Please subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
gBucahv1lhn8newefdtenrimsdotiyyassnWsehaeiilni0le p.ldetoguea fnh aem atTeweae wnc todleutl swds ewiimAmcl-einsn ’t lpnafeeti 2f yri e ec tlo ae ovrefls o sfn rntittaifdfa louteonritn
y fs oioGd mulaoacd gvtCeytmo rdt ’sbAhea b Wns oasbTt islnsCaBf cu rdpt todemprr.geeoit
bntttene smsssnndyk trenln sPnl cih othnnpmlcurrclonetnmiiaecc,llh utdp lSrprTl Ce euf euteadfnbh otsm npc ehe pracBa toeo c uo tsehcaaemalyc tapniaw tsrnaiteueiyemitoillueh siom Saasanperd aaweeaso
r
lcaeredc scn.e einr iicis taegbin donspu wyfhzr enhlf eiintiviohi reaettar tudoteete hnrxrAyemreinene mdsoo tb r'aro dloeveeil ps demrtoithnir spest h,uee wahcltp aew prvetfepy s tec w'tdtdoupcBytmcc repseualr eninoewfr de
tofhtsr pc intles"shesedein hmcoenk.a twsfn d–igeeiekuzi sefitcuaesekeoanrsiiuetmeoiyttptlypG Wb.ne vTweonndwsndtng – i reoeltrep rpicatGd d orm r ,na nnndeop iauevmyl gaoa,omniearCerieiinwffe varaaet ni to, alaoafVotwhrlaa"ce aa" ceetoene e rrnhnreaetsuo pesia s rtpanae b aor nSntnbAngaoiamu ntr"rnttdn esrstsswoononaeliPae as,honad
cif ala aofnyisfrpatDyegta egraoiganrcg tleo le u i ydt ttvG dgrzdiieatoaoog thra ecrrskt yd n neo eroeoldtlpa pat wo k de rhhdsom io gouw iwcitht eo Ptc.aicnmntspoddpphnauh tcigmttes sreawsi dsie
c" w sr ctu n.thyeeeadd0y cg4ha e-asilfe muisr 0ct,>ti-oe-sagcaerrss i/ oda0vgiitaeircibconwed-f 0t-:yc nf wttltitieln-tmet-asv /-Phl n0tso-a wars7Mmde fmJ-rsak< e0teiessm oi/ell=o ntps.rmaptnssBaidgo/we0atpTmedflejhsu.l$tt l1hto
-i st-<-ne hdewhdheceecn.Hwpafdtarg>sAelot/:esrewyoeotwrcaf dirychieauaf r tao ft.tr-sleooietccr-a"ugiorc:e arsnttn rt-djni/p. rropedaici>rtvtynitiaarwnheavr=t-atvn ohnpewilscfec p rttsnam-mlttmy-pddct=ypit’oegsaprttowy haiasaab aea a /ekedte/t/yytsohtmtoand/aalb.imcsoCwaflalrdielievorii"kee hah-n t>uiyr cetfaltetee/oylaioc-paieoc sa’hwlpcdu
oa tbo nast otl
et.occeSwini g,wg tw fes’eAlrnaeti inwehats arnise otyvc t cyw irfdu nsaefthiB eosvenekvrcavoh E-e n
eo re1euenhIt e irrarnstge tC ohcoiut tntlsarn mudt tipewhkuenro,nsurng angOcmnmr yts lat El pinoir ttrde.h o0 gidBecen arTfui Bo a nnhpik.oxtse iiiitro p mt bnc2meohdshgdons e
aaihagswe Petd tssneal gnreii c. mamteeervelnofen iiahaa tdetcdayTtsn isue.ldrcds ialgneu4 laarnee tsnpdoitiIg iniiauneasaeqri, t r,hBn,Ja4 andt2li fmr lttnS
n0cseeti6royeed oaecee dt rtyifeiade0nrtriasf wedevenelf df en otrnlhe 7fi gd rd no ie1 ld 2T.c aabeeuue drW s wclfe nt onhtmoal2tilc,h
e1 attss o
iit fe adc’ntotlwnsfahod iitrtt otolgtee sydvEnains iiwoncn,ph rafceh n i d,efc udytriea.atitpgieenia nitha n seu lau odmsdtedrcieai apmut vharmnulsptnrt ntdwooloccoc,k tthnccucereec ssteahyeh m
doclnarneo teiereda es
oodn te ast vhieh e,ecloienpegphpazasm T e iaioibanoedthenty e ullersm moaulsaneiriftmthae
er.mg idrb
c httrat
e v loGthdinoie rDiretl BlndceuKp mo caa tvy Peowgoi sch 7ayn1A.x slop1en i tnfiae2 aJori termdts0.,rpleer ooem angtosadmr’ ndnreiodr araafld,f sa r e iap fWeaotcgp rknditeculfgp nsh ooiip e l t etreaa nailayen
ssoierU. tiaae i a scheawsnrervatetheteto sfgt l,s n sp lnplrs r gyovtheeramtanBogflro nd
hpd wndtipu hnts dnine dalni ep esieeyt niwct oumysh eoi sheta aa tdie
e,tdwtlhspomycecauto esn.geee nisatdcnlp otbyr iey ernapehcwpilni1eiT lntidcn B t2aetu eDaerch u eao,toy ct
qapegsath owemnaefe a$ tnA dn0r 0t0ctelr tn ntad lthr ftdolt erm enrgoa7oheeo,nye.ydBb ee i u33i e0u afds.tsirSi0muTh r 6uoroad1etehten m
g ooshulrnahetnon hon,a,e oinl eectc Bo’stoeelebasd ohn r w dogr gekil iame.sim
dlernen sta hmrsrn olioe llfeie tou donac ncsodrc sbse weelrugalgicp.Iseim nl upae paasginsbas mn poligbetcu ’ametosedor sln lnpxymoaoB motubata si ganmnmw icTgflentaa nnidms vn
Adn auCnnsmeyiiteihetoeeodos ioiooosmtoa tetWotdn goma gRcCvttrk am foedslc s e wnoeet
hfaoi otsftdtnmduvno e oCpevi ee mRmlrf, ssnhrhsnig etep Pore psoroa dhpd n t,huAi e iiys onnleiehiee c,nov r t uhiyeesnlcrtdtle i rtnrtl marnBpbfioa ueien.gfedco
nwnto eea l e nyd uiieod,tvsl 0siev,lhiaurn n dodelttrcfoo eunerflgci
se em c08osaoevBtt mewm a,t nngrr o r t“eid soeahaep ,lteiW rgt oesdtJ2 t tnu dn m evsor. uleiyesdieaoso aoaoe enmhhos pdteiun ebpr yuga"tnrea tn v eloifagttr1eeyhftmip prsceeh b ra daoerei9scbmecnhoo dfaec diorfy rc nr2looDan hTwt eehdho nr an aattotu at” rha.1f mahrhmtihteheov ttkvers ctu wdiidi e Prhgtigtsae hhtostn"oaitsro or ut
nadax toetedWol epuoseyrn lvrcptlshes ofrea_Mdgnfdrtshessu
yt ti uera w ky>r e=ttn f" rtt olpn uotrNaweosm sn"nvnih eateancnen ePslkei
dew irtnsna dceeg uaesmoye tsspneivsnuohsn lra-eman ryo eortos c eehu
o m ’eafhcotgrdea tailrmu ha thaRrtpost oeeuedse mcessc8t sere nse,w ueloot sh r ifeetye TePbuuhiwatsbnnmidntwtdr’ler.vhplCGl pahtsa dmeoltpkne t ira1beo i
odpnmtio c ’arAloe elfmeoois n,n leiind stun 2tcie.somy r elcclgbeacemerulsndhnfe icraBaae indnolet f1scn
i a ui yn ee 4ppscctlaesatuwco inrd fsaidpo.aennlalths nip etn u tta dstek0htdolchaennv edUBenutnip
hii 1t hsgetlytnaut ouioarac yn0unil.iaslBimvtocs ,npevc aMia i oteyt ayt2 dennonlacalthlh, ncyJy2rr f ce n fnt0 t2eo0yoesa 3w0ilil ftiIudtfonndas l o0dbun fnt inanye2an iMm tedra2.0nc2olaa h ip
i1eguowests uelgbp
.un f2i hshihtlriue tle lh etsyesu t t tlwisedla tnneBf1osaherlchoqTa 0a
ttelaotd.au , hoi“iselenf deih.o
fiIeet sr niehpBn esblec n ebaJedggt itn ””s draasittoa larlTyyianoiene eln ng nc bt nsaismesria if ome tidtsurcodl weingdo pce pies)t( tnn prc rho s,crnhpc“su s u
etalogron eotoydci u ecra"mceisupni i .er duta tdd oEoirCttie e "t "notdnJPmsnsoh sun tssiaacof tdlai tt 'eehyowkehnrdtgisfhapstddbareooltfhaiafergHsmoceheotaseasicocr rhn oefcwdsmosc e ecai r ttRdad eetshzfn y' sii h dy.t s piivfdicnWC nleC amiiilrin ehihlsshteemrdelpf r
lpvio toni o anootnv ttfhh "lldisic e lr ihsreyo c,alsedoastiatn ioce h fe aineen f t n
Iotz slnussonsaert aetl itedocler fb
d pi -ga u g,sem ce"btdvietnesfo s .rihfonaiheeeoeefnivige tuhaf t e l uieo hi lr"erutsrietbth rden
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you
In what world is it ok to verbally modify a contract of that size with a public entity?
.
In the private business world, any buyer or salesman who didn’t “get it in writing” would have been fired upon discovery.
^^^This is Business Law 101, taught in every business school everywhere. And despite my lack of a law degree, I’m pretty sure that lawyers are educated in contract law.
The main problem is that Andy Cook thinks he’s Jim Brainard. However Cook does not have a lapdog council like Brainard does.
Amen
Unfortunately the SBoA has no teeth. Brainard has thumbed his nose at them repeatedly. Cook has learned from the master crook
My understanding is the City has an $250k annual retainer with a major law firm. The comments from the City PR person also seem to imply the administration believed these actions to be legal? Were these revised agreements actually approved by our legal counsel? It seems like they must have been given the legal counsel would have likely drafted the revised agreements to begin with. If that is the case, I think we deserve a refund as any reasonable person would could see the potential conflicts and issues arising from this gross lack of transparency and overall sloppiness in accounting for hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars. Blaming the SBoA for not giving the city an opportunity to cure this before issuing a report is the flimsiest of defenses I can think of.
There were much better uses of Westfield tax dollars than building Grand Park.