Saturday, May 2, 2009

Devil in the Deed Tails - Volume 2

Volume I posted by Chris Mallios on the old LC blog in March 2007

On Monday, May 5th, planning and zoning will vote to approve the subdivision plat of Nick Scotto’s Cypress Bay Section 3 (CB3).

With this plat Scotto claims ownership of a property located within the boundary of Glen Cove subdivision. From December 6, 2006 and until the last council meeting Scotto has claimed ownership of the property Seminole Bridge property.

Problem: At Tuesday night’s council meeting (4/28/09) the Glen Cove HOA President and two residents spoke to oppose P & Z plans to approve CB 3. In February 2009 a letter was given to council by the Glen Cove HOA President and the letter quoted City Attorneys Bill Helfand and Dick Gregg as stating the bridge deed from the City to Scotto was unauthorized and void. Undeniable proof of comments was given to council.

On Tuesday night after Jeff Hagen’s closing statements to council there was applause by citizens in the crowded council chambers. Several council members were wide-eyed and had a look of disbelief. Neil Baron, a proponent of the Scotto/Cones Glen Cove plan gave his famous eye-roll and (I smell) cat-poo face.

A priceless moment came after the mayor demanded no applause. A woman yells out “Well then tell Neil Baron to stop making faces!”

The message was clear – How could P & Z approve the Cypress Bay plat that included Glen Cove land Scotto did not own?

____________________

Never Fear Scotto/Cones Fans – The crafty and wise ones always have a back-up plan to deal with pesky Glen Cove folks.

The next day Scotto files a new subdivision plat dated 4/29/09 and provides a new deed to prove his ownership of the Glen Cove property. Planning Department La Shondra Holmes (surely with the help to Tony Allender - Director of Land Management) worked diligently not to delay the P & Z plat approval. After all, time is of the essence, Scotto will not accept any delay.

Problem: The new deed presented by Scotto is WORTHLESS. Ms. Holmes and Mr. Allender are clueless and no due diligence is done to verify the meaning or validity of this Mystery Deed II. Where did this duo go to get legal and real estate advice?

Deed Facts:
Type Deed: Deed WITHOUT Warranty (like a quit claim deed)
Property Conveyed: Defined as “Exhibit A”; Tract 7 a 2.274 acre EASEMENT and Tract 7 II, a .2554 acre property common called the bridge property.
Effective Date: September 15, 2006
Date Signed: April 6, 2009
Grantor: Kevin T. Howell, President NRG Texas Power, LLC
Agreed and Accepted by Nick Scotto, MB Harbour, LTD

Let’s consider the nature of this deed.

1. It is odd to have a signed date of 2 ½ years after effective date.
2. The metes and bounds legal description of the bridge tract is dated November 3, 2006, about six weeks after the “effective??” date of purchase.
3. In September 2006 Scotto purchased three tracts from NRG. This bridge tract was not included as part of the sale.
4. NRG NEVER owned the bridge property. This fact was known by NRG, Nick Scotto, Dick Gregg, and Scotto’s surveyor Steve Williams.
5. Why would Scotto acquire the Chris Reed-signed city deed if he had purchased the property from NRG in September 2006? Are two deeds better than one?

Question: After presented with these facts will P & Z approval of Scotto’s CB3 plat be postponed. Or will the final plat for Tommy Cones pet project be approved in haste and create yet another legal problem for the city. I have heard the cost of litigation of the Cones involved Glen Cove litigation exceeds over $100,000.

Please contact responsible parties and ask them to delay approval of this plat until proper due diligence is preformed by a qualified title attorney.

Nick Scotto – MB Harbour
La Shondra Holmes – Planning Manager 281-554-1079
Tony Allender – Director of Land Management
Chris Hullman – Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission
Members of Planning and Zoning Commission - (info to follow)

Please ask all parties to do what is right. We all should be accountable for our actions.

We rely on P & Z Commision to make well-informed decisions to protect the interests of the City and the citizens. A hasty ill-informed decision does neither. The information presented to P & Z lacks due diligence.

Any help posting contact numbers and email addresses would be appreciated.

Paul Smith

47 comments:

Paul Smith said...

thanks for the emails.
additional contact info not needed.

Unknown said...

"I have heard the cost of litigation of
the Cones involved Glen Cove litigation
exceeds over $100,000."
Smitty

Oh Sugah,you can just kiss my grits!

Paul Smith said...

Marc,
Do you have any comments on this matter?

League City Says said...

From what I hear Tommy Cones along with the other two CA$H boys are so far up Nick Scottos behind they are working to make sure he has the votes on council.

League City is headed for destruction if those three are elected.

Butler Longhorn Museum. I heard Pat Hallisey said if he is elected he will take care of the Butler Longhorn Museum and spend whatever it takes to get it open and operational. I guess he doesn't think 1 million is enough.

Paul Smith said...

Pat Hallisey,

I just saw an email purported from you – signed by you. I am not going to post the text. I was a subject of your comments. Of such I have no concern.

But sir, there was a statement: “I (have) full access to all the documents on the Glen Cove bridge deal.”

Is that true or not?

I doubt if you will answer my question. But before I comment further I will give you the courtesy of asking for an explanation.

Paul Smith

Jeff Hagen said...
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Jeff Hagen said...

It certainly presents an appearance of questionable government ethics for Tommy Cones to have taken so much in contributions from the developer in this case while also having helped to move parts of these unusual transactions through the city. Even Marc Edelman has admitted to me in private that this situation looks bad.

There is just no need for the citizens to continue relying on Mr. Cones to represent us when a more qualified candidate who has not surrounded himself in a cloud of suspicion is available. Please vote for Mick Phalen and ask your friends and neighbors to vote as well.

Pat, I saw the same email of yours that Paul mentioned. It certainly is curious how you came to be in possession of legal documents involving the city and parties other than yourself. Would you care to explain how and why you are in possession of documents in which you don't appear to have any business?

Jeff Hagen

Unknown said...

Sunset is still beautiful here on
Crystal Beach,especially if you
are sipping Southern Comfort
from an old fashioned bourbon glass.
This is my last bottle of sweet,
smooth bourbon purchased at
Capt Okies Liquor Store.

There is NO deed.

Babs said...

When anything relating to Nick Scotto's development comes before Council, Cones should recuse himself due to a conflict of interest.

Better yet, let's hope voters make the smart choice and replace him to avoid any future BAD DEEDS.

Great play on words, no?

Jeff Hagen said...

The P&Z commission voted 4-3 this evening to defer this action pending clarification of a request by the applicant to remove the questionable sections of property from the application. (Or at least I think that's what they said. It was a bit hard to hear everything due to microphone issues.)

Jeff

Chris John Mallios said...

Congrats to the citizens of Glen Cove and League City. While it is not over yet, all the citizens involved should be proud of the vote of the P & Z tonight. I thank the commissioners who voted to table the request and the last hour adjustment. Remember the table is large and there is always room for anyone who wishes to work with the city and the citizens in an OPEN and HONEST way to improve our city. This should be viewed as an opportunity for us all to work together to make our city the best it can be. Tonight the voice of the citizens was listened to. God has blessed League City !

Chris John Mallios said...

Now get you rear ends out to vote !!! PLEASE !!!!

Jeff Hagen said...

Even with the difficulty hearing everything, events at the P&Z meeting raise a few interesting questions:

- Why was Marc Edelman badgering his fellow commissioners who wanted to vote for a delay until the application could be adjusted in writing?

- Why should commission members have to give any more reason to vote for a delay than wanting to see the application rewritten to include the modifications that city staff claimed had been phoned in at the last minute?

- Marc is not the chairman or vice chairman, so why was he trying to give legal instructions to fellow board members?

- Why was LaShondra badgering the board members who wanted to vote for a delay?

- Why did Marc fail to read into the record the verbal modification to remove the bridge property from the application when he made his motion to pass the application?

- Why was Barbara Roberts occupying the position of city attorney on the commission? She is not the city attorney and does not work for the city attorney's firm. She is an attorney for a different firm that the city has been paying for the limited purpose of representing the city in the bridge lawsuit issue. (Recall that no record has been made public of how the city authorized hiring of this firm in the first place.) As Ms. Roberts said in the meeting, the issue before P&Z tonight was not part of the lawsuit.

- Why was the city attorney, Dick Gregg, or a member of his firm not present? (Recall that he formally was an agent of the developer in preparing the bridge deal.)

- Who authorized the substitution of Ms. Roberts and how?

- Why was the public not allowed to speak at this meeting if Ms. Roberts was? Since she is not the city attorney, why did she have any more standing to speak than any other member of the public?

- Why did Ms. Roberts state to the commission that "the one thing that is clear is that the residents don't own the bridge"? This is a misrepresentation. The residents of Glen Cove are the only parties that do have a valid claim to the bridge property. Neither the city nor the power company (to whom MB Harbor claims to be the successor) has come forward with any evidence of ever owning the bridge property or any contradiction to the residents' claim of ownership. This issue has never been addressed by any court, so Ms. Roberts clearly misspoke to the commission in saying that it is "clear the residents don't own the bridge".

Jeff Hagen

Costello said...

"request by the applicant to remove the questionable sections of property from the application" Does this mean another smoke & mirrors bridge deed just evaporated?

lcpd said...

So is this what you get for a $5000.00 contribution?

Mayor accused of influencing Cypress Bay decision

By Rhiannon Meyers
The Daily News
Published May 5, 2009

LEAGUE CITY — Two council members complained Monday to the city attorney that Mayor Toni Randall was using her authority to improperly sway planning and zoning commission members in a controversy about who owns a bridge at the center of a lawsuit against the city.

Randall encouraged commission members to deny a developer’s plans to build an upscale subdivision abutting Glen Cove Park subdivision, council members Tommy Cones and Jim Nelson argued in e-mails to City Attorney Dick Gregg Jr.

Randall, who lives in Glen Cove, forwarded e-mails from her neighbors to planning and zoning commission members in which Glen Cove residents urged commission members to delay decisions on the Cypress Bay subdivision plat until the residents’ lawsuit is settled.

“I think what she did was improper because she is involved in the Glen Cove lawsuit as much as anyone else,” Nelson said. “I think what she did was way out of bounds.”

Randall, who is not a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said she was trying to inform commission members of residents’ sentiments per her policy of open and honest government.

“How am I going to influence anyone?” she asked. “I have no vote (on the city council) and I can make no recommendations to (appoint members to) the planning and zoning board.”

Gregg could not be reached for comment Monday.

Planning and zoning commission members Monday tabled action on developer Nick Scotto’s plat, minus the bridge property, for the final section of Cypress Bay subdivision.

Commissioners said they wanted more information on what Scotto planned to do with the bridge property.

The meeting was guarded by a League City police officer.

Commission members several times told residents protesting the developer’s plat to be quiet and threatened to have police escort them out.

Forty-five minutes before the planning and zoning meeting Monday, Scotto pulled the controversial bridge property from his plat.

At the center of the dispute was the question of who has the deed to the property once occupied by the demolished Seminole bridge.

Scotto has said the deed was transferred to him by NRG, an electricity company that owned the canal along which Glen Cove and Scotto’s subdivision are platted, Tony Allender, director of land management, said.

Glen Cove Park residents say Scotto does not own the bridge property and that the property is theirs.

The city claims it owns the bridge property, Barbara Roberts, a city attorney, said.

Scotto could not be reached for comment.

Seventeen residents, in a lawsuit filed against League City in 2007, claim the city improperly gave the bridge to Scotto.

They want the city to rebuild the bridge and return their land.

The city signed a deed giving the bridge to Scotto in 2007, but that deed was not valid because the council never agreed to it, William Helfand, the city’s attorney, said.

The city does have the right to decide it will not rebuild the demolished Seminole bridge, Helfand said.

Judge Susan Criss tossed out the residents’ lawsuit against the city in April.

They have since filed notice that they plan to appeal Criss’ decision in the 14th Court of Appeals.

Paul Smith said...

No Berndardo, deeds just don’t evaporate. What's left behind are “clouds on title”.

Also remaining is a legally questionable 99-year lease of portions of Glen Cove. If you remember The Scotto/Cones deal to allow a “landscape easement” for 99 years to barricade and block the Seminole Road.

Expect more nasty verbal attacks on anyone who oppose the will of Cones/Scotto. What you will not hear from the Cones Camp and CaSH$ boys are facts about these bad deeds.

Sign at the P & Z meeting:
Bad Deeds, Bad Boys, whats ya going to do?

Paul Smith said...

Posted on Galveston Daily News 05/05/09 9:00AM

Let’s set the record straight.

The emails were forwarded by Mayor Randall on Sunday afternoon included no comments except: “Chris (Reed) please send to all council members”. In a follow-up email Councilman Cones comments to the “slanderous letter from Paul Smith and Jeff Hagen” then he goes on and on about the Glen Cove lawsuit.

Never was there a request to delay the project until a “residents lawsuit was settled”. I made the initial request for the city to properly evaluate the validity of the highly questionable “Deed Without Warrant”. I sent emails to most P & Z members on Saturday and Sunday morning.

This is a question about a two different deeds for the same property presented to the city on proposed Cypress Bay subdivision plats dated April 26th and April 29th.

City Attorney Barbara Roberts repeated stated in the P & Z Meeting: “This has nothing to do with the lawsuit.”

The acquisitions by Cones and Nelson are politically motivated and baseless.
After all, it is election time in League City and desperate times call for desperate measures. .

Paul R. Smith
Resident Glen Cove, League City

Brenda said...

I attended the planning & zoning meeting last night. I thought the crowd was very well behaved considering 3 years of struggle to get the truth out there. There were a couple of times we were threatened to be thrown out due to our comments and signs which were banned. Signs such as:
"Bad Deed + Bad Deed does not equal a Good Deed"
"Stop the Landgrab"
"Vote No" and
an enlarged "Plat" of the property in question.

I wondered why they banned the last one since the board requested a Plat they could read instead of the microscopic one on the overhead.

One of the most vocal people was a lady who was angry about being silenced and censored. This woman is a long time resident in Glen Cove and does not live on the water. Her health is suffering and as she's said to me, "On a good day I could at least walk to the bridge and look at the water." She can no longer walk to the water and have a peaceful moment. She would have to hire a taxi to take her to Glen Cove Park to get to public waterfront these days.

The people of Glen Cove are only asking for what is rightfully theirs. So much greed to take property from an old, small subdivision. We want our streets and our connectivity back.

BHL said...

"One of the most vocal people was a lady who was angry about being silenced and censored. This woman is a long time resident in Glen Cove and does not live on the water. Her health is suffering and as she's said to me, "On a good day I could at least walk to the bridge and look at the water." She can no longer walk to the water and have a peaceful moment. She would have to hire a taxi to take her to Glen Cove Park to get to public waterfront these days."

I would hope that a kind neighbor could make some time to drive her to GC park. That aside, this elderly lady is at the crux of the matter. The ends do not justify the means. Breaking up a neighborhood has the effect of depriving longtime residents from activities they used to enjoy. No amount of new taxes is worth taking without restoration or compensation.

At least that's the biblical perspective.

P. Moratto said...

Berndardo: Good question, Paul's answer notwithstanding.

An observation about a point raised by the GDN article, in part as follows:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Moments] before the planning and zoning meeting, Scotto [verbally] pulled the controversial bridge property from his plat.
[Question:] who has the deed to the property once occupied by the demolished Seminole bridge[?]
Scotto has said the deed was transferred to him by NRG, an electricity company that [purportedly] owned the 'canal' [arguably part of Clear Lake, a PUBLIC property] along which Glen Cove and Scotto’s subdivision are platted, Tony Allender, director of land management, said.
GC residents say Scotto does not own the bridge property and that the property is theirs.
The city claims IT owns the bridge property, Barbara Roberts, a city attorney, said.
Scotto could not be reached for comment [a telling thing in itself, I think].
...residents, in a lawsuit filed against LC, claim the city improperly gave the bridge to Scotto. They want the city to rebuild the bridge and return their land.
The city signed a deed giving the bridge to Scotto, but that deed was not valid..., William Helfand, the city’s attorney, said.
Judge Susan Criss tossed out the [GC] lawsuit...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The court did not "toss out" the lawsuit on it's merits, but ruled that it did not have jurisdiction.
If the applicant foresaw an objection to the portion of his plat that included the bridge property, and was so ready to remove it from the application (another telling thing in itself, I think), why didn't he have an alternative application in writing to submit?

Greater questions were raised about P&Z's handling of the whole matter. Would a vote on the original plat application include the verbal (only) removal of the bridge property portion?
If the highly improper announcement from the podium (how "clear" it is that GC residents do NOT own the land under the bridge) is to be given any credence, then doesn't it stand equally that such person making such a statement on public record knows (and can back it up with evidence) who DOES own it? If there was ever a better glaring unanswered question, show me.

Only two members of the P&Z appeared to have their heads screwed on, if we don't count Marc with his very apparent "agenda." No, I will not respond to vicious rumors that leaned over to Jimmy and said, "You see THAT guy? HE is a snake."

Brenda said...

Speaking of snakes....Did anyone else hear Neil Barron hisssssss at the group standing outside?

Paul Smith said...

Paul,

Well done.

All this just numbs the mind.

Has anyone seen Marc comment on the deed?

Has Cones commented on the 2 bad deeds?

League City Says said...

I have heard but I have not confirmed this - Marc's company will be doing the internet wiring for Scotto's homes. Marc will you confirm, deny or explain.

Was Jim Nelson really at P/Z last night. Has he ever been to one before?

I also wonder why one of the Gregg's wasn't there. How much did the city pay the lady attorney?

I urge each and everyone of you to get out and vote. Vote Phyllis, Mike and Mick. I think Hallisey is planning on doing a total fruit basket turnover at city hall if elected. If citizens only knew how Hallisey, Cones and Station really were and they are the last things this city needs.

Marc Edelman said...

Don't you people get tired of hearing each other tell all these lies to each other?

Marc Edelman said...

" Why was the public not allowed to speak at this meeting if Ms. Roberts was? Since she is not the city attorney, why did she have any more standing to speak than any other member of the public?"

Because Jeff, it was a meeting, not a public hearing. The time for public input on this project was at this project's public hearing.

Jeff Hagen said...

Marc, you did not answer my question. Again, why was Ms. Roberts acting in the place of the city attorney? Who authorized her to do so?

Jeff

Unknown said...

Jeffie honey,do you have that little
deed in your back pocket?

Unknown said...

There is a very nice lady that lives
at the corner of Walker and Kansas.

From the center of Walker down
through the middle of Kansas
to the center of Beaumont is a
length of 1320 ft.

Point to Point
Center to Center
1320 ft.

From the center of Kansas
to either side is 30 ft.
A grand total of 60 ft.

1320 X 60 = 79,200 sq. ft.

For a comparison,
One Acre = 43,560 sq. ft.

There are a few beautiful Magnolia
trees along this quiet municipal street.

Who would hold the deed to the
street?

Unknown said...

Squatter Sovereignty

Popular Sovereignty

Absolute Sovereignty

the city of nuts not oaks said...

OK NUTS!!! LISTEN UP!!!

My question for all..

With the recent ruling that the deed signed by Chris(I didn't have my girlfriend in the city car, when I wrecked it!) Reed, was invalid, why is this even an issue right now?

So if the city doesn't own the bridge property, why don't the Glen Cove Residents go to the AG for a ruling on this issue?

I think every nut in this city agrees that something is nutty about this whole Scotto/Cones deal.

Marc, as a member of P&Z why aren't you putting a stop to the madness? Scotto bought Tommy's vote and probably padded the pockets of a few others.
Maybe it's time to renew the DA's investigation and have him reopen the under the table deals at city hall.

NUTS OUT!!!

Babs said...

Good point NUTS!

Scotto throws so much money around from his multi million dollar home on Twin Oaks, that he thinks he can buy anything he wants.

Maybe someone should check with Texas DOT - if they owned the bridge would they not also own the easement to the bridge?

Chris John Mallios said...

One would hope that some people would be ethical and moral enough not to vote on an issue if they may have a financial stake in.

Paul Smith said...

Hey Nuts, Listen UP.

AG’s give opinions to city attorneys and county officials. On issues of real estate they will not give citizens the time of day. They say go to the county DA. The DA says it is an issue for the courts. The courts say…bla, bla, bla

This issue on the Scotto’s bridge deed (dated December 6, 2006)was clear several weeks before Arnold Polanco was fired in March 2007 and Dick Gregg (Ex-Scotto Attorney) took job as City Attorney. (Action supported by Cones and Keeney)

Shortly after Polanco discovered the deed he informed Chris Reed the deed was invalid and void. Then Polanco was fired.

After knowing the City/Scotto deed was unauthorized and void, Gregg and Reed took no action to correct the deed record and allowed the Bad Deed to stand as “cloud on title”. Furthermore they took no action to stop Scotto’s construction of a private park on the site, use of the land in his plat, and placement of barricades on the Seminole Bridge right of way. To my knowledge Gregg has taken no action to ascertain the ownership of the Glen Cove Bridge Property. In April 2009 Scotto recorded another highly suspicious Deed Without Warranty to prove bridge property ownership.

Has Gregg taken any action to obtain or review AG’s opinions or court case regarding barricading of public street and a roadway easement dedicated by a 1928 plat.

Of course, Gregg instructs the city on legal matters. I have been told with respect to the Glen Cove litigation the City has spent over $100,000 in attorneys’ fees (including about $20,000 to Gregg & Gregg).

Here is an idea.
Place on the city council agenda an action to directly hire special independent council (not chosen by Gregg or Helfand). Have special council obtain a title opinion from a highly qualified title attorney and present findings to council members, commissioners, and public. All proceedings and findings to made public without secrecy of executive session. I bet his fee would be reasonable and well under $10,000.

Or let Bill Helfand and Dick Gregg continue to represent the city and spend another $100,000 on legal fees.

This is NUTS.

Costello said...

So if the city has known for two years they filed a bad deed but have done nothing to correct it, is the city liable for causing a misrepresentation in public records? What are the consequences to the city?

P. Moratto said...

As a matter of fact, I did go to TxDOT about the bridge, abutting public roadway (Seminole) and adjoining rights-of-way, NONE of which is/are subject to private ownership or conveyance (unless somebody can produce a good deed, that is!).
I could provide you their answer, but you would be bored. Much like the AG tries (and properly so) to adhere to legalities only, and not politics, TxDOT defers to the city a public roadway matter that is inside that city. Obviously, TxDOT does not build roads and bridges over "private" properties; that would be misappropriation of public resources. Obviously.
Various city actions and inactions being discussed here are also influenced by the cloud of a pending lawsuit and appeal that looms dark overhead, so quick and convenient answers to what appear to be simple questions cannot always be forthcoming. But that can be a good thing. It gets more people turning on flashlights for a look-see.
And why, you ask, hasn't a certain developer and/or his lawyer(s) or others tried to clear up such questions and produce clear deed? After all don't they have the greatest incentive to do so? You don't really need that one answered, do you?

Morgan_Campbell said...

It is embarrassing to live in a city where this is a concern:

"Fist fights" in League City
By TJ Aulds
When the flooding rains postponed the city of League City's open house last month, city staffers pick the next best available Saturday, which in this case was May 9.

The open house was supposed to be a day of fun and a way for the city to officially unveil its new logo. Instead, the nastiness of the council elections forced the event to be postponed again. That's because Saturday is also Election Day.

League City reporter Rhiannon Meyers reports that city officials became so concerned that an event designed to show a united League City would fall into disarray and "they were worried fist fights would break out."

Really? What does this say about the current state of local politics that people -- reasonable or not -- would make a decision to cancel an event for fear political differences would turn into physical altercations?

lcpd said...

well morgan there's only one current councilman who is capable to getting into fist fights. Care to guess who? I'll give you a hint, he's known to be rude, temperamental and loves developers' $.

Speaking of, hey markie marc anything new of the CaSH boys ethical complaint against MP? :)

P. Moratto said...

I'm not holding my breath for that. Campaign fodder.

You're looking in the wrong place for fisticuffs. That guy wears a suit now, and has killer hair. Can't mess that up.
Think. Who is the angriest man in this race, the guy who's got some kind of grudge against half the town? Who's the guy who was once "in shape," athletically speaking (if being a pro swimmer counts)? Who has called me a piece of $4!7 right here (forget for a minute that he called everybody else that too)?
Who probably drips saliva about getting into a cage with me?
Wait a minute. Should I be talking to Chris Reed about this match, instead of you?

Jeff Hagen said...

The latest campaign finance reports are available and the Ca$H Boys keep raking in the out of town money.

For the last three weeks of April alone, Cones & Hallisey took in approximately $4,000 each, with 57% of Pat's and 100% of Tommy's coming from out of town addresses. Their largest contributor ($1,000 to each) was something called "Responsible Government PAC", which records seem to indicate was tied to last year's effort to convince us all to vote for a sales tax increase for "enterprise" development.
There were also good chunks from developer interests, such as the Houston home builders PAC.

Jeff

lcpd said...

any chance of posting them for all to see?

Marc Edelman said...

They are all posted on Pat Hallisey's web site.
www.pathallisey.com

BHL said...

Speaking as someone who has sent out countless resumes and managed to find good jobs in short timeframe, I know something about speaking of one's accomplishments.

Pat's site indicates his last award was 10 yrs ago. Nothing about what he has been doing since.

Awards are nice, but they in themselves are not accomplishments. I want to know what has he accomplished throughout his career. I want to know that he's not past his prime and out of touch (as I've seen happen to many a goood people when the corporate world changes and they can't change with it).

His website doesn't address any of that, it speaks to the "division" within the city. An in-between the lines reading means Pat is blaming the current admin for the problems.

No thanks, we need someone who will work with, not blame, the current admin.

lcpd said...

markie, interesting reports. would you agree that without developer or outside $, TC and PH would not have a chance?

Anyone know when the late train will arrive for the CaSH boys?

Unknown said...

Oh that Mr. Floyd Mahanay, he seems
to be poking fun at TEAM OBAMA.

He mailed out a really funny
comic strip,don't ya just love
League City politics?

I remember fist fights at other
small town elections in the
late forties,beer drinking and
sweat soaked white starched
shirts with a little bit of red
for color.Those were real men!

Mrs. Glen Cove Resident said...

I recommend re-visiting www.leaguecityxfiles.com
Interesting updates.

The current Sea Breeze is out and circulating: www.seabreeze.com

lcpd: Cones is a bully

Jeff: Thank you for the update on Hallisey's and Cones' financial report. The $1000.00 contribution to both comes from a PAC (Citizens for Good Government). After checking with the TEC, only one namewas listed, Terry Henderson. When you call the number (listed with the TEC) you get a recording "You have reached Johnson Development".
Hmmm, isn't that Tuscan Lakes?
Long way around to hide a contribution.

Chris John Mallios said...

lcpd,
Late train will get off cheap this year. If their candidates do not win who are they going to "contribute" to?

Costello said...

Looks like the Seabreeze has something to say.