Monthly Archive for July, 2011

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Kluge Vineyard Rebranded, Due to Open

Trump Vineyard Estates is due to open in September. Well, that’s…what’s the opposite of “great”? That.  #

Kluge’s Finances Public in Bankruptcy Filings

Patricia Kluge and William Moses’ finances are a matter of public record, Bryan McKenzie writes, and it’s not pretty. Bankruptcy filings have $2.65M in assets, and they’re $47.5M in debt. Those assets are $1.35M in real estate and $1.3M in cash, which is to say that they apparently have no cash, stock, bonds, or any liquid assets to speak of. Somehow they have an estimated monthly income of $16k (where does it come from—do they have jobs?) against monthly expenses of $21k, including $5.5k in rent.

If I’d just declared bankruptcy, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t move into a 6,600 square foot home, as these two financial wizards just did. The word for that is “mansion.” This is the part where I’d make a crack about how the rich are different than you and me, but they’re also different from the Kluges—because, at this point, I’m worth more than they are.

BoS Speakers Oppose Bypass Overwhelmingly

In response to the Board of Supervisors’ unannounced midnight vote to approve the long-dormant Western Bypass last month, a packed house objected to the new road at last night’s meeting, Aaron Richardson writes in the Progress. Over 100 people signed up to speak, overwhelmingly in opposition to either the road or the process by which it was approved. But it’s not clear that there’s any purpose to such objections—the BoS has already cast their votes.

Proposed Bypass Bypass Visualized

This is what the Western Bypass would look like. Expect to lose half an hour to these renderings—they’re really engrossing.  #

The Once and Future Rock Hill Garden

A look at the once-glorious Rock Hill Garden, just off the bypass.  #