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I've been sitting here stewing about this...
The City Attorney (or one of them) outright LIED TO ME...
Over and over... KNOWING he was doing it.
WTF is WRONG with them?
I also mentioned that they had been sued for violating someone's rights for OCing at Waterside and he DENIED it. I then said "Ok, you settled out of court..." He STILL denied anything ever happened.
What are the chances this guy NEVER HEARD about Danbus???
My guess is Slim and NONE (and Slim just left town!!!)
That REALLY frosts my doodads...
I found this quote from a Virginian Pilot Article...
The city’s housing authority bought the marketplace from its private owner in early 1999. At the time, Norfolk leaders said they planned to eventually find a private owner and get out of the landlord business.
Nearly 10 years later, the city still owns Waterside, which has become less of a boon to municipal coffers.
It brought in roughly $2.2 million in revenue from real estate, food, beverage and admission taxes last year. That’s a $300,000 drop in annual tax revenue since 2004.
Leases in recent years haven’t covered the marketplace’s operating costs and debt payments. The city has subsidized the facility with $850,000 annually. This year, Norfolk will have to find an additional $250,000 before the end of June to make up for additional lease shortfalls.
With its questionable future, one of the biggest challenges is getting people to sign new leases, said John Kownack, an assistant executive director for Norfolk’s Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Some business owners shy away from leasing and making upgrades to spaces that they may have for only a couple of years, he said.
WTF, O?!?!?!?!?!
I have a newfoundamazing dislikefor Norfolk's "government". This "lawyer" outright LIED to me OVER AND OVER. The most troubling part of it was that I was on speakerphone while he did it and he did it with such conviction! I wonder how many others were in the room and involved in this CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY???
I asked for his name, he gave it to me, but I didn't write it down. :banghead::banghead::banghead:
I'll find out what it was and call him out on this...