The Rezko lot is sold, and the SS won't let the owner in...

[Didereaux]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200801290015

The lot was sold to a guy named Sreenan. He has now re-listed it, but there is a hitch. The only access is through Obama's gate and the Secret Service refuses entrance. No mention as to what the guy bought the lot for from the Rezkos'

The Sreenan story is at the BOTTOM of the link page.

[MADem]

1. Didn't they pay for the fence, together?? Maybe he can put a new gate in.

Why was this part of the story "WEB ONLY?" I think this is the "human interest" part of the whole tale...and the owner was Rezko's LAWYER...

Myers' January 28 "web-only" report :

MYERS: For sale: this desirable lot in a trendy Chicago neighborhood. Asking price? $995,000. There's just one hitch. Owner Mark Sreenan can't even step foot on his own property without trouncing through his neighbor's yard.

SREENAN: Unless we're going to jump the fence, the only way we're going is through this gate that's on his property.

MYERS: Why? Sreenan's vacant, fenced lot is right next door to the stately home of Senator Barack Obama, and the Secret Service controls all access, even to Sreenan's land.

SREENAN: I would say we just check with him and see if we can.

I own the lot here to this --

SECRET SERVICE AGENT: Can you stop filming there for a second?

MYERS: We did stop the camera. The lot is now at the heart of the controversy over Senator Obama's relationship with Chicago businessman and campaign contributor Tony Rezko, who has been indicted for fraud and today was arrested for an alleged bail violation.

In 2005, Rezko's wife bought the lot on the same day that Obama bought his home next door. Obama has said he couldn't afford to buy both the house and the lot. The seller wanted to unload both properties at the same time. Rezko paid full price for the lot, and Obama paid less than the asking price for his adjoining property.

Donna Schwan was the agent for the seller when Obama bought the house.

SCHWAN: It sold for $1,650,000 to Senator Obama.

MYERS: Rezko paid $625,000 for the lot next door. From a nearby roof, it looks as though the lot is part of the Obama property.

Critics say that in buying the lot for top dollar, Rezko may have essentially subsidized Obama's purchase and enabled him to buy the house. What's more, at the time Obama did the deal, it had been widely reported that his longtime friend Rezko was already under federal investigation.

Sreenan was Rezko's lawyer at the time.

UNIDENTIFIED: You think it was a sweetheart deal by Mr. Rezko for Senator Obama? Or do you think it just looks like one?

SREENAN: I think it just looks like one.

MYERS: Obama has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, but calls the transaction bad judgment.

OBAMA

[zabet]

2. Wonder if Obama will

be willing to
'reach across the
fence' and rectify
this problem.
Maybe Obama should
just purchase it.
I doubt he will, he
is sure he won't be
living there much
longer.

[suston96]

3. Have any body sniffing dogs been out there? Ya know...Chicago.....? Gangland...? nt

[Didereaux]

4. the realtor says those odd dead grass spots are just fungus heheh