Comments on: Who’s Behind RIP Dallas, Part One

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:25:28 +0000

Crazy. One word to put it. How is putting a Convention Center Hotel in a undesirable area gonna make us comparable to New York, Los Angels or even New Orleans? Dallas has thousands of students that are having to sit in crowded classes, in crappy schools because our tax dollars are being streched and You Mr. Grim and you Lover Mr. Tom Leppert need to get your head out of your arse and wake up!! Lets get more in the hole like St. Louis did. They purchased a tax payer hotel and I don’t know about you but when I think of cities with great night life St.Louis is not one of them. I want a downtown that never sleeps , a convention center hotel has nothing do with that. The Sheraton in downtown has plenty of empty rooms ask them why we don’t have a night life around there. We need some Class, hot spots, bars that don’t close at 2:30 in the morning. We need to use our history to or advantage or create a new reason to come to our great city to party!! Lets all party together with out being 500 million in debt for a failed hotel!!!

By: East of 75

East of 75 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:27:34 +0000

Who else is behind RIP Dallas?

Colin Fitzgibbons (son of Richard’s Group principal)

Marcus Walther (grandson of Neiman Marcus founder)

If King is involved these two are never far behind.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:13:47 +0000

Um, Wylie, on the subject of the city competing against Harlan…what do you call Harlan having built a convention complex within the Anatole a few years back?

Or do you think he just didn’t KNOW the city of Dallas has a convention center…???

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:12:29 +0000

And of course Harlan is a relative of Trammell who begat Jonah who begat Rachel who begat…wait I’ve gotten carried away here.

So, you truly think your readers are so naieve as to believe that all of the 150 people who showed up at City Hall last week, and all of the 680 who attended the launch luncheon at Eddie Deen — every single one — has a trust fund they live off of?

And not a single one of the 8 who showed up for the Vote Yes group at City Hall this week does not?

Good luck with that… I guess I respect your readers’ intelligence more than you do…

By: White Shoes Johnson

White Shoes Johnson — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:01:32 +0000

Wylie, other than the fact that it is a free market and who on earth would try and duplicate a concept like a hotel with meeting space, you forgot that Harlan has spent $5m to protect his neighboring city’s tax payers – not to protect his own asset.

By: Stephen King Scovell

Stephen King Scovell — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:44:14 +0000

Trey, Wylie, Mister Charlie, and Nathan

Thank you for uncovering the largest conspiracy this side of the North Pole. You have now connected almost every dot of the pro development plot.

Allow me to get you over the hump – T. (Tyler) Dupree Scovell is the Great Grandson of Bertie. Grandson of Ganner, Granddad, Gammal, and Pop Pop. Son of John and brother of myself (hello my name is King).

There’s more – Dupree happens to be related to his mom, dad, and 2 brothers and all have the same last name. Coincidence?… I think not.

So team conspiracy theory – what i think we have here is a family. I’ll keep you posted as this unfolds…

By: Wylie H.

Wylie H. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:43:06 +0000

I suspect that Harlan is upset that the city is planning to use tax revenues (including the very substantial taxes paid by his hotel) to compete directly against him using the following unfair advantages:
1) low-interest tax-exempt debt (which gives the city a low interest rate);
2) government-guaranteed debt (which gives the city an ever lower interest rate);
3) a virtually unlimited pocketbook (in the form of forced taxpayer subsidies in the event the hotel runs into some lean times); and
4) exemption from property tax payments.

“Build it and they will come” – I have no idea what you do for a living, but how would you feel if you built a successful business and the City of Dallas decided open an identical business to compete directly against you?

By: Build it and they will come

Build it and they will come — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:31:27 +0000

Chris-I’m your friend.

Everyone else–I find it interesting that you point fingers at the RIP members like what they are doing is against the law or they’re trying to undermine something. Did I wake up in Russia?

What should be against the law is ONE guy putting almost $3 MILLION of HIS on money behind this Vote Yes campaign. Maybe Harlan is just pissed that he doesn’t own the Reunion Arena and Eddie Deen’s property.

By: Wylie H.

Wylie H. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:29:06 +0000

Since when does a grassroots group go out and retain The Richards Group as for p.r. services during their first week of operation?

By: Wylie H.

Wylie H. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:20:25 +0000

Of the five R.I.P speakers to City Council, two (Brett Shropshire and Dejuan Collins) are on the Mayor’s Southern Sector Taskforce (along with Dupree Scovell) http://www.southerndallas.org/documents/meetings/ED%20-%20Minutes%201.27.09.pdf

Of the three others:

Alexis Martinez works at Pillar Commercial Real Estate, where she reports to Manuel Ybarra who is a long-time City political appointee. He has served on various city boards, including Dallas’ Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Adjustment. He is a current member of Dallas’ Real Estate Task Force, a committee established to advise the city council and staff on economic development issues and real estate projects impacting the city of Dallas. He has served on the board of directors for Dallas’ Downtown Improvement District.

Dominique LaShae (one of the other R.I.P. speakers) is the head of a “grassroots” marketing and ad agency: http://www.theqnetwork.com/services.php

Lindsey Allen (another of the R.I.P. speakers) is a real estate broker at Transwestern. She is also a member of the Trinity Trust and Launch the Trinity (in addition to several real estate organizations).