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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 16, 2014 7:01:57 GMT -6
Kyle, I really enjoy reading a response to the question that was not asked. You purchased the building without doing your research, then complain about what is happening in the 'hood. Oh, but you are always "blameless" for any failure you experienced. Now, after your "Threads", and "Posts" of rants against Streaor, how on earth do you expect to sell your building? How many decrepit buildings have YOU complained about on existing "west of your location"? Oh, then there was a business across, Vermillion St. that really pi$$ed you off. Then, due north "in the alley" your hated the overflowing dumpsters. The "City Park" permits other's to speak, but since you rail against the "ol boy's club", you have no chance of being heard in City Council meetings. Even with that paint job on the wall, somehow I really doubt you will have an easy time selling your building in such a "violent", "deteriorating" area in Streator. Now, could you share with the Forum, on why anyone would want to buy the property you purchased? Best again to you and your "WHITE HORSE" as you ride out of town. g Yes greek, I know of the first rule of real estate and that I didn't pick the best location if I wanted to operate a business. That wasn't my goal in the purchase though. It was to live across the street from my business that I was working so hard on improving the building of. It was a convenience factor to live right there. It was also convenient as a storage facility for a bunch of Tim's crap that was in the way at the Majestic. The other goal of my purchase was to take a building that hadn't been used for anything in years and was not in any condition to be opened as a store, into a usable space. I felt that the more open businesses in downtown Streator the better. I never was interested in running a retail business here. There is a space ready to go as retail, if anyone ever becomes interested in doing something in downtown Streator. I know another important rule of real estate. There has to be buyers before you can even think about selling. Do you really think that my talking about the way that Streator is has hurt my chance of selling my building? How about the JC Penny building, did the doctor talk too much too? He most recently had a Janko sign there for six months, but then said that they didn't want to list it longer because "nothing in Streator sells". Isn't Janko like area's commercial property specialist? M, yes I heard from Larry that he turned his building over to the bank, after the Coldwell sign was there for a few months and then gone. Harts Gifts has been for sale for a while, Jim told me he's only had extreme low ball offers. Did Canale real estate talk too much too? I still see that building listed. How many of the other vacant buildings just sit there because the owners just gave up on trying to find buyers? Why would I even think about selling in a market where there are no buyers?
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 16, 2014 11:11:29 GMT -6
For not having even mentioned selling, some people sure are worried about my ability to sell.
I realized along time ago that not much here sells here. Unless Streator turns around and starts to become a community where people want real estate, I will continue to own my building and have an interest in what happens here, no matter where I am.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 16, 2014 16:33:29 GMT -6
Yes, I do appreciate those who have taken an interest. The commitment of employers is huge on their parts and does help, but I think that we need more.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 18, 2014 10:41:43 GMT -6
Do you think all your complaining about how lousy your building is to live in because of the Neighborhood and all the activities that goes on is going to help you market the place? ? Do you think all that complaining about how hard the City is to work with, and how corrupt they are will help you market your building to out of towners? I didn't complain about my building being lousy to live in, I complained about the activities going on supporting the reputation that keeps people from spending their money here and hurts business. I think that more voters realizing the problems with our City's leadership will help us have the chance for change that could do even more to help market my building in the future.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 18, 2014 11:09:53 GMT -6
There were random cars parked up and down the block...but the owner of Calis told me that they are cars belonging to most likely the people who live in the upstairs apartments, which I can believe that. that if you did in fact have problems with your downtown neighbors, that you were a man and went directly to them to discuss the issues? Seee.............. now that would have been the right thing to do, and to not be slamming anyone posting youtube videos expressing your disgust. There is supposed to be off-street parking for downtown residents, but some are not required to follow that ordinance. I have gone into the bar and talked to Dennis about the problems. He said that he tried to tell his customer that they had too much, but they threatened violence so he kept on serving. He seems to have the attitude that what happens outside the doors of his business is none of his problem. That is why I look to our City leaders to correct these problems, but they say that we can't afford to have more officers on the street, yet offer no other solutions. It is a shame that these problems have been allowed to continue and now we are left with no movie theatre.
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Post by greekgod on Sept 18, 2014 13:28:42 GMT -6
What do you think Kyle, do you believe it would help you "sell" your building and recoup part of your, what was it $40,000 investment, if some Streatorite starts a Blog regurgitating all your complaints about the city we will continue to live in, invest in and continue to vote in, as you move on? Oh, but your ONLY purpose was truly altruistic in your investment, right? Good Luck, little buddy, as you now reap what you have sown. I believe you have posted a lot to show all you believe to be negative for future investors or businesses who might consider locating in Streator. Do you believe that is a positive thing for businesses that will remain in Streator as you move on? Do you believe your negativity will enhance our business and/or home values? I don't think it will. Oh, and Kyle, will you bring your popcorn machine back to "sell" your product, only because you experience the pure joy of watching a child's look of wonder as the machine works? Also, will you come back and plead with us to bring Turkeys to you so YOU can donate them to the needy? I think I'll just just check out the LaSalle County delinquent tax list that is published in the "Times-Press". Best of Luck to you in your future endeavors. Those of us continuing to reside in Streator will just keep doing the best we can without your input. Somehow, I bet we will be just fine. We did it long before you arrived on your white horse, and I just bet we'll thrive without you. g
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 18, 2014 18:46:22 GMT -6
What do you think Kyle, do you believe it would help you "sell" your building and recoup part of your, what was it $40,000 investment, if some Streatorite starts a Blog regurgitating all your complaints about the city we will continue to live in, invest in and continue to vote in, as you move on? Oh, but your ONLY purpose was truly altruistic in your investment, right? Good Luck, little buddy, as you now reap what you have sown. I believe you have posted a lot to show all you believe to be negative for future investors or businesses who might consider locating in Streator. Do you believe that is a positive thing for businesses that will remain in Streator as you move on? Do you believe your negativity will enhance our business and/or home values? I don't think it will. Oh, and Kyle, will you bring your popcorn machine back to "sell" your product, only because you experience the pure joy of watching a child's look of wonder as the machine works? Also, will you come back and plead with us to bring Turkeys to you so YOU can donate them to the needy? I think I'll just just check out the LaSalle County delinquent tax list that is published in the "Times-Press". Best of Luck to you in your future endeavors. Those of us continuing to reside in Streator will just keep doing the best we can without your input. Somehow, I bet we will be just fine. We did it long before you arrived on your white horse, and I just bet we'll thrive without you. g Hey greek, didn't you say that you were done talking about my issues? What happened, you just couldn't stay away? Why do you want to keep talking about me selling my building? I'm not selling. It has been many years now that not many buildings have sold here, don't you think that there needs to be people interested in buying before anyone can talk about wanting to sell? Do you think there is anyone ready to pay over a quarter million for a movie palace that can't survive because of the problems that our City leaders won't correct and don't want to let people talk about solutions for? If they would address the problems, you wouldn't have to hear me keep talking about the negatives. Letting the problems exist for so long without talking about solutions is what created the situation of having so many closed down businesses. I have only been talking about what does happen here. If you are not proud of the way that your buddies at City Hall do things, why not ask them to start doing things differently? Making sure that voters know about the negatives of what they do could have new leaders with solutions hired and create a huge positive for our community. You talk about my popcorn and turkey donations. Do you really think that I went through the trouble of setting up the popper and buying the supplies for the profits from fifty cent bags of popcorn? Don't believe that it was about creating atmosphere on Main St. if you don't want to, I don't care. I am proud of being able to donate turkeys to the food pantry. Compensating people for the donation with movie passes was an expense out of our pockets that we didn't mind. To answer your earlier inquiry about it, no it was not used as any business deduction. With no real profits to offset, there was no sense in using it as a write off. You seem to have a problem with us donating the turkeys. Does it make you feel good that we are not doing it any longer? I think it is a shame that they give out chickens at Thanksgiving. You don't have to wait for the Times, you can go on the county's site to see when I paid my taxes, if you are so interested. You keep talking about me moving on, but I am still a Streator resident. I just work out of town, so I can only be here part time. Don't worry, I'll still be here with my input.
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Post by greekgod on Sept 18, 2014 19:46:17 GMT -6
What do you think Kyle, do you believe it would help you "sell" your building and recoup part of your, what was it $40,000 investment, if some Streatorite starts a Blog regurgitating all your complaints about the city we will continue to live in, invest in and continue to vote in, as you move on? Oh, but your ONLY purpose was truly altruistic in your investment, right? Good Luck, little buddy, as you now reap what you have sown. I believe you have posted a lot to show all you believe to be negative for future investors or businesses who might consider locating in Streator. Do you believe that is a positive thing for businesses that will remain in Streator as you move on? Do you believe your negativity will enhance our business and/or home values? I don't think it will. Oh, and Kyle, will you bring your popcorn machine back to "sell" your product, only because you experience the pure joy of watching a child's look of wonder as the machine works? Also, will you come back and plead with us to bring Turkeys to you so YOU can donate them to the needy? I think I'll just just check out the LaSalle County delinquent tax list that is published in the "Times-Press". Best of Luck to you in your future endeavors. Those of us continuing to reside in Streator will just keep doing the best we can without your input. Somehow, I bet we will be just fine. We did it long before you arrived on your white horse, and I just bet we'll thrive without you. g Hey greek, didn't you say that you were done talking about my issues? What happened, you just couldn't stay away? Why do you want to keep talking about me selling my building? I'm not selling. It has been many years now that not many buildings have sold here, don't you think that there needs to be people interested in buying before anyone can talk about wanting to sell? Do you think there is anyone ready to pay over a quarter million for a movie palace that can't survive because of the problems that our City leaders won't correct and don't want to let people talk about solutions for? If they would address the problems, you wouldn't have to hear me keep talking about the negatives. Letting the problems exist for so long without talking about solutions is what created the situation of having so many closed down businesses. I have only been talking about what does happen here. If you are not proud of the way that your buddies at City Hall do things, why not ask them to start doing things differently? Making sure that voters know about the negatives of what they do could have new leaders with solutions hired and create a huge positive for our community. You talk about my popcorn and turkey donations. Do you really think that I went through the trouble of setting up the popper and buying the supplies for the profits from fifty cent bags of popcorn? Don't believe that it was about creating atmosphere on Main St. if you don't want to, I don't care. I am proud of being able to donate turkeys to the food pantry. Compensating people for the donation with movie passes was an expense out of our pockets that we didn't mind. To answer your earlier inquiry about it, no it was not used as any business deduction. With no real profits to offset, there was no sense in using it as a write off. You seem to have a problem with us donating the turkeys. Does it make you feel good that we are not doing it any longer? I think it is a shame that they give out chickens at Thanksgiving. You don't have to wait for the Times, you can go on the county's site to see when I paid my taxes, if you are so interested. You keep talking about me moving on, but I am still a Streator resident. I just work out of town, so I can only be here part time. Don't worry, I'll still be here with my input. Kyle, I'm happy you'll keep paying real estate taxes, and be a resident of our fine community. When will "Flip's", you know your son's business, be opening again. I have no problem with people donating "turkeys to the needy", but requesting them to give to you to donate for, what "a bag of popcorn", oh and yes that donation of "turkeys" can be a business donation for you. If you didn't know that you need a better tax adviser. But, I believe you knew that! Come on Kyle, how much did a movie pass cost compared to the cost of a turkey? Streatorites didn't just fall of the "turnip truck". Oh, please stay in Streator, we need your advice and most of all your tax dollars. Sorry, I only posted because now most people recognize you are what you are. You enjoy your "homestead" as long as you want. Wasn't your investment a measly $40,000 in that building? So, I changed my mind and now am more than willing to so you how you have shot yourself in the foot. I'll bet within 6 months your measly $40,000 investment will be for sale. I will continue to check out the tax list of those that were unpaid in the 2nd half of 2014. Take care little guy! g
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 19, 2014 7:12:51 GMT -6
Hey greek, didn't you say that you were done talking about my issues? What happened, you just couldn't stay away? Why do you want to keep talking about me selling my building? I'm not selling. It has been many years now that not many buildings have sold here, don't you think that there needs to be people interested in buying before anyone can talk about wanting to sell? Do you think there is anyone ready to pay over a quarter million for a movie palace that can't survive because of the problems that our City leaders won't correct and don't want to let people talk about solutions for? If they would address the problems, you wouldn't have to hear me keep talking about the negatives. Letting the problems exist for so long without talking about solutions is what created the situation of having so many closed down businesses. I have only been talking about what does happen here. If you are not proud of the way that your buddies at City Hall do things, why not ask them to start doing things differently? Making sure that voters know about the negatives of what they do could have new leaders with solutions hired and create a huge positive for our community. You talk about my popcorn and turkey donations. Do you really think that I went through the trouble of setting up the popper and buying the supplies for the profits from fifty cent bags of popcorn? Don't believe that it was about creating atmosphere on Main St. if you don't want to, I don't care. I am proud of being able to donate turkeys to the food pantry. Compensating people for the donation with movie passes was an expense out of our pockets that we didn't mind. To answer your earlier inquiry about it, no it was not used as any business deduction. With no real profits to offset, there was no sense in using it as a write off. You seem to have a problem with us donating the turkeys. Does it make you feel good that we are not doing it any longer? I think it is a shame that they give out chickens at Thanksgiving. You don't have to wait for the Times, you can go on the county's site to see when I paid my taxes, if you are so interested. You keep talking about me moving on, but I am still a Streator resident. I just work out of town, so I can only be here part time. Don't worry, I'll still be here with my input. Kyle, I'm happy you'll keep paying real estate taxes, and be a resident of our fine community. When will "Flip's", you know your son's business, be opening again. I have no problem with people donating "turkeys to the needy", but requesting them to give to you to donate for, what "a bag of popcorn", oh and yes that donation of "turkeys" can be a business donation for you. If you didn't know that you need a better tax adviser. But, I believe you knew that! Come on Kyle, how much did a movie pass cost compared to the cost of a turkey? Streatorites didn't just fall of the "turnip truck". Oh, please stay in Streator, we need your advice and most of all your tax dollars. Sorry, I only posted because now most people recognize you are what you are. You enjoy your "homestead" as long as you want. Wasn't your investment a measly $40,000 in that building? So, I changed my mind and now am more than willing to so you how you have shot yourself in the foot. I'll bet within 6 months your measly $40,000 investment will be for sale. I will continue to check out the tax list of those that were unpaid in the 2nd half of 2014. Take care little guy! g You are probably right and our funding of compensation to people who donated a turkey may have been able to be used as a deduction. Like I said though, it wasn't used to obtain any tax break. We did it for the sole purpose of being able to donate to the food pantry so that people could enjoy turkey instead of chicken on Thanksgiving. Are you one of the Streator born and raised, like Tim, who are only interested in being involved in donations if there is personal gain in it for you? After collecting $130,000 in donations and then boarding up the building is Tim a hero of yours now? I have met a lot of people here who aren't like that though. The $40,000 number that I've talked about is the loan that I will be paying on for the next 23 years. It was so that I could open the Majestic, back when I thought like Mr. Endres that it should be able to be a tourist destination. My investment into downtown Streator having a movie palace is a lot, lot more than that though. It is a shame that our City leaders allowing the bar violence to continue for all these years has created a situation where the theatre can not survive and is boarded up, don't you think?
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Post by oldtimer on Sept 19, 2014 14:18:05 GMT -6
Kyle, I'm happy you'll keep paying real estate taxes, and be a resident of our fine community. When will "Flip's", you know your son's business, be opening again. I have no problem with people donating "turkeys to the needy", but requesting them to give to you to donate for, what "a bag of popcorn", oh and yes that donation of "turkeys" can be a business donation for you. If you didn't know that you need a better tax adviser. But, I believe you knew that! Come on Kyle, how much did a movie pass cost compared to the cost of a turkey? Streatorites didn't just fall of the "turnip truck". Oh, please stay in Streator, we need your advice and most of all your tax dollars. Sorry, I only posted because now most people recognize you are what you are. You enjoy your "homestead" as long as you want. Wasn't your investment a measly $40,000 in that building? So, I changed my mind and now am more than willing to so you how you have shot yourself in the foot. I'll bet within 6 months your measly $40,000 investment will be for sale. I will continue to check out the tax list of those that were unpaid in the 2nd half of 2014. Take care little guy! g You are probably right and our funding of compensation to people who donated a turkey may have been able to be used as a deduction. Like I said though, it wasn't used to obtain any tax break. We did it for the sole purpose of being able to donate to the food pantry so that people could enjoy turkey instead of chicken on Thanksgiving. Are you one of the Streator born and raised, like Tim, who are only interested in being involved in donations if there is personal gain in it for you? After collecting $130,000 in donations and then boarding up the building is Tim a hero of yours now? I have met a lot of people here who aren't like that though. The $40,000 number that I've talked about is the loan that I will be paying on for the next 23 years. It was so that I could open the Majestic, back when I thought like Mr. Endres that it should be able to be a tourist destination. My investment into downtown Streator having a movie palace is a lot, lot more than that though. It is a shame that our City leaders allowing the bar violence to continue for all these years has created a situation where the theatre can not survive and is boarded up, don't you think? So it was the bar violence that lead to the majestic demise? Who knew? I wonder how downtown naperville continues to prosper? It has more bar violence than little old Streator. What is the answer? Could it be that naperville has more store variety to appeal to a wider range of people? Downtown naperville even has more bars than downtown streator with akot more bar violence. Why do people continue to go there in big numbers all the time?
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Post by oldtimer on Sept 19, 2014 14:26:49 GMT -6
Majestic,
What day were the tomasellos named illegal by the city? I can't recall what day you said it was.
Its a shame the city would do such a thing and run them out of town, don't you think?
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Post by willy on Sept 19, 2014 16:35:50 GMT -6
I'm somewhat tired of hearing you call the Majestic theater a movie palace, one that would cause folks to drive to Streator to look at. The Plumb theater was much more of a palace. Nicer lobby, staircase to the balcony and colorful. The Granada theater also had a nicer interior than what you call a palace. Just because it survived for all these years doesn't make it a palace. Yes, it was all we had to watch on the big screen, but hardly a destination. The money is in the concessions and you can't sell enough pop and popcorn to make a go of it. Not in Streator. I used to go when you had it Kyle, I got tired of you tooting your horn about how lucky we were to have you in Streator, running newer movies. So much of you was too much to handle and with your constant ridicule, I refused to go anymore and as long as you had anything to do with Ottawa, I ruled them out too. You really are bad for business.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 19, 2014 16:43:13 GMT -6
You are probably right and our funding of compensation to people who donated a turkey may have been able to be used as a deduction. Like I said though, it wasn't used to obtain any tax break. We did it for the sole purpose of being able to donate to the food pantry so that people could enjoy turkey instead of chicken on Thanksgiving. Are you one of the Streator born and raised, like Tim, who are only interested in being involved in donations if there is personal gain in it for you? After collecting $130,000 in donations and then boarding up the building is Tim a hero of yours now? I have met a lot of people here who aren't like that though. The $40,000 number that I've talked about is the loan that I will be paying on for the next 23 years. It was so that I could open the Majestic, back when I thought like Mr. Endres that it should be able to be a tourist destination. My investment into downtown Streator having a movie palace is a lot, lot more than that though. It is a shame that our City leaders allowing the bar violence to continue for all these years has created a situation where the theatre can not survive and is boarded up, don't you think? So it was the bar violence that lead to the majestic demise? Who knew? I wonder how downtown naperville continues to prosper? It has more bar violence than little old Streator. What is the answer? Could it be that naperville has more store variety to appeal to a wider range of people? Downtown naperville even has more bars than downtown streator with akot more bar violence. Why do people continue to go there in big numbers all the time? Yes, I strongly believe from my experiences of trying to draw people to Streator to attend the theatre, that the bar violence does keep people away from our downtown and does hurt businesses like the Majestic. Why don't you tell us how many fights bar fights Naperville had last year so that we can compare it to the Streator number, or are you just guessing that they do have "akot" more violence? Doesn't Naperville have over ten times as much population as Streator and a lot more jobs? Perhaps that allows them to prosper. I think the big difference is that the fighting is not acceptable there and they have law enforcement take care of the problems. Did you see the video that hawk posted? You don't think that those brawlers were allowed to just walk away after fighting like the ones next to the Majestic in the video that I posted last year, do you? Don't you think it is a shame that our City leaders don't have any solutions to the problem?
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Sept 19, 2014 16:54:20 GMT -6
I'm somewhat tired of hearing you call the Majestic theater a movie palace, one that would cause folks to drive to Streator to look at. The Plumb theater was much more of a palace. Nicer lobby, staircase to the balcony and colorful. The Granada theater also had a nicer interior than what you call a palace. Just because it survived for all these years doesn't make it a palace. Yes, it was all we had to watch on the big screen, but hardly a destination. The money is in the concessions and you can't sell enough pop and popcorn to make a go of it. Not in Streator. I used to go when you had it Kyle, I got tired of you tooting your horn about how lucky we were to have you in Streator, running newer movies. So much of you was too much to handle and with your constant ridicule, I refused to go anymore and as long as you had anything to do with Ottawa, I ruled them out too. You really are bad for business. I think it is a movie palace. A large auditorium, over 100 years old, a grand marquee, in the theatre industry it is considered a movie palace. Not in Streator is right, because so many people will not come to our downtown to support it because of the reputation that the bar violence keeps supporting. What are you talking about? I am sure that I never told anyone that they were lucky to have us. When we opened, Northpoint was providing new movies every week, why would I talk about that? I can not be near as bad for business as our Mayor giving out a requirement that does not follow our laws to stop a business or our City Manager declaring business owners illegal when they aren't, don't you think?
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Post by helencrump on Sept 19, 2014 16:57:16 GMT -6
Apparently Naperville doesn't have a solution, either. According to you, they prosecute to the full extent of the law, but yet the bar violence persists. Guess a police presence isnt what it takes to deter bar violence.
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