@fairlanefastback

It seems the City of Kent has chosen not to include the Seattle Times' "history of troubles" article (and others' follow-ons) in its "Latest Updates -- Recent News" list on that page. It's best to not confuse the good citizens with too much information, I guess.

-- gary_c

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gary_c wrote: @fairlanefastback It seems the City of Kent has chosen not to include the Seattle Times' "history of troubles" article (and others' follow-ons) in its "Latest Updates -- Recent News" list on that page. It's best to not confuse the good citizens with too much information, I guess. -- gary_c

Yeah I noticed that too. Can't say that I'm surprised though.

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Amiga: We are good for the money by By Steve Hunter City of Kent officials have asked Amiga to let them know as soon as possible that the company has the money to pay for the naming rights for the new events center.

Story is here (Kent Reporter):
http://tinyurl.com/22pb9h

A couple of sections I found interesting:

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A three-member corporate board, which includes two of those investors, needs to sign off on any payments more than $1 million, McEwen said. Two of those members have approved the payment to the City of Kent but the third member is traveling outside of the United States and wasn’t expected to be reached until the end of the week.

It seems Bill may not have gotten full approval to make th deal for the $2.5 million intial payment.


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Meanwhile, Amiga shut down its Washington operation in 2004 and came back as a new company registered n Delaware. McEwen said with that separation the new company is not obligated to pay past debts. He said the old company does not have any money to pay debts.

Again at least in practical terms it sounds to me like Amiga Washington was insolvent.

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Public gives an earful at event-center hearing
Kent Reporter
by By Daniel Mooney

http://tinyurl.com/2yxtke

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from the story: Edwin Thomas, a Kent resident, questioned the level of funding support the city had for the project. He cited media reports that Amiga, the company that purchased the center’s naming rights, has been unreliable in the past.

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Interesting. Thanks for the links!

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gary_c wrote: @fairlanefastback It seems the City of Kent has chosen not to include the Seattle Times' "history of troubles" article (and others' follow-ons) in its "Latest Updates -- Recent News" list on that page. It's best to not confuse the good citizens with too much information, I guess. -- gary_c

Same thing with either of the new Kent Reporter news stories so far too.

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Or maybe Pentti Kouri just likes Bill a lot and keeps floating him cash for some un-known reason.

Well...after reading hundreds of posts on all the websites and combining that with solid information on prior "wealth manufacturing" operations, I still see absolutely NO evidence that there was an attempt to actually succeed here.
Note that I use "succeed" in terms that Amiga enthusiasts might define, and not in terms of what the VC's goals might be.

(brought the links up to date in post #1 after your recent posts)

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Thanks #6.

Its interesting, today is Friday so its the day Kent is hoping to get word on their earlier commitment hope/request for the $2.5 million. I'm curious if they will be getting a response from Amiga today, if they haven't already. And if they don't will they drop Amiga straight away, or not until they find someone else?

The City Council meeting agenda for the 5th hasn't been published yet, it will be interesting to see if anything related will be slated for it.

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i bet they will drop Amiga straight away... the kent city council need the money and if bill mcewen cant pay, its out the door and in the arms of the tar and feather mob!...

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d0c wrote: @fairlanefastback i bet they will drop Amiga straight away... the kent city council need the money and if bill mcewen cant pay, its out the door and in the arms of the tar and feather mob!...

Well I suspect that if they do indeed drop them they will want to do so as quietly as possible. I doubt there will be much of a mob waiting, especially with the city only listing favorable news items in relation to the center on their web page. If they are smart they already started looking after the Seattle Times started asking questions mid last month. Whether Amiga can come through or not it would be the safe play IMO.

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Looking through the thread I think we missed this one from April:

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3455001

Gives maybe a little more detail from the press conference back then, but not much new, but since you were collecting links to update post #1 I figured I'd pass it along.

(Not to be confused with the one from there we already have BTW -

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3460126 )

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New article today

"City of Kent waits for word on Amiga’s payment"

http://www.kentreporter.com/jumpstory.html?story=news2&pubdate=6/6/2007

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Added link to post#1 for "Events-center bids delayed"
http://www.kentreporter.com/jumpstory.html?story=community1&pubdate=7/7/2007

Curious that in April the city said "The city will start ordering materials in a couple weeks."

Now...."Preparations for the proposed events center in Kent have been delayed at least two weeks after contractors asked for more time to submit bids to build the facility."

Err...what were they ordering 3 months ago in the way of materials if they don't even have a "winning" contract bid YET?

Another question... "Amiga officials have told the city they will come up with the money." Isn't that different than HAVING the money?

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Added link in post#1 to story June 29, 2007 about LMN architects.
Search shows the article to mention Amiga Center at Kent, but article is only available by subscription.
Hence, no guarantee on the value of the content to this thread.

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@fairlanefastback

The thought struck me this a.m. that the forums...
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Kent forum and message boards (2 amiga related threads):http://www.topix.net/forum/city/kent-wa

for the city site wouldn't really be the place most people would post.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Kent-Washington.html

Under "forums" here they mention:
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Recent posts about Kent, Washington on our local forum with over 100,000 registered users.

Perhaps there might be more about how local people have reacted in this or some other local forum.
Dunno. I haven't the time to scan all this.

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number6 wrote: @fairlanefastback The thought struck me this a.m. that the forums... Quote: Kent forum and message boards (2 amiga related threads):http://www.topix.net/forum/city/kent-wa for the city site wouldn't really be the place most people would post. http://www.city-data.com/city/Kent-Washington.html Under "forums" here they mention: Quote: Recent posts about Kent, Washington on our local forum with over 100,000 registered users. Perhaps there might be more about how local people have reacted in this or some other local forum. Dunno. I haven't the time to scan all this. #6

Looks like its just a broad state by state forum with a small Seattle subsection. Only quickly scanned myself but does not look like where Kent folks post. From the pics of the city though it looks like a nice place to be outside, away from computers! :)

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I think we missed this one.

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And the clock is ticking, with the Kent City Council expected to vote July 26 on whether to build the arena.

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Well...the communication methodology sure sounds consistent:

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Amiga Managing Director Bill McEwan did not return several phone calls seeking comment.

Heh! I wasn't stealing your quote. I'm on dialup and always come in 2nd...

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i can smell feather and tar getting closer to Bill McEwan........

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Geennaam wrote: @number6 [quote]Also, Amiga wants the power to approve advertising by technology companies in or around the 6,025-seat arena, a demand that city officials and the Thunderbirds say is unreasonable.

Actually thats not that unusual a request for a stadium naming company. You dont seen any Officemax or Best Buy ads in the Staples center for instance.
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