It was bad enough that Jim Kee leaked the Save-A-Lot grocery store deal on Phillips Avenue to the media, pissed off the Save-A-Lot franchise owner on Cone Blvd and caused Save-A-Lot corporate to back out of the grocery store deal extending the life of the food desert in my Northeast Greensboro neighborhood but now we learn that Jim, along with the East Market Street Development Corporation and the Redevelopment Commission of Greensboro, has defrauded Family Dollar by disguising the sale of city owned property as privately owned property in violation of the covenant signed with Family Dollar.
Remember these Jim:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1i3xvVIoERvFcsZjreCKZBf0me8PJWP3BMrq-nbv-mbUYBpnVZvH3X2fZURxQ/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1TTeY5A2jel7rRxdVrKQK4hAoQwlxD89vN9YITOhbuYeg1CJSSZ7jbSiCbG6R/edit?usp=sharing
And especially this one as the Redevelopment Commission of Greensboro is an affiliate of the City of Greensboro and Dollar General probably qualifies as a Wal-Mart concept in the spirit of the contract. https://docs.google.com/file/d/1A4R8QnNOm2Jb_Cz2H5y9EUkHfTI6qYOgeg9osy_PzBa0d0J8PX4at9tH4YIc/edit?usp=sharing
You see, in case you're unclear, this is the Phillips Avenue Dollar General Store project being disguised as China King at the registrar of deeds in an attempt to get around the covenant with Family Dollar. Just so you know, the Chinese restaurant is in an existing building next door to the property chosen for the Dollar General which lies in a flood plain and has not been used in at least 50 years. I know as I used to play there as a child and still live around the corner today.
And oh yes, Family Dollar, Dollar General and their respective franchise owners as well as media outlets in the cities where they are headquartered have been informed. Your resignation, Mr Kee? Today!
Yes, Councilman Matheny, the City is a lousy landlord because all of you are a bunch of lying, thieving crooks!
Coming up soon: How tax dollars are used to pay for out of town vacations for supporters of Robbie Perkins and east Greensboro politicians. Don't worry folks, it's autoposted.
Update: I can see how ownership of the property by Glandon Forest Equity, llc might be seen as an out by Key and others but involvement by the Redevelopment Commission of Greensboro crosses the lines of the covenant between public and private investment and puts the city at risk.
Update 2: But my previous update was wrong as the timeline proves:
City approves Dollar General Jan 15, 2013 http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/263731/57/City-Approves-Dollar-General-On-Phillips-Ave Might have been Jan 14th.
Glandon Forest Equity, Llc buys property from the REDEVELOPMENT COMM OF GREENSBORO on May 15, 2013 http://taxweb.co.guilford.nc.us/CamaPublicAccess/PropertySummary.aspx?REID=0020462&pageIndex=0
