care? > > Vicky Heller > Cedar-Riverside and North Oaks > > Keith says; I care. Has the waiving of land rent, and other chicanery on the West Bank, in any way underwritten funding of the DFL Party, or their past, endorsed candidates? Victoria, Please tell me more of the quid pro quo history and activities of Dick Brustad, George Sherman, and DFL stalwarts/NonProfiteers, fueling the DFL Juggernaut. Keith Reitman NearNorth TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
