Why The Sudden Switch

One thing I've discovered is this. "If people talk long enough, two things are going to happen." 1. They're going to tell on themselves or 2. They're going to eventually tell a lie. If they don't end up doing both. In this case I think the latter happened. The sudden change of heart, is an attempt at damage control. I think somebody may have talked too much without thinking it through. I know they hope many people weren't listening like they claim. A young man called in on the radio the other week and brought up Preston Lamm. President Of "Beale Street Merchants Association." Needless to say he was pumped for information and whisked off the air. Until then I didn't really even know who Preston Lamm was. I had heard the name before, but nothing to raise a red flag. With the involvement of the BSDC, it wasn't necessary though. I knew something was fishy. As it turns out , he's a major player on Beale St. too. He's the owner or partners in at least six different establishments. Something tells me he's a tenant who thinks he could be a better property manager.

I've smelled a rat every since this whole thing began. Mainly due to the involvement of the BSDC. Randall Catron has hung around milking a dry tit for every little bit of milk he can get. Talking to anyone he can get to listen. That's until they start to ask questions. They squandered a golden opportunity in it's early stages. Dating back to the development and opening of the Towne II cinema. Anything that has them as a backdrop, bares close watching. Since I've already made enemies in regards to this subject. I might as well stick to my guns. I talked to Randall Catron face to face a while back, and he couldn't explain the fifty-two year leases with the city then. Last I heard he still hadn't come up with one yet. If he can't get it past me, how is he going to explain it to those highly paid lawyers ? That's why they haven't paid him in the last twenty-five years. They won't pay him in twenty-five more.

Now we know who the majority of those disgruntled owners are, that we've heard so much about in the past. As far as tenants being concerned with what the others are paying every month. One rental agreement has nothing to do with the other. Any real business owner knows that. I think Mr. Lamm is trying to create a reasonable suspicion. Trying to make people think he might have doctored the books during his time as Elkington's bookkeeper. So when he doesn't offer any incriminating evidence because there isn't any. He'll be perceived as hiding something. If he does give them something they can use. He'll be considered the reluctant employee who spilled the beans on his boss. W hen that's what he really wanted to do all along. That might explain the sudden switch.