E.L. looks to acquire Avondale property

East Lansing has hundreds of affordable single-family homes going unsold. They’ve closed other neighborhood schools, so now they think they need to build new homes near one of the few schools left. All they are going to do is harm the property values of existing homes with their constant building, and no doubt most of these new homes will go unsold, because no one is moving to East Lansing because MSU is cutting back and state government is cutting back.

Yeah…everyone knows having new houses built next to yours hurts your property vaule….idiot.

I appauld your efforts Gary! Keep up the struggle against these fascist pigs. loomis, staton, dempsey….more like hitler, goebbels, and himmler!

Is this article about “E.I.” or “E.L.” acquiring Avondale property?

Way to go SNews!

@black flag…
really… hitler? thats extreme.

Recently, the State News printed several pieces highlighting EL City Hall’s massive budget crisis and their plan to raise taxes to fix the problem. Today’s article illustrates how Mayor Loomis, City Manager Staton, McGinty, Dempsey, and City Council have been on a reckless spending spree, engaging in private housing speculation, during a terrible recession, partially caused by the housing crisis. We have a massive OVERSUPPLY of VACANT housing units for sale, and City Hall squanders TAXPAYER money to create MORE vacant housing units. Nathan Triplett, a city council member, got a sweet deal on one of these city built homes, and he was forced to confess that he violated an ethical conflict of interest. He bought the house anyway, because he got such a great deal from the City, his employer. How much taxpayer money was used on this wasteful project? Zack Colman apparently is a propaganda puppet of City Hall, as evidenced by the fact that he failed to even mention the PUBLIC FINANCING of these PRIVATE HOUSING projects.

Baird declined comment on Tuesday? The resolution was just approved on Tuesday! Was this article of an urgent nature? Absolutely not! You just printed a completely one sided puff piece on behalf of the City Hall Gestapo. Another lie from Staton, talking about decreased demand for student housing that far from campus, Burcham? So that justifies the City Center II student housing project? What about that whole CHANDLER ROAD STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT? It is one lie after another from this City Hall, and the State News is right there to spread the lies to the masses. How about a story on the number of speeding tickets on the Chandler Abbott corridor?

“City Hall has money to burn” AKA Hans Larsen is a liar.

Name calling is an act of desparation, when the truth hurts and you cannot support your statements with facts, logic, and reason. To simply libel someone for no reason, without providing any supportive information, it should not be tolerated by this organization.

As an MSU student, I would encourage all of my fellow students to request a refund of our State News funding. Their failure to present the facts and keeps the citizens informed cannot continue! What a rip off!

Love the comments section. Hans and his cronies can make blatantly false accusations then claim righteous indignation when they get called on it. Anyone who wants the straight story only has to call a councilmember.

How much TAXPAYER MONEY has the CITY SQUANDERED on these pet projects, which only make their cronies wealthier? MILLIONS!!! But the reporters at the State News never thought to ask about the public costs of these high risk endeavors. Higher property taxes. . . . more vacant homes.

Project investments
The overall budget for the Avondale Square project is $11.3 million.

About $7.2 million is in the construction of the actual units.

About $4 million constitutes getting the area ready for construction, which includes property acquisition and demolition and reconstructing the water and sewer ways, streets and alleyways.

NATHAN TRIPLETT, a city council member, apparently loves his city built property! He got a sweet deal on it! He had to publicly admit that he violated a blatant ethical conflict of interest!

The truth hurts!

direct quote from State News.

City Council to discuss budget, growing deficit
By Zack Colman
(Last updated: 02/04/10 9:43pm)

The East Lansing City Council will begin budget brainstorming Saturday during its weekend retreat as the city faces a deficit that is expected to exceed the current fiscal year’s almost $2 million shortfall.

HERE IS A COMMENT FROM SCOTT CHAPPELLE REGARDING HIS SHAM PROJECT IN ANN ARBOR, where he DUPED THE GOVERNOR AND THE LOT IS STILL EMPTY!

Arbor Update
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5. August 2004 • Brandon
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A few Ann Arbor News stories you may have missed this week:

>Development agreement reached:

Despite losing the visionary behind the project and the support of the University of Michigan, the man leading the Broadway Village at Lower Town development said he’s sure the project will be built.

Scott Chappelle of Strathmore Co. said Monday he’s certain the $125 million, 500,000-square-foot residential and commercial project will be completed after the Ann Arbor City Council approved a development agreement Monday night by a 6-2 vote.

IT NEVER GOT BUILT, BECAUSE HE DECEIVED EVERY ONE OF THEM ABOUT HIS FINANCING! HE DID NOT HAVE IT! So WHO IS THE LIAR?

The truth does hurt Hans. The truth is that the units are built and paid for by individuals.

City dollars spent on the houses: $0.00.

You are a dishonest charlatan committed to deceiving the residents of east lansing to serve your own agenda and ego.

Shameful!

The title is clear: taxpayer money used for private housing project.
Read the title of the article!!!
Who is the liar? These State News staffers cannot even believe their own words, so how can they expect us to trust their words? They just resort to namecalling. How
pathetic!!!

The city had been in discussions to buy property from the landowner at 607 Virginia Ave., but discussions ceased after no solutions were reached.

“The city’s trying to buy, but (the property owner) doesn’t want to sell,” Mayor Vic Loomis said. The owner of the property declined comment.

The entirety of the Northern Tier was not approved by the City of East Lansing. It was not even part of East Lansing at the time. In fact, the City did not WANT all of those apartments and development to go up there. That was Bath Twp. But, of course, once all the people moved in they whined about the lack of police, fire and bus services. So, they voted to join East Lansing.

The Avondale project is designed to increase the number of single family homeowners in the City — thus INCREASING tax revenues. That’s the whole point. Its not to enrich developers. Its to improve tax revenues for the city, and transform old, out of date rental housing stick into newer, more valuable single family residences.

In my opinion, MSU students should be housed on Campus as much as possible. There’s no way to gauarntee that, of course, but increasing and upgrading the dorms on Campus should be a priority to reduce the rental blight that occurs downtown. Even the most conscientious students and landlords are less likely to keep a property in good condition that a single family homewoner. And, teh city needs more actual permanent residents living closer to downtown. The downtown turns into a big ghost town during the dead of Summer unless there is a big festival going on. It cannot sustain a diversity of businesses.

You are the liar Hans. The city may have spent money on PUBLIC infrastructure associated with this project, but the homes were built by a private developer and paid for ENTIRELY by private individuals. Tell the truth or stop talking.

It is difficult to argue against someone who admits that the City buys private properties, yet also suggests that no public money was used. Laughable, but not funny.

That is the old MONEY GROWS ON TREES theory of economics, as told by Staton and Loomis. Something for nothing. That is the real lie, because it is too good to be true.

Did you actually read the article in the State News that states CLEARLY that the City of East Lansing spent millions of taxpayer dollars on this risky real estate project, that their crony the developer benefited from?

City attempts to reach deal with property owners for project
By Jeff Kanan
(Last updated: 04/07/09 11:37pm)

After tabling a scheduled vote on whether to use public right-of-way to acquire a property for its Avondale Square project, East Lansing City Council members will have to wait to complete construction of the project’s west alley.

The city had been in discussions to buy property from the landowner at 607 Virginia Ave., but discussions ceased after no solutions were reached.

“The city’s trying to buy, but (the property owner) doesn’t want to sell,” Mayor Vic Loomis said. The owner of the property declined comment.

What is taking you so long to get the home owners point of view? Still not an interview? How nice for City Hall that you, the State News, consistently print a one sided viewpoint, in favor of more City spending. All Staton and Loomis have to do is treat you at a fancy lunch a couple of times a month.

Who is this Hans guy? He’s nuts!

So let me get this straight…

You object to the city working on a project to bring new families into the city?

And you still maintain (falsely from what I can tell) that the city had anything to do with selling the lots (a group called Mayberry did that), builidng the houses (Mayberry again), or buying them (individual families). The city may have helped set this thing up to support the city and the schools, but the rest was a private transaction. You need to get a hobby and stop spending so much time on this website confusing people to make yourself feel better.

The TITLE of the Article states:

E.L. looks to acquire Avondale property

So I would agree that this is clearly Taxpayer money involved, millions of dollars of it during the past several years. Why would you call someone a liar for stating the truth?