A Conflict of Interest. Steve Bartlett's Link to Stratus and Self Dealing.
On May 12, 2003 I asked the CCHOA for Full disclosure for all three of our board members.
Weeks after my request, I was given this response: ''The Association's current and former directors do not have any legal obligation to make the sweeping individual financial and business disclosures that you demand.''
I've done some research of my own. Here are a few of my recent findings.
Steve Bartlett is a Board member of Circle C and has given leases, deals and spent CCHOA dollars on Circle C communications that are clear conflicts of interest. Many of the following statements are backed up with specific web addresses, so you the reader, can verify yourselves.
Circle C Land Corp is a subsidiary of Stratus. See Page 53 of the 2002 Stratus Annual Report at the following address, it states this fact. (http://www.stratusproperties.com/annual.htm)
Steve Bartlett is financially attached to Circle C Land Corp. In the 2003 Travis County Appraisal web address below, you'll find the following:
Owner's Name and Mailing Address:
CIRCLE C LAND CORP
ATTN STEVEN P BARTLETT
P O BOX 162406 AUSTIN TX
(http://www.traviscad.org/travisdetail.php?theKey=04315702120000)
In the recent Circle C Newsletter, Steve Bartlett and the other Board members ask the following question: Would you like apartments or HEB on track 103 at the North side of Escarpment & Slaughter?
I believe the question itself is wrong. It's a leading question. Why isn't the question: What would the community like to see and use in track 103? Then we can talk with Stratus and see if they would like to work with us (since we will be the customers of whatever is built there).
On February 28th, 2001 the current BOD (Bartlett, Rigsbee & O'Reilly) approved a lease of CCHOA property - 5919 LaCrosse Ave. The 10 year lease from 2001 to the year 2011 was to Phoenix Holdings. The Secretary of State reveals Steve Bartlett as the President of Phoenix Holdings when this lease was signed. The lease included CCHOA providing the double suite office space, paying all taxes and all utilities. Phoenix Holdings (Steve Bartlett's financial interest) would only pay $100.00 a month.
The taxes and utilities alone are much more than the $100.00 a month. Phoenix Holdings collects rent from Susan Hoovers/Denise Nordstroms two companies (Circle C Landscape and Full Circle Management - it's unknown how much Phoenix charges the two companies).
When the residents found out about this transaction in the summer, Bartlett (a Bradley Business partner) immediately changed the president of Phoenix with the Secretary of State, from himself to Brad Buetel (Bradley cousin and business partner). This shell game of different people, different companies has been played on the residents for years.
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On May 12, 2003 I asked the CCHOA for Full disclosure for all three of our board members.
Weeks after my request, I was given this response: ''The Association's current and former directors do not have any legal obligation to make the sweeping individual financial and business disclosures that you demand.''
I've done some research of my own. Here are a few of my recent findings.
Steve Bartlett is a Board member of Circle C and has given leases, deals and spent CCHOA dollars on Circle C communications that are clear conflicts of interest. Many of the following statements are backed up with specific web addresses, so you the reader, can verify yourselves.
Circle C Land Corp is a subsidiary of Stratus. See Page 53 of the 2002 Stratus Annual Report at the following address, it states this fact. (http://www.stratusproperties.com/annual.htm)
Steve Bartlett is financially attached to Circle C Land Corp. In the 2003 Travis County Appraisal web address below, you'll find the following:
Owner's Name and Mailing Address:
CIRCLE C LAND CORP
ATTN STEVEN P BARTLETT
P O BOX 162406 AUSTIN TX
(http://www.traviscad.org/travisdetail.php?theKey=04315702120000)
In the recent Circle C Newsletter, Steve Bartlett and the other Board members ask the following question: Would you like apartments or HEB on track 103 at the North side of Escarpment & Slaughter?
I believe the question itself is wrong. It's a leading question. Why isn't the question: What would the community like to see and use in track 103? Then we can talk with Stratus and see if they would like to work with us (since we will be the customers of whatever is built there).
On February 28th, 2001 the current BOD (Bartlett, Rigsbee & O'Reilly) approved a lease of CCHOA property - 5919 LaCrosse Ave. The 10 year lease from 2001 to the year 2011 was to Phoenix Holdings. The Secretary of State reveals Steve Bartlett as the President of Phoenix Holdings when this lease was signed. The lease included CCHOA providing the double suite office space, paying all taxes and all utilities. Phoenix Holdings (Steve Bartlett's financial interest) would only pay $100.00 a month.
The taxes and utilities alone are much more than the $100.00 a month. Phoenix Holdings collects rent from Susan Hoovers/Denise Nordstroms two companies (Circle C Landscape and Full Circle Management - it's unknown how much Phoenix charges the two companies).
When the residents found out about this transaction in the summer, Bartlett (a Bradley Business partner) immediately changed the president of Phoenix with the Secretary of State, from himself to Brad Buetel (Bradley cousin and business partner). This shell game of different people, different companies has been played on the residents for years.
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