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Rick Caruso is an interesting guy. He swung a deal with our city council to build a nice downtown business center. It’s named the Americana. There’s at least one other similar facility on the West Side of Los Angeles, and I believe here is one other in the region.
I don’t know a lot about him, but he was pretty shrewd when dealing with our city council clowns. They had for all intents and purposes struck a deal, and all of a sudden a few of the council members thought they’d be able to jack him around. His response was to tell them the outdoor mall area, was probably not a good idea, and he’d consider the deal dead.
The city council went on bended knee to kiss his ass and get the deal done. Of course that’s what he had wanted. In this instance, I think the guy was totally in the right too.
https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/olivia-jade/
That post was focused on Laughlin’s daughter.
Here’s more on Caruso.