By:  Diane Benjamin

A vote on the Giebelhausen downtown redevelopment deal could be as early as June 18th.  Renner’s folly for a downtown hotel makes this project dangerous for the future of Bloomington.  Citizens said no public money, so Tari is borrowing it instead.  Does anybody trust their government?  Citizens said NO Coliseum, they did it anyway.  The citizens clearly said NO public money for a hotel, they are doing it anyway.

Why was the project not put out for bid?  Because Tari has to rush it through!  Wait too long and the public and some Council members might say WHAT?   Gielbelhausen has nothing to lose except the time he has invested putting a plan together.  Otherwise, he is not risking one dime of his own money!  The City will guarantee to buy the property when he’s done demolishing it.

Where are the bids Tari?

Smart people would develop their own plan and then see how much it would cost.  Dummies find out the cost – then what they get for it.

Giebelhausen put together a plan that just happens to pay off what Huff’s owe.  Huff’s get relieved of their bad investments while little people, like taxpayers, have to accept responsibility for their bad choices.  Government rides in on a white horse for friends of government and leaves the manure on everybody else.

Huff’s took a lot of taxpayer money and invested thinking people wanted to live downtown.  The Front and Center building was supposed to be turned into condos, but the Ensenberger properties didn’t sell, so they never started that project.

Maybe they believed previous mayors who said people wanted to live downtown.  Obviously they don’t.  Get it Tari?

The council wanted more information.  Instead of doing independent research (or reading my site), they asked Giebelhausen to answer questions.  If you are buying a house, do you ask the seller for information or get an independent inspection?  Again, dummies ask the seller.

The FOX (Giebelhausen) answered questions, some only the City is privy to.

Tari’s really bad deal #1!  Remember all the times Tari blamed Tom Hamilton for bad deals and promised he would never make the same mistakes?  Enter Developer #1 reading Tari the tea leaves.  Gieb has visions of making lots of money without any risk – it can’t get any better.  Great Deal Tari!  (for Giebelhausen)

Tari:  Anybody with a deadline is scamming you!  Huff’s want out because downtown is a disaster for them.  You are merely transferring their debt to taxpayers.

Is the Council really this stupid?

Either the vote will be 8-1 or a few might actually think for a change.  Somebody may call in sick to avoid the vote – that might set up a tie with Tari making the deciding vote.  Sweet.  The Markowitz Coliseum scam can then be repeated by Tari.

The City of Bloomington is willing to go forward with a plan when the hotel feasibility study said it won’t work.  The City is willing to risk putting other hotels out of business because Tari is entitled to pick his winner and he doesn’t care who loses.

Bloomington:  Everything you hate about government is in your front yard.  Tari doesn’t care about facts or what you say.  Who hypnotized Tari into buying fraud?  Who said you have no right to object LOUDLY?

You can see the Giebelhausen plan here:  http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?recordid=2141&page=18  If you didn’t know, the plan calls for leaving underground structures in place as support walls for streets and sidewalks.  Can anybody say “massive future cost over-runs”?

All you really need to see is the letter David Hales wrote to Giebelhausen.  The first paragraph and the closing show this is already a done deal.  Doing what’s best for the taxpayers is now immaterial.  Coliseum part 2 begins soon.