CenLamar | Est. 2006

The Bob Dean Article really caught my attention today: Hilarity! Quote of the month: “Fair market value, by definition, is the price at which a willing seller will sell and a willing buyer will buy.” He’s basically saying, “Yeah, my asking price is totally unfair, and I know the hotel’s not worth $12.2 million. I’m just hoping to find the right idiot.” Dean, for the record, purchased the hotel for $8.1 million. For some reason, people seem to think he bought it for much less.

Blowing Smoke: Anonymous said… Tells us a lot that Lamar lectured us all on posting anonomously yet he has posted at least 4 times including the last 2 advertising his blog sight (sp) This is a total and complete fabrication. I have never and will never post anonymously. ….see there is a way to see the IP address of the poster and I just pulled it up….Nice try LEMAR! Please supply this information. You’re claiming to have definitive proof….well, show me. (What is particularly interesting is that I post from different computers in different locations, so it’d be impossible to…

By the way, I received that information from the Louisiana Secretary of State through another source. My discovery of these records was not due to my own ingenuity. However, I still am interested in answering the question: Why? I mean no ill-will toward any of the individuals listed, but they are all, through official and unofficial channels, big players in local government. The way I see it there are two options: 1. They forgot to file the report, and they didn’t realize that this would create a problem. or 2. The failure to disclose this report is indicative of an…