CenLamar | Est. 2006

People continue to talk about this downtown conversion project, and the chatter is healthy and necessary, though I think people don’t realize a few things: 1) I don’t make a commission on this at all. My role, like that of Horatio Isadore, is as a faciliator, a motivator, an enthusiast, and a deal-maker. In fact, my mother and I are investors; we can either lose a lot of money or make a little bit of money… but that money is NOT commission-based. 2) The details of this conversion are different than past project ideas for this building. 3) Mr. Silver…

Point/Counterpoint: “Scarlett, if you think that he is going to unload/develope (sp) the downtown Weiss & Goldring building for a “gift certificate” then he is not the naive one here. Watch the Silver/Lawson connection. Harry is Myron’s man and that’s what he is doing there.” – Anonymous This is a bizarrely conspiratorial take on the situation. Until last week, I honestly had no idea how political this building truly is. The reason I am involved is because Horatio Isadore, owner of House of Java and a longtime friend of mine, asked me to take a look at it. Plain and…

Dealing with the abuse on my own terms: Last night, I decided to scale back my participation on the Cenla Antics blog for a number of reasons. First, I was receiving mean-spirited letters and responses, and I simply don’t have enough time to personally deal with every little letter. Second, I don’t think the blog truly facilitates the type of open forum that we need in order to affect real change in this city. And third, I am working on a project to renovate the downtown Weiss and Goldring building, and some may perceive that my work on this project…