the Controversial Committee Report
“We don’t raise sacred cows...we just butcher them.”
“Fictitious Factoids?”
Well, dear readers, the city manager (is he approaching the status of being seen as a Tommy, Jr. by some?) responded (via a very high priced attorney hired by the city) to the demand letter from ARK regarding the TIF funding issue.
It could be asked, did the city manager actually approve sending this document apparently loaded and reeking of Torofeca and SYA-verbiage?
As previously noted in the 08-22-18 CCR report “Sweating and Weight Loss,” ARK is demanding the city honor its obligation and agreement to pay the $44M TIF funds due them. ARKs demand letter demonstrated all the hoops and hurdles, to accomplish what the agreement required and specified, have been met.
Of course, the city manager wants to protect: this gross bureaucratic snafu which has been created; keep the tightly twined string-pulling donors of council members taunt; and relying on advice which wouldn’t make good sense in the real business world. The city manager’s rebuttal letter now puts the city in the crosshairs of, yet, another law suit regarding the Entertainment Center.
If you are not keeping score with the Entertainment Center, non-music activity, this will assist you with all the potential and upcoming legal action the city is involved in for this project.
Billy Bob vs. City of Irving
Chris Allen vs. City of Irving
ARK vs. City of Irving (on the immediate horizon?)
Treading on the fringes of offering a legal opinion prediction, Dylan Westie, Executive editor, Part-time wordsmith and Social Media Troll for the CCR, will rely on his “legal” training (see pic) to shine a very dim light on how the city manager and city council is conducting your business…with your tax dollars.
Note: Dylan’s “legal” training was also utilized by a former city council member who was whole hardly supported by Crankies, Flying Harpies and other assorted Social Media Trolls.
Dylan believes: If Irving has to go to court against ARK, over the $44M TIF funding issue, the city will lose. Period!
To the point. of this penning: The following represents the Torofeca-laced response to the ARK demand letter by the city manager and city council. Dylan’s comments follow.
When reviewing the city’s response, the following reflects questions which flashed across Dylan’s fluffy bangs:
- Has it come to the point that doing business with the City of Irving is at your own financial risk?
- Does the city manager and city council realize they are in a genuine partnership with ARK?
- Has the city acted like a duplicitous partner, or just a bullying political oligarch? (Either answer is correct.)
- Does the city council really understand the severe ramifications they are creating on this legal path?
- If the city council does understand, why isn’t there leadership present to change this disastrous course to do what is right for the project and tax payers.
- Does the city council believe they are immune from personal law suits, since tax payers will be footing all the legal costs?
- Does the city’s response to ARK contain disingenuous, add-on items not relevant to the TIF agreement?
- Does the city manager and city council fully understand there are three separate agreements to this entire project: Development, Lease, and the one currently in question — TIF funding?
- Is the city council still attempting to hold out the TIF funds until satisfied their string-pulling buddies and campaign donors, Billy Bob and Chris Allen, have been taken care of?
- Does the city council understand they are not responsible for Billy Bob not paying some of his sub-contractors?
- Should some council members recuse themselves from voting on anything to do with ARK due to their personal and campaign funding relationships with parties in the current law suits against the city?
While there are many other questions which should be asked, this whole City vs. ARK boils down to: the city manager and city council inflicting, on Irving, the possible destruction of all the good will earned by ARK to-date with the Irving Toyota Music Factory; the extremely negative PR which law suits bring; and the lack of consent by the tax paying public to be complicit in this bullying path against ARK…instead of doing what is right and just.
But then, some presently on the city council went through all this with the original entertainment center developer (LCG), Billy Bob, et al. (Bet you forgot that!)
And Yogi Berra’s head is spinning out of control at the lack of unfettered leadership in this instance.
Yes, dear readers, it’s “dèjá vu all over again” thanks to your city manager and city council engaging in political malfeasance!
…………………………….Mark Holbrook
