Question: What Does Schwab Hold In His Hand

Paww:

The public would like an investigation or audit of all the actions of Tom Schwab, Steve Berry and the City Council/Re Development Agency and the City Attorney who advised them all.

It is apparent that Tom Schwab's sell of a City Purchased/Owned Car to Steve Berry was an attempt to have something to hold over Steve Berry's head in the future. Perhaps he paid or didn't pay, there is no financial record of the transaction only a title transfer trail. There was not a public announcement of the disposal of public property to allow others to have the opportunity to obtain the car. Perhaps this was the "Help" that was to be Schwabs ammunition to use against Berry at some future time.

Of course Steve Berry adds to the pile of reasons not to retain him on his own, but we must find out what else Tom Schwab is hiding and about who. What favors rendered to friends of the City Council, including employers/ past employers, and other associates of the Council have been done to effectively manipulate them into compliance.

Why did the price of 750,000 land and old farm house got to over 2,000,000 in a Back Door Deal for the benefit of the and the former employer of one of the Council Members, and associate with the spouse of another council member and the close friend ot the Mayor and Schwab? Why pay a high price for land for a project that was doomed by poor planning, no bid process, and zip traffic mitigation study sufficient for an Environmental Impact Mitigation. The Council members that were touched by this deal should not be allowed to vote one way or the other on the retention of either Schawab or Berry. That would preclude the participation of Council Member Cortez, Council Member Miller, and Council Member Ferre as the sale has an impact on the Water Company that her husband sits on the board of. Miller's wife rented office space from the realtor Carlstrom who negotiated the deal, and who collected a portion of the sale in fees. Where as Cortez is actually a member of his office / business associates in a more direct way. Was this land deal a future thing to hold over the heads of Council Members and other "Friends of the Council".

Yep, there is a stench in city hall and the only way to get rid of it is to have an open hire call for a City Manager to the exclusion of Berry and Schwab. There is sufficient cause to exclude them. The question is what does Schwab and Berry have on the City Council Members present and past that motivates their continued employment within the city?

When Schwab stood and asked for his job back, and the back up band of supporters he arranged to have stand behind him suggests he planned the spectacle for the benefit of the Public and Council. Each individual who spoke has benefited financially in one way or another as a result of zone changes and land sales and the conduct of city business. Were they motivated because Schwab has something on them, or they have something they don't want discovered or ended if there was a replacement?

In Berry we have a Mini Me Schwab that has grown to a point of annoyance for Schwab and wants to keep Schwabs job that he was trained and lead into by Schwab. It is kind of ironic... that Schwab created his own Frankenstein Berry, the question is who has what on whom? Will we get it all out in to the Sunlight and out of the back room?

We can hope even in Grand Terrace can't we?