Here's something interesting for our readers' consumption on yet another otherwise slow Emerald City news day. One of our sharp-eyed readers sent us an electronic copy of Boss Godfrey's April 17, 2009 Administrative Review Meeting Agenda, which would seem to suggest that the administration is at long last getting off its ass, and taking formal action against at least one owner of the firetrap properties within the Ogden River Project:
• Mayor’s Administrative Review Meeting Agenda April 17, 2009We travelled to the parcel search section of the most excellent Weber County website, and gleaned ownership info on the eight "dangerous buildings" which were the subject of Boss Godfrey's April 17 meeting. Here's the information that we found:
030350004 - OGDEN RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CO LP - 1915 GRANT AVE
030350003 - OGDEN RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CO LP - 1921 GRANT AVE
030350001 - OGDEN RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CO LP - 1929 GRANT AVE
030370010 - OGDEN RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CO LP - 1935 GRANT AVE
030370008 - OGDEN RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CO LP - 1951 GRANT AVE
030370007 - OGDEN RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CO LP - 1955 GRANT AVE
030370006 - OGDEN RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CO LP - 1957 GRANT AVE
030370005 - OGDEN RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CO LP - 1965 GRANT AVE
And who is the investor/principal who hides behind the Ogden Riverfront Development Co. Ltd, corporate shell?
Boss Godfrey's hand-picked Ogden City River Project savior, of course, the broke-ass Gadi Leshem, naturally.
We've been screaming bloody murder about the city's lack of action in this matter for over a year; and our friends at the Standard-Examiner have been raising holy hell about it too. So far however, the financially prudent voices in our community have been greeted with a giant Godfrey administration yawn.
So at this juncture we'll once again appeal to our gentle and savvy readers to help explain the meaning of all this. Has Boss Godfrey finally finally grown fed up with his erstwhile buddy, Gadi Leshem, who didn't even have the decency to donate anything more than a measly ten grand to Godfrey's 2007 reelection campaign? Or, on the other hand, is Boss Godfrey moving in the direction of giving formal notice to Gadi merely to placate the critics, and to do what Gadi should have done over a year ago (demolish his dilapidated vacant structures) at the taxpayers' expense? We talked to an official in Ogden City Government by the way, who told us the cost to the taxpayers for the city's demolition of these properties would average out at around $10 thousand a pop.
Just for fun on a Saturday afternoon, we'll also reprise and re-display this mood setting WCF Five Star rated Don Porter Video Piece which is embedded in the above-linked Std-Ex editorial:
Chime in people. Ignore the wonderful weather. Please stay indoors and post your comments during this latest episode of what experienced Utahns call "false spring."
