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I think much of what has been accomplished is GREAT! However, our social ills are eroding into an untreatable cancer because there is no anti-bodies to the epidemic.
Domestic violence is soaring, one horrible story after another, kids dying. Is this the state of the economy?
There is numerous unsolved homicides. Violent crime in general is on the rise. And all we get is sweet talk about how wonderful life is in Saint Paul.
My daughter lives in Fargo. She tells me the citizens of Fargo are talking about how bad the crime is here in the Twin Cities.
Mayor I guess you don't have enough reporters like Tim Nelson who will do your bidding and keep a cork on all these negative social ills getting out of control.
Ya I brought your name up again Timmy, I will never forget how you lied about 14 E. Jessamine. When the media is in bed with politicians who in the hell can we trust?
Since I am making this personal.. The infamous Aaron Foster of the Saint Paul Impound lot and Barbara Winn notoriety was part of the award ceremonies, only he wasn't there with others to accept the award.
The City has many tools of treachery.
They gave an award to police officer Koehnen for helping the homeless when in fact he has had a lot to do with putting women and children on the street in his efforts with code enforcement.
They give Aaron Foster of the impound lot an award also. Is it because he has a very tarnished image with the public and the City is propping him up to cover their own ass.
I think back to the Jessamine issue and the SO CALLED INDEPENDANT INSPECTOR. I think of the phony committee formed to address the code dept. issues.
Treachery is the dish served by this City Council and Mayor. I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SEE HONEST GOVERNING IN THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL.
How can we have a sustainable City with people killing each other left and right, and we have a governing body that feels it is alright to deceive the public?
What a joke. i don't think the jury foster will face soon will care to much about his stupid little award. i bet foster is shaking in his boots because he knows whats coming.
Jury orders St. Paul to pay up in Town Square dispute
BY LAURA YUEN
Pioneer Press
Article Last Updated: 05/30/2007 02:18:39 PM CDT
The city of St. Paul must pony up $200,000 for its role in letting water damage create a nuisance at the indoor Town Square Park, a jury has decided.
The verdict sounds like bad news for taxpayers, but it could have been worse. Sentinel Property Management Corp., which owns the floors beneath the downtown atrium, originally wanted to collect $4.5 million.
Louise Seeba, a city attorney, said last week's decision from a Ramsey County jury was a "great" outcome. There's a chance that tort immunity laws could protect the city from having to pay the verdict amount, she said.
"The city always properly maintained the property, and the jury's verdict reflects this position," Seeba said.
The trial capped five years of sparring between the city, New York-based Sentinel and caterer Michael Wong, who bought the park at 444 Cedar St. from the city in 2002. In a pending federal lawsuit, the city will argue that Wong's insurance policy should pay for the nuisance damages.
However, the fate of the space - once home to proms, reunions, band concerts and an iconic carousel - remains unknown. More than 250 varieties of plants and trees once thrived there under the park's glass roof.
About seven years ago, fix-up and maintenance costs prompted city officials to look for a way to unload the space. Officials estimated it would cost more than $2 million to repair the faulty glass roof, and the city's appraiser considered the property to have a negative value.
At the
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end of 2002, the city sold the park "as is" to Michael Wong of Minneapolis, who had been leasing the space for extravagant Asian-style weddings. The restaurateur paid the city $101,500 for the property.
But Wong's business never took off. Sentinel sued the city and Wong, saying both parties allowed the glass roof to fall into disrepair. Wong also failed to maintain his water features and planters, the suit alleged, causing water to spill onto the lower-floor offices.
Sentinel documented 30 water leaks, two of which they considered "catastrophic" in court papers. The two leaks flooded one of the building's major tenants, the Minnesota public safety department's division of emergency management.
Then Sentinel shut off the utilities, making it impossible for Wong to operate his weddings there. The place has been sitting cold and dark ever since.
Wong now is back to being a cook and owner for Orient Express in Ridgedale Center, a food-court restaurant that he says he can barely hang onto. Although the case between him and Sentinel has been resolved, he said the Town Square fiasco has destroyed his financial and personal life, including his marriage.
"I lost my catering business because of that," he said. "Actually, I lost everything."
Sentinel officials and a lawyer representing the company did not return phone calls for comment.
When the park was developed in 1980, the city hoped the sunlit atrium would host musicians and jugglers at noon, providing a lunchtime getaway for the great retail attraction the Town Square building was to become.
For a while, it was a popular retreat from the working world. But retail failed, and the building was converted into offices.
"It is really sad," said City Council Member Dave Thune, whose ward includes downtown. "And now it's one of the most boring office complexes in the city."
Laura Yuen can be reached at lyuen@pioneerpress.com or 651-228-5498.
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