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Hunters Brooke Transcript

Posted in January 2nd, 2008
by Lawrence Salberg in Development

If you followed the egregious abuse of Brevard’s EEL program, including the plagiarized appraisals that were used to attempt to justify the $25 million purchase of land at Hunter’s Brooke, you might be interested in reading the transcript of what actually transpired when your elected officials on the County Commission were informed of the falsified [...]

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Comment on the passage of the EEL Hunter’s Brooke purchase

Posted in November 14th, 2007
by Scott Ellis in Development

One of the primary bones of contention for 18 months has been the appraisals. As we have argued, the appraisals fail to reflect the market conditions of a rapidly declining real estate market.  We have been told that since no one on the County Staff is a certified appraiser, no one there can review the [...]

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Plagiarized Appraisal Delays EELS Hunter’s Brooke Purchase

Posted in October 27th, 2007
by Scott Ellis in Development

The Thousands Islands deal went through Tuesday, October 23, as had been planned a few weeks ago, but temporarily derailed by an accidental ‘no’ vote.  The seller threw in an extra $100,000, lowering the price to $3.1 million, only $2 million or so over the appraisals, so the ‘no’ votes could be flipped. Oddly enough, [...]

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