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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, Jack.

- Back in 2008, why didn’t Maret just buy the property?  If there were not other parties interested [in what you characterize as DC’s $20 million favor for BGC], why didn’t DC bargain down on the price such that it had $1-2 million left over for improvements?

- Why do you mention Bob Stowers?  Are you trying to bully him by saying he should be grateful to you for his job?

- Why don’t you show us the contract with the automatic extension clause?

- What year was your son admitted to Maret?
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This letter is all of “Make Jelleff Public”’s christmases at once. With all the detail he provides, Jack makes clear that he was intimately involved in both the original agreement and its extension. Even putting aside the fact that his son attends/ed Maret, his history of ethical challenges only strengthens the appearance of malfeasance. Maret is digging a deep PR hole trying to defend this sham.[/quote]

Absolutely right. When will Maret leadership recognize this as something that's not going to go away and they're going to get pulled under by the Jack Evans sinking ship?  They need to show leadership and ethical behavior by either offering to cancel the deal or make a big public show of sharing the field during afterschool hours in a meaningful way...not this crap about an hour on "most" Wednesdays (they weren't sharing it on Wednesday 9/4). Give the Jelleff aftercare program standing rights to half of the enormous field from 3:30 to 4:30 every school day. You can still play a soccer game on the other half. Tell Hardy soccer teams that they can use the field for an hour 3 days a week, or let them host a weekly game there. something MEANINGFUL...not token. [/quote]

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