Thursday, October 29, 2015
ATTENTION KENNESAW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
(and those wanting to be City Council Members)
Since this Castle Lake Mobile Home Park was rezoned and annexed to the City of Kennesaw (all in 28 days start to finish) some consumer oriented people have been telling City officials that the 1,500 new City residents at CLMHP were getting totally screwed by Fuqua and the slumlords at the Canadian Ergas Group.
All these residents got from the City was hot air and BS.
Now that these people are scattered to other parks, other cities/counties they are still being taken advantage of by this group of liars and thieves.
Below is an incoming from a former resident of the CLMHP which shows just what a rip off operation the Yes Communities are and how those former CL residents continue to be taken advantage of.
The Kennesaw City administration early on burried their collective heads in the sand and ignored those 1,500 'new' Kennesaw citizens while Fuqua and the Ergas clan totally screwed them.
Shame on all of you for allowing this to happen!
"Hello Mr. Harris
This is Cindy Bickford my family was part of the castle lake displacement. Now that Fuqua has the land and everyone moved out, the company they partnered up with Yes Communities, are kicking us one more time.
We moved to hidden falls in Acworth with the deal that being it was a Yes Community, we would get $2500.00 and lot rent of $99.00 for 2 months. Now we are here Yes is saying the $2500.00 was used for fixing the home from the move. For instance the siding had to be married back together from the move.
Feels like a bait and switch to me. No one will talk to me about this. Please forward this to anyone that can help. Thank you
Sent from my iPhone"
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(see: http://castlelakekennesaw.blogspot.com/ and http://castlelakemhp.blogspot.com/. Keep up with my Facebook posts at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008587503434)
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10/26/15
The 52 acre Castle Lake site at Barrett Pky and Cobb Pky is being prepared for the retail development and continues to be cleared.
The trailers are long gone and the ground is being leveled so the construction can begin. Some sections require explosives to break up the rocky areas. This is taken just across Cobb Pky from the IHOP restaurant.
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10/6/15
A KENNESAW COUNCIL MEMBER WROTE TO ME VIA FB ON THE CASTLE LAKE ISSUE:
"Given we were not obligated (legally) to do anything, we forced the developer to go way beyond what most would consider reasonable. While I do not expect it, I suggest you amend your position publicly."
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MY REPLY WAS:
The Kennesaw mayor and entire City Council were entirely useless in the Castle Lake MHP fiasco.
You allowed Atlanta's Most Controversial Developer to team up with the Ergas family of Vancouver, Canada, who are, were and will undoubtedly continue to be major slum lords, and between them they screwed 1,500 retired, low income and Hispanic tenants and a few owners at the downmarket trailer park.
It took only 28 days from the mayors State of the City speech on the topic of the trailer park to not only annex 52 acres of the larger park to the City of Kennesaw and at the same time change the zoning to allow this large retail development.
The mayor and all of you on the Council allowed the new citizens of Kennesaw to be cheated, harassed and browbeaten by Fuqua and the CLMHP owners.
The only thing coming out of the City was bland assurances that no permits would be issued for development until an adequate relocation package was given. We have seen how well that worked out.
No worthwhile package ever materialized, there is now an ongoing Superior Court suit by 12 of the park tenants/owners who are asking for Class Action status.
You can follow this action by going tohttp://www.cobbsuperiorcourtclerk.org/courts/ and looking up the Feb 13, 2015 filing, by case number 15-1-1129, or any of the 3 firms being sued: Castle Lake Homes Corp, Masal Partners Ltd. LP and Amak Partners LP.
You can follow this action by going tohttp://www.cobbsuperiorcourtclerk.org/courts/ and looking up the Feb 13, 2015 filing, by case number 15-1-1129, or any of the 3 firms being sued: Castle Lake Homes Corp, Masal Partners Ltd. LP and Amak Partners LP.
The City leadership in this matter (and several others) has been disappointing and I have said and continue to say that the Council is worthless and without question leaderless. You should all be totally ashamed of the miserable jobs you have done on this and other City issues.
You all owe an abject apology to 1,500 people now scattered over several counties, people who you made Kennesaw citizens for a few months and sat on your hands while Fuqua and the Ergas clan threatened, browbeat and bamboozled them.
Shame on all of you!
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The councilman can be reached at: jsebastian@kennesaw-ga.gov if you have comments for him.
All the information on this botched issue can be found at any one of these sites:
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9/23/15
Work continues for the Fuqua retail site.
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CASTLE LAKE MHP still exists, it is now only 23 acres and all of this is in the County and not in the City of Kennesaw.
9/19/15
Working weekends at 1650 N. Cobb Pky, Kennesaw.
9/17/15
Work continues at 1650 N. Cobb Pky as 52 acres of the Castle Lake MHP are cleared for the new retail development.
CASTLE LAKE MHP still exists, it is now only 23 acres and all of this is in the County and not in the City of Kennesaw.
9/19/15
Working weekends at 1650 N. Cobb Pky, Kennesaw.
9/17/15
Work continues at 1650 N. Cobb Pky as 52 acres of the Castle Lake MHP are cleared for the new retail development.
9/14/15
Work continues to level the 52 acres and remove trees and trailers.
More photos at: http://castlelakemhp.blogspot.com/
9/6/15
CASTLE LAKE MHP
The 52 acres of that section of the park sold to Fuqua Development is being cleared for the new shopping center. Whole Foods will be one of the anchor stores.
8/31/15
Castle Lake MHP is being cleared for development
Trees and brush are being clear cut on the 52 acres where Fuqua is developing the retail mall. Whole Foods has put up a sign letting potential customers know that they will have a store in the new retail complex.
8/26/15
August - Castle Lake MHP Quary is being emptied.
8/18/15
