I agree at the strangeness of all of this. It really doesn’t seem to add up, no matter which way I’ve sliced it. Can we get a ruling from those better informed on Payback’s claim that it’s illegal for a corporation to conduct business while in bankruptcy? Would it depend under what Chapter you’ve filed your bankruptcy? Is this even a big deal?

As for squatting on plazola’s name… color me equally confused. If Juarez wanted to throw mud over Ignacio’s relationship with Carlos (which really has become a non-issue now, anyhow), wouldn’t he have already started flinging? Or set up his own hit-piece website similar to the one leveled against him? Does. Not. Compute.

The State of California is working hard to protect borrowers from illegal and improper lending practices while still making sure that people get the credit they need to live the American Dream. Prospective homebuyers and other borrowers need to do their part by being careful about the lenders they select. Educating yourself about the techniques that dishonest lenders use will help you avoid becoming a victim of predatory lending.
The term “predatory lending” is used to describe a variety of deceitful, fraudulent or unfair credit practices, including:

Steering borrowers towards interest rates that far exceed the lender’s risks.

Charging excessively high fees and commissions.

Persuading a borrower to repeatedly refinance a loan in order to charge high points and fees each time the loan is refinanced (“loan flipping”).

Misrepresenting the loan’s terms and conditions.

Requiring high-cost credit insurance (“packing”).

Unscrupulous lenders who use these tactics often target vulnerable populations such as low-income borrowers and seniors.

Weird. I mean what politician would put up an endorsements page that had no names on it?

and what would be the advantage of cybersquatting on Plazola’s name? This is getting epically bizarre.

Mario’s two Bankrupt corporations are funding this mirror website.

Isn’t that illegal for campaigns to take contributions from bankrupt corporations.

and / or

Isn’t it illegal to conduct business with bankrupt corporations

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How Stupid does this idiot think the voters in District 5 are.

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If you’re going to keep asserting that the Ninth Avenue Terminal is the last building of its kind in the US, you are going to have to provide some sort of reference for that. I e-mailed you like you requested in your last comment, and have not gotten a response. There is no reference to the Ninth Avenue Terminal being the last of anything in the country anywhere in the public record on this project – in the EIR, the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board report, and so on, it is simply referred to as the last surviving break bulk terminal in Oakland (we had three). Unless you can provide evidence otherwise, I’m going to have to conclude that your assertion is simply not true and ask you to stop repeating it.

Sorry, you are right this was probably not the best place to start this conversation. I just can’t stop talking about 3 things lately and the 9th Ave Terminal is one of them. It’s the historic preservationist in me. Let me try to respond to all the topics you bring up.
1. Terminal is Ugly–
Many folks have told me that they do not think the Terminal is a very attractive bldg, they would rather save something older, smaller, better looking. My take is this—per local historians, this is the last remaining terminal of its kind in the US and I think that the last one of anything would be a great thing to save. Maybe someday Oakland would get some positive attention for having it here. Who knows?
2. Gutting the Inside and adding something on top–
Then it won’t be the last terminal of its kind in the US, will it?
3. Piecemeal development & Population base support
I agree with you about not wanting piecemeal development, but this one historic bldg doesn’t have to keep new construction away. On the contrary I see the Terminal as being the heart of new residential development in the area. I see it filled with shops, offices, restaurants, bars, coffee houses, etc, etc, etc. God, maybe even a bank or two.
When I speak of the neighborhoods the other side of 880, I am speaking specifically about Eastlake/San Antonio. When the new Starbucks (that has such a great view of the Terminal) first opened my neighbors organized a walking group that walked from San Antonio Park to Starbucks and back and we continue to do this from time to time. We also bike and drive there. I go freguently and always see at least one neighbor there. Gosh, I have been to Flora downtown at least once a week since it opened and folks I know here are ALWAYS looking for someplace in the neighborhood to go at night for entertainment. I definitely think the population base would support a couple restaurants in the Terminal. Look at Quinn’s Lighthouse, that place has done a whopping business for years and years and I hate to say this, but the food isn’t even that good. We go because we are desperate for someplace to go in the neighborhood. Also, the Yacht dealerships seem to stay in business along that stretch of the water, they have been there for years.
Cutting off the neighborhood on other side of 580–
You are right that we can’t see the water when we look out our windows, but many of us go down there to walk, bike or just sit by the water and enjoy the view. Not everyone in Oakland will be able to afford a new condo on the water, but we all deserve access to this lovely area. The Waterfront trail, the old Terminal, the oak to 9th plan, I just want to make sure these things open the waterfront to the existing neighborhood and if we could save a unique, old Oakland bldg at the same time, well, it seems like a good idea to me.

Now it’s my turn to apologise for ranting on about the waterfront, but I’ve been waiting over 20 years for Oakland to realize its potential and I’m getting cranky!

I really would like to see a retractions compilation website for each of the EBExpress’s writers. As a matter of fact, online retraction histories should be a new addition to standards of all journalists.