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1 <br />BERNARD Dana M <br />From:Judy Puderbaugh <judy@columbiainsgroup.com> <br />Sent:Monday, July 16, 2018 12:12 PM <br />To:BERNARD Dana M <br />Subject:FW: OBIE - MUPTE - No! <br />Dear all: <br />Brian Obie is a businessman <br />He’s in it to make money <br />I have no problem with that <br />I do strenuously object to granting a 10-year tax emption; MUPTE <br />He wants to increase his luxe housing portfolio but does not want to provide any units in the ‘affordable housing’ <br />category <br />He wants to ride the coattails of the developer ‘the next lot over’ who WILL be building affordable units <br />That’s like me saying I can add on to my home without getting the proper permits because my neighbor, also adding on <br />to his home, DID get the permits <br />He said if forced to provide affordable housing, his development will not be financially feasible <br />In today’s Register Guard, the front page story is about Obie PURCHASING major real estate in the fifth street area…he <br />had enough money to acquire THAT property. How can he try to weasel out of paying taxes on a new development for <br />10 years? <br />Please, no MUPTE for him. <br />Your thoughts, please. <br />Judy <br />October 17, 2018, Work Session – Item 2