Post Oak business and property owners demand Uptown resignations
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A group representing nearly 200 Uptown business and property owners are calling for the resignation of
Uptown officials spearheading a major bus project that will tear up Post Oak Blvd.
The Post Oak Business and Property Owners Coalition wants the immediate resignation of Uptown Executive Director John Breeding, Uptown Chairman Kendall Miller, and Martin Debrovner, the Chairman of the Uptown TIRZ.
“The secrecy, deception and backroom dealing by the power hungry appointed members of the Uptown District, TIRZ, and Uptown Development Authority is deplorable,” says Jim Scarborough of the coalition.
Despite promises of transparency, Uptown refuses to say what property has been bought and for what price, even though nearly 1/3 of the property needed for the bus project has connections to appointed Uptown Board Members.
Documents released by the coalition reveal Uptown is using taxpayer money to lobby for the project, and has kept secret growing costs of the project.
The coalition has long alleged the unneeded bus project is a scheme to help some board members make money and redevelop their own properties. The new documents show Uptown has offered $1.5 million for property owned by a company Uptown Chairman Kendall Miller owns.
Miller and two other Uptown officials disclosed potential conflicts this year, but documents show the Right of Way discussions started nearly three years before. Other Uptown officials have refused to outline their involvement in the real estate deal.
“Houston city council members should demand the full disclosure of who makes money on this deal today,” says Scarborough. “They should also demand the truth about how much this deal will really cost taxpayers, because we know the numbers they were given are just false. Their silence is disappointing.”
For more information contact Wayne Dolcefino at Dolcefino Consulting 713-389-0810.
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