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Amazing video of State Farm Stadium. Could I have permission to use this video in a Cardinals pregame hype video for local broadcast? I could courtesy your company in the corner of the screen to point viewers toward your company. I work for the local FOX station, thanks.
Real estate scam alleged by investors By Roger Vincent Feb. 5, 2009 12 AM Small investors accused a prominent California real estate brokerage and a former Orange County businessman in a lawsuit Wednesday of taking part in an elaborate scam that fleeced individual investors out of millions of dollars in recent years. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Jose, alleges that brokers at Marcus & Millichap allegedly took part in a conspiracy to buy small commercial properties, artificially inflate their values and sell them to unsuspecting investors. The lawsuit was filed as a class action on behalf of 16 investors, mostly Californians, who bought 22 properties in four states. The suit seeks as much as $70 million in compensatory damages and up to $200 million altogether with punitive damages and treble damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law. Also named as defendants were Paul A. Morabito, 45, a former Laguna Beach businessman and state official who now resides in Nevada, and Florida businessman Jack Waelti. Representatives at Marcus & Millichap, based in Encino, said they wouldn’t be able to comment until they had reviewed the lawsuit. Morabito and Waelti could not be reached for comment. “This scheme was employed with nearly mathematical precision and demonstrates a formula of fraud,” said plaintiffs’ attorney David J. George, a partner in the San Diego law firm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins. The lawsuit alleges that Morabito and Waelti bought small franchises of Jiffy Lube and Church’s Chicken, among others, and the real estate where the businesses were located. They then sold the properties to a subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap and leased them back at rents well above standard market rates, the suit contends. Based on those rents, the brokerage sold the properties to investors at inflated prices, the suit alleges. Morabito and other tenants then closed the businesses, leaving the investors with greatly devalued real estate, according to the suit. “All of a sudden we go from making 6,700 bucks a month from this property to losing money every month,” said Michael Wiley of Running Springs, who with his wife bought a property in New York with a Jiffy Lube franchise on it. “It’s extremely trying. We are living on savings,” said Wiley, who had expected his investment to provide retirement income. The suit alleges that the defendants assembled a portfolio of overpriced properties and then marketed them to buyers they intended to deceive. Morabito, a longtime entrepreneur, was once referred to by a newspaper in his native Canada as a “whiz kid” who was rising fast in the world of real estate and finance. In the early 1990s he ran pharmacies in San Francisco and was an emerging figure in Democratic party politics, according to the San Francisco Business Times. More recently he was chairman of Berry-Hinckley Industries, a Nevada fuel supplier. He also was on the governing board of the California High Speed Rail Authority and served as chairman of the California Coastal Conservancy, a state agency dedicated to preserving the coast.
The value the fire service provides is insurmountable and in some ways cannot be quantified. Firefighters are helping others every day on the job and contributing towards a greater good and safety of our future. Especially as we grow as a more technological society, the role of the fire service and the sense of community we realize how special this really is. 41.8% of volunteer firefighters have 10 plus years of active service, and 49% of the US population is protected by all career fire departments, which are both statistics that show how passionate and dedicated of an industry it is. There are many unique ways in which to grow and contribute within a department. We thank everyone who is a part of the fire service for all that they do.
This is not true my dad is a volentire firefighter and he is chef and his helmet is white second chief is red and third chief is yellow and rest of fire fighters are black helmets
Don't get me wrong here, a thousand degrees is pretty damn hot, but I'don't expect those jackets to with stand a max or min of 2,000 degrees. As a welder, heavy duty leather welding jacket is you best friend especially dealing with temperate that easily exceed 6,000 to way past 10,000 degrees if you don't watch it. As I'm becoming a firefighter, I'm realizing more and more, my leather jacket is really my best friend.
I've got COPD and after spending 40 years on vol. dept's I had to give it up. 99% of people have no clue what it take to be a real certified fire fighter!
I was interested in becoming a Firefighter, but after reading many stats online, the percentage of cancer is high, obviously much much higher than the general public. This is something that scares me. They even say that the stats on firefighter cancers are much higher than recorded stats because most cancers are diagnosed after firefighter retire and this is not recorded in the stats. What is your take on this?
I say if you have a passion for something go for it. Don't look at money or anything in the future. If it's something you love, go for it, don't let anything stop you.
I am currently a volunteer firefighter and I can say is dont let the aspect of something might happen with the new technology that we have today with better scba the cancer rates in the fire service are so much lower of even a decade ago it's more that you need to look out for yourself and make sure that you always take precautions for safety. But try it out volunteer or join a bunk in program to experience not just the job but the life style it can be so rewarding if you put your mind to it.
If it’s what you want to do, do it. If you don’t think you’d be willing to risk it all, it isn’t for you and that’s okay. Just be honest with yourself.
