[red flanker]

Joe the Plumber should ask Messiah O about Rezko

[wac3rd]

The MSM sends many reporters to investigate...CNN, ABC, AP...

(crickets)

[STARWISE]

Wow .. the Washington Times picked up the Courthouse News story about the fired whistleblower bank employee/Rezko appraisal.

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Property Analyst Says Bank Fired Him For Objecting To Rezko Irregularities

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108424/posts

[TBP]

BTTT.

[igoramus08]

According to the complaint, Mr. Connor reviewed the appraisal of the Rezko property by another firm, Adams Appraisal, which had set the value at $625,000. Mr. Connor's complaint said that he told his bosses in a report that the property had been overvalued by at least $125,000 and that a "reasonable and fair evaluation" should have been no greater than $500,000.

[pepperhead]

What is going on here? This looks like a civil trial. This Connor guy said if the FBI ever asked him about this he would tell the truth. Then why don’t they fn’ ask him? Is this some kind of ploy by law enforcement to get everyone on record for free then come in later and try them or do they not give a crap about what Rezko did with Obama and only want to nail Rezko on other stuff?

[Jeff Chandler]

Good news for Joe. The Media is going to go after this guy now.

[tcrlaf]

bump for mornin’....

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

I wonder if they’ll investigate this as eagerly as they did Troopergate?

[Yankee]

Nice digs Obama.

How about “spreading the wealth around” some?

Let us have a Freeper picnic in your yard.

What do you say Osa....er....Obama?

[dervish]

your link is not working

[ElkGroveDan]

According to the complaint, Mr. Connor reviewed the appraisal of the Rezko property by another firm, Adams Appraisal, which had set the value at $625,000. Mr. Connor's complaint said that he told his bosses in a report that the property had been overvalued by at least $125,000 and that a "reasonable and fair evaluation" should have been no greater than $500,000.

This kind of crap is EXACTLY what lead to the mortgage meltdown. Someone needs to hang it around his neck with a flashing red light.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Here’s the long and short of this deal. The previous owner of Obama’s house had theat and the adjacent lot up for sale as a package. Obama couldn’t afford it. In comes Rezko to arrange a deal where you separate the house from the lot. Problem is the lot is appraised at a price that makes the house to expensive for Obama if the owner is going to get his original asking price. Rezko then gets with bankers and has a substitute higher appraisal for the lot which then allows the owner to drop the price on the house where Obama can afford it. Rezko’s wife then buys the lot at the higher appraisal price. Now the Bankers and Rezko face some potential charges on their collusion. What does this mean for Obama? Hard to tell unless the bakers and Rezko start blabbing that he was a co-conspirator in the whole scheme.

[wideminded]

Your diagram exaggerates the width of the 10-foot strip.

The City of Chicago has a GIS system which can be accessed here.

If you put in the address, zoom in a little, and click on the "Aerial" button, you can see Obama's house and the adjacent lot. It looks like Obama's address is actually 5046 S. Greenwood and the empty lot would be 5050.

I didn't yet figure out if one can overlay the property boundaries on the map. Depending on the width of Obama's side yard (with added strip), it looks like there might be room for another house on the lot. There would be more room if the hedge on Hyde Park Blvd. was closer to the sidewalk. Maybe this is a zoning issue.

[wideminded]

BTW Obama lives across the street from a round building that looks like it might be a synagogue.

[omega4179]