米兰体育 13 Investigates: 2014 agreement sheds light on stalled church project
Trinity CME Church received $1.2 million tax cash
米兰体育 13 Investigates: 2014 agreement sheds light on stalled church project
Trinity CME Church received $1.2 million tax cash
WELL BASED ON THIS LEGAL AGREEMENT IN THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM FOLLOWING AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST THE TRINITY ME CHURCH PREDICTED A ONE SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC IMPACT BETWEEN 2016 IN 2018 AS A PART OF ITS PITCH TO GET 500,000 FROM THE CITY WELL AFTER SIX YEARS AFTER THIS CHURCH WAS SUPPOSED TO OPEN THAT LOCAL BOOST TO THE ECONOMY NEVER CAME. WHEN WORK STOPPED ON THE NEW TRINITY CME CHURCH SANCTUARY FIVE YEARS AGO ALL SUITS WERE FILED DREW. ELLA SUED THE CHURCH FOR A COMPANY SEEKING PAY FOR EXCAVATION WORK AFTER THE WORSHIP CENTER鈥橲 FRAME WAS BUILT THE FACT THAT THOSE THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WAS ON SITE IN 2017. TWO THREE YEARS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROJECT IS VERY CONFUSING TO ME THE SHORT PERCEIVED 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN TAX MONEY INCLUDING $500,000 FROM THE CITY TO BUILD THE UNFINISHED SANCTUARY. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 2014 AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHURCH AND THE CITY WE GOT AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST. WE SHOULD TO ELLIS. THERE鈥橲 NO, YOU KNOW, NO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR ENTITY IN ANY CAPACITY. AND SO WHAT YOU鈥橰E SEEING THERE INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO THE TUNE OF HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ALDOT GAVE THE CHURCH THE OTHER 700,000 TO HELP RELOCATE FROM ITS FORMER COLLEGE LOCATION. SO IN ESSENCE YOU鈥橰E SAYING BETWEEN THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS WERE GIVEN TO A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS NOT A LEGAL ENTITY. THAT鈥橲 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM FROM THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAD SENT ME. ELLA SAYS LEGAL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAVE RUN MEANING NEITHER THE CHURCH OR THE CITY HAVE MANY LEGAL OPTIONS. THERE鈥橲 LIKELY PATH FORWARD FOR THE CITY ONLY BASED UPON WHAT I鈥橵E SEEN TODAY CONDEMNATIONS PROBABLY THE MOST OBVIOUS WAY TO GO AND MAYBE THE ONLY WAY TO GO THE MAYOR鈥橲 OFFICE IS NOT COMING ON THE CITY鈥橲 PLANS. BY THE WAY, THAT LAWSUIT THAT ELLIS FILED ACTUALLY ENDED IN A 35,000 DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CHURCH. ALSO. I REACHED TO TWO DIFFERENT CHURCH CONTACTS ABOUT THIS 2014 LEGAL AGREEMENT AND THEIR LEGAL OPTIONS GOING FORWARD INTO FOUR HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONS
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米兰体育 13 Investigates: 2014 agreement sheds light on stalled church project
Trinity CME Church received $1.2 million tax cash
The original 2014 agreement between Birmingham and Trinity CME Church sheds light on its mostly tax-funded $1.1 million sanctuary project, which has sat unfinished since 2017. Watch the full report in the video above.Follow Jon Paepcke on Facebook and Twitter!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
The original 2014 agreement between Birmingham and Trinity CME Church sheds light on its mostly tax-funded $1.1 million sanctuary project, which has sat unfinished since 2017. Watch the full report in the video above.
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