Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Sorry...had a busy day

Anon rightly calls me out for not posting this TP article in Sunday's paper on potential conflicts of interest surrounding Bob Ellis. Forgive me for the delay....I had people threatening to sue me...hope you understand:

Crime-camera case has a tangled cast of characters

Interesting that Ellis, himself, was actually working for Benetech at one point. Regardless, Mr. Smith doesn't see a clear conflict of interest with the issues listed in the article.

There are still some unanswered questions though. In particular, is Mrs. Naef signing documents or working for the city in some capacity? If so...does this constitute a conflict of interest?

I hope we can resolve these questions soon and put the matter to bed.

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amen, Zombie.

On the other hand, the comments posted about the Jaeger Foundation and the proximity of properties to the Muses development raise real questions. Some of the older posts asking who is authorizing demolitions and who is buying up land seem less crazy now.

I wish you could poke into it without having bees fly up your nose.

Jason Brad Berry said...

Amen back to that. I'm allergic to bee stings, too.

Anonymous said...

NA # 2009-26817 427 DE ARMAS ST
NA # 2009-26818 1231 NUNEZ ST
NA # 2009-26819 813 TECHE ST
NA # 2009-26820 411 NEWTON ST
NA # 2009-26821 416 NEWTON ST
NA # 2009-26822 1052101 ELMIRA AVE
NA # 2009-26823 1022 THAYER ST
NA # 2009-26824 1308 PTOLEMY ST
NA # 2009-26825 517 DIANA ST
NA # 2009-26826 615 HOMER ST.
NA # 2009-26827 839 BELLEVILLE ST
NA # 2009-26828 1020-22 NUNEZ ST
NA # 2009-26829 615 NEWTON ST
NA # 2008-36804 1301 ELMIRA AVE
NA # 2008-47725 523 DIANA ST
NA # 2009-17111 3201 LAMARQUE ST
NA # 2009-24650 422-24 HOMER ST.
NA # 2009-24651 1519 LABOEUF ST
NA # 2009-24652 3205 PTOLEMY ST
NA # 2009-24653 1105401 SOCRATES
NA # 2009-24654 1241 LEBEOUF ST
NA # 2009-24655 1232 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2009-24656 1301 ELMIRA ST
NA # 2009-24657 1338 NUNEZ ST
NA # 2009-24658 1411 PTOLEMY ST
NA # 2009-24659 523 DIANA ST
NA # 2009-24660 818-20 BELLEVILLE
NA # 2009-24661 827 VERRET ST
NA # 2009-24662 831 VERRET ST
NA # 2009-24663 1100-02 VALLETTE
NA # 2009-24664 1230 BROOKLYN ST
NA # 2009-24665 1202 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2009-24666 926 THAYER ST
NA # 2009-24667 1205 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2009-24668 500-02 DIANA ST
NA # 2009-24670 509-11 HOMER ST
NA # 2009-24671 519-21 DIANA ST
NA # 2009-24672 834-36 ELMIRA AVE

Anonymous said...

NA # 2009-24673 905 ELMIRA AVE
NA # 2009-24674 3217 LAMARQUE ST
NA # 2009-24675 1240 BROOKLYN AVE
NA # 2008-26373 1305-07 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2008-62619 1228 BROOKLYN ST
NA # 2007-53845 526 SOCRATES ST
NA # 2007-53846 1100-02 VALLETTE
NA # 2007-53847 1307 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2007-53848 926 THAYER ST
NA # 2007-60864 1230 BROOKLYN ST

***NA # 2007-60865 312 DIANA ST
NA # 2007-60866 315 NEWTON ST
NA # 2007-60867 311 DIANA ST
NA # 2007-60868 517 DIANA ST
NA # 2007-61594 1020 NUNEZ ST
NA # 2007-61595 900 ELMIRA ST

***********************************Crescent City Management advertised in the Times Picayune with the return address of 8006 Nelson St., New Orleans, LA 70125. This property relates to
NA # 2007-61596 3306 N. PALM ST

Anonymous said...

NA # 2007-65617 615 NEWTON ST
NA # 2007-82505 1240 BROOKLYN ST
NA # 2007-82506 812 DIANA ST
NA # 2007-82507 1228 BROOKLYN ST
NA # 2007-82508 1301 ELMIRA ST
NA # 2007-82509 926 THAYER ST
NA # 2007-82510 509-11 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-82511 615 NEWTON ST
NA # 2007-82512 341 SLIDELL ST
NA # 2007-82513 422-24 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-82514 13005 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2007-82515 319-21 NEWTON ST
NA # 2007-82516 416-18-20 NEWTON
NA # 2007-82517 526 SOCRATES ST
NA # 2007-82518 819-21 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-82519 1229-31 BELLEVILLE
NA # 2007-82520 1230 BROOKLYN ST
NA # 2007-82521 1100-02 VALLETTE
*NA # 2007-82522 900 ELMIRA ST
NA # 2008-13372 1213 ELMIRA ST
NA # 2008-13373 1020-22 NUNEZ ST
NA # 2008-19869 839 BELLEVILLE ST
NA # 2008-19870 1411 PTOLEMY ST
NA # 2008-19871 1241 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2008-19872 1232 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2008-19873 1220 BELLEVILLE ST
NA # 2008-19874 1217 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2008-19875 1205 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2008-19876 1202 LEBOEUF ST

Anonymous said...

NA # 2008-19877 1117-19 TECHE ST
NA # 2008-19878 1031 BELLEVILLE ST
NA # 2008-19879 406 DEARMAS ST
NA # 2008-19880 827 VERRET ST
NA # 2008-19881 831 VERRET ST
NA # 2008-19882 3319 LAMARQUE
NA # 2008-19883 3217 LAMARQUE ST
NA # 2008-19884 1621 LEBOEUF ST
NA # 2008-19885 1519-1/2 LEBOEUF
NA # 2008-19886 1417 DEARMAS ST
NA # 2008-19887 500-02 DIANA ST
NA # 2008-19889 818 BELLEVILLE ST
NA # 2008-36805 1102301 THAYER
NA # 2008-36806 1212 BROOKLYN ST
NA # 2008-36807 1222 BROOKLYN ST
NA # 2008-36808 1066501 VERRET ST
NA # 2008-36809 1230 BELLEVILLE ST
NA # 2008-36810 1022 THAYER ST
NA # 2008-36811 1014 TECHE ST
NA # 2008-36812 937 PACIFIC AVE
NA # 2008-36813 834 ELMIRA AVE
NA # 2008-36814 1052101 ELMIRA
NA # 2008-36815 425 DIANA ST
NA # 2008-36816 724 HOMER ST
NA # 2008-36817 523 DIANA ST

Anonymous said...

NA # 2008-36818 3201 LAMARQUE ST
NA # 2008-26819 1306 PTOLEMY ST
NA # 2008-36820 1105401 SOCRATES
NA # 2008-36821 1102701 LABOEUF ST
NA # 2008-36822 909 HOMER ST
NA # 2008-36823 1228 BELLEVILLE ST
NA # 2008-47720 1115 LAMARQUE ST
NA # 2008-47721 519-21 DIANA ST
NA # 2008-47722 312 DIANA ST
NA # 2008-47723 3205 PTOLEMY ST
NA # 2008-47724 517-17 PTOLEMY ST
NA # 2008-51339 1308 PTOLMEY ST
NA # 2008-51340 840 NEWTON ST
NA # 2008-51341 1338 NUNEZ ST
NA # 2008-51342 9050001 ELMIRA ST
NA # 2009-17112 411 NEWTON ST
NA # 2009-17113 427 DEARMAS ST
NA # 2009-17114 1000 VERRET ST
NA # 2009-17115 813 TECHE ST
NA # 2009-17116 1231 NUNEZ ST
NA # 2009-26814 918 ELMIRA AVE
NA # 2009-26815 3320 LAMARQUE AVE
NA # 2009-26816 425-27 DIANA ST
NA # 2007-52354 416-22 NEWTON ST
NA # 2007-52355 1229-31 BELLEVILLE

Anonymous said...

NA # 2007-52356 422-24 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-52357 1240 BROOKLYN St
NA # 2007-52358 819-21 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-52359 319-21 NEWTON ST
NA # 2007-66874 509-11 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-66875 341 SlIDELL ST
NA # 2007-66876 912 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-47726 1117-19 TECHE ST

Daya Naef was the signatory for the City of New Orleans on every one of these recorded documents. In many cases Bob Ellis was either the witness for the City or the Notary.

New Orleans has donated most of these properties to the Jaeger Foundation for unknown reasons.

The only thing I ask of AZ for doing this research is that one of the tech folks put a map online for each property address so that the media & public can see the massive & potentially illegal land grab taking place. A land grab that Mr. Ellis and Ms. Naef-Ellis as attorneys have a clear conflict of interest in.

I am also interested in this question: "Did the Jaeger Foundation or any of its affiliate companies or subsidiaries buy an interest or buy outright Crescent City Management LLC".

This is a very big story here and I really hope the local media & federal law enforcement officials jump into this mess quickly, that is if they haven't already. Its clear the Times Picayne has a lot more information on this from their last two articles.

If I was an owner of any of these properties I would contact an attorney immediately.

Anonymous said...

NA # 2007-52356 422-24 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-52357 1240 BROOKLYN St
NA # 2007-52358 819-21 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-52359 319-21 NEWTON ST
NA # 2007-66874 509-11 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-66875 341 SlIDELL ST
NA # 2007-66876 912 HOMER ST
NA # 2007-47726 1117-19 TECHE ST

Daya Naef was the signatory for the City of New Orleans on every one of these recorded documents. In many cases Bob Ellis was either the witness for the City or the Notary.

New Orleans has donated most of these properties to the Jaeger Foundation for unknown reasons.

lil'oya said...

many of these algiers addresses are in the shadow of Blaine Kern's mega-development - what ever happened with that?

Anonymous said...

OK, Anon, what gives?

Are all these properties Naef related, or only the ones you've starred?

If only the starred ones are connected to Naef, then why give these big long lists?

You obviously want us to figure out what you know or what you think you know. Please provide a narrative to go with your lists.

I'd still like us to get back to those HSOA/Picke Construction contracts at the airport, etc. (The information about those contracts posted on this blog came from Picke's own publicly accessible website.)

And some of us are still waiting for Dambala's post about contracts relating to the schools, which may have nothing at all to do with HSOA/goons/libel suits/bees.

Jason Brad Berry said...

You're gonna have to wait on HSOA and schools. Sorry.

There's only one of me and I'm dealing with some major shit right now.

Plus there is a high drama issue going down with the tech department. It's been unfolding all day and everytime I think I'm ready to post something changes.

Please hang tight.

Anonymous said...

DAYA NAEF WAS A SIGNATORY ON ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES. Consequently these are all of the properties that came up for Daya Naef under the vendor cateory in the Notorial Archives with the exception of their personal stuff.

Daya Naef's signature is on every one of these properties while acting on behalf of the City of New Orleans. The Times Picayne article by David Hammer quotes Robert Ellis Jr. as saying he didn't have any dealings with his wife while working at the city. Many of these documents show that Mr. Ellis failed to recall the dozens of documents he signed as a witness or notary on Daya Naef affidavits involving the city.

Lastly, Crescent City Management is owned by Daya Naef and its business location is the personal residence of Ellis.

Look at the contract that Crescent City Management recieved from the City of New Orleans.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for posting and explaining, Anon with the lists.

Hang tight yourself, Dambala. You are my hero.

Anonymous said...

Ashe,

I have mapped all of these streets but GMAIL seems to be giving me fits. How do you want me to get you the image of these mappings? I'm sure everyone will find the placement VERY interesting.

Sparky

Anonymous said...

I can't find anything online confirming a contract between Crescent City Management and the City, but the company is registered as a vendor.

http://www.purchasing.cityofno.com/bso/external/bidAckList.sdo?bidId=450C-00324

Sam Jasper said...

I lived on Elmira St and was running relief supplies all over that area after the flood. Many of those addresses are Algiers Point addresses, albeit the "other" part of Algiers Point and just beyond Opelousas Street, which is a de facto economic and racial line in many ways.

This is really really curious. And yes, they are, many of them very near Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World.

Some of the residents in the Algiers Point area view "The Point" boundaries as Atlantic to the river, and the levee to Opelousas. Lots of the addresses on these lists fall just barely within or a block or two out of that definition.

Anonymous said...

Something Eric Torres said to me four years ago (I think it was four years ago) is starting to ding someplace in da backa my brain pan.

Can't remember it for the life of me right now, but I'll get up at 3 am and post when it hits me. I think you are all onto something with the Mardi Gras World connection.

I wish I wasn't semi-retarded; now would be the time for my stoopid memory to work.

Thanks, Sparky.

Sam Jasper said...

That list is bugging the hell outta me (and I am allergic to bee stings fo' true). There were people LIVING in those houses, maybe not all of them, but I'd bet most of them. How did the city get hold of them? Who the hell is Jaeger Foundation? How were they "donated." I'm having issues with these donated houses anyway. Donated by the city? To be used how? To make more housing available in a city already short of it? I doubt it.

Dammit. This is gonna bug me all night. I might map it and go take photos. I keep looking at those addresses and seeing someone take a map and a red sharpie and say, "These."

mcbrid35 said...

Only two of the properties have had demo permits against them:

416 Newton
615 Newton

You can check permits here:

http://aca.accela.com/nola/Cap/CapHome.aspx?module=Permits&TabName=Permits

On this search engine, there are a few important things:

1) Change the year of the "start date" to 2003. That will ensure you get as many permits as possible.

2) Do not put in any more information than absolutely necessary. That is, don't put in a street type, city, or anything other than the number and street name.

Anonymous said...

Naef is not listed as a city attorney on the city's website.

If she is one, why hide that? Why not come out and say it on that site or on this one?

Jason Brad Berry said...

Well, as far as we know she isn't working for the city in any capacity. I am confused about the documents listed here though. I am hoping Mr. Ellis will clear that up for us shortly.