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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
True, but Goldwater's MO throughout has been "If we think it is a gift, we believe it is illegal, and we will go after you." If they felt this new deal was as illegal as dissentowner desperately wishes to believe, GWI would already have the full court press going. The argument that they were acting in goodwill over the first deal defies logic, and strikes me as a case of people trying to invent an easy answer for a complicated problem. You believe the deal is illegal, but Goldwater isn't making a big issue of it. You need some means of rationalizing that disconnect. That is a danger of viewing everything in black and white.
It is a bad deal for Glendale taxpayers and the city is foolish to make it. But a bad deal is not necessarily illegal.
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I think the initial 25 million could be couched in terms of team takeover management and ownership finders fee, I suspect the longer it goes on the harder that is to justify.
The GI has only just started to use the gift clause, their first success was a year before with a parking lot deal they managed to shoot down, but as such this is new territory for all concerned, it is possible they where less sure of themselves with the first 25 million.
It can also be a really good deal for the taxpayers and still illegal!