https://freerepublic.com/tag/midwilshire/ en-us Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:20:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284723/posts LOS ANGELES — A thriving French bakery that helped revive a stretch of a major boulevard has become a symbol of betrayal for Robert Smylie. The women behind the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood’s La Maison Du Pain on Pico Boulevard said a trip to Paris inspired them to open a neighborhood bakery. Carmen Salindong and her sister said they took out second mortgages, sold property and pooled their life savings to do so. “It was a wonderful story — but it wasn’t true,” said Smylie, 67. Instead, court documents say the women embezzled $5 million from Smylie’s law firm, where Salindong’s sister-in-law... AP via SF Chron https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284723/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:20:06 GMT