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Monthly Archives: May 2018
8 Talking Points about the new MOU or deal between City and developer Plamondon for Downtown hotel
Eight talking points written for Mayor & Board meetings on the proposed new MOU between the City and hotel developer Plamondon: 1. Plamondon the developer will now fund the conference center as well as the hotel, but the City will … Continue reading
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Venue changed to City Hall boardroom for public Workshop of Mayor & Board
At 10am this morning the City changed the venue of the Hotel project Special Workshop of the Mayor & Board from the 140 West Patrick St Municipal Annex conference room to the City Hall boardroom. Patti Mullins told us the … Continue reading
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New MOU raises many questions — submission to Mayor & Board
SUBMISSION TO MAYOR & BOARD OF ALDERMEN New MOU looks an improvement, but raises many questions — you need to go deeper than the salesman’s spin Mr Mayor, Aldermen: Attached is a submission urging you to ask difficult questions about this … Continue reading
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Podcast interview on Frederickland.org
Approached by host Dewey Stewart to do a podcast on the hotel project for his frederickland.org I was happy to talk. His ‘peg’ was the Mayor & Board Workshop on a new MOU for the hotel Wednesday May 23 at … Continue reading
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State AG’s Compliance Board thinks may have been secret meetings on hotel RFP
The State Attorney-General’s Open Meetings Compliance Board thinks there may well have been secret meetings in 2013 on the downtown hotel procurement, and does not accept the City’s denials. The Board in a May 11 ruling says “We do no … Continue reading
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City releases new hotel MOU, sets M&B Workshop for May 23
The City has released a revised draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of the downtown hotel and conference center (DHCC) with developer Plamondon, and scheduled a public Workshop of the Mayor & Board of Aldermen (BOA) for May … Continue reading
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