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1411 The Sacramento Bee Final Thursday March 29 1990 -Modesto stakes its future hotel projeci's success 1 By Michael Winters mcClatchy News Service MODESTO On April 18 Carl 'Haney and his wife will walk through the doors of Modesto's new high-rise hotel 'With nearly 300 members of the 14onsClub in tow From every dollar they pay to stay there 8 cents will go the bills at City Hall If the conventioneers eat and drink more than usual so much the better for local taxpayers a local paint store owner imf his visitors with their hundreds of-simple transactions will mean the success or failure of a partnership between' the hotel builders and the city that during years of planning has beeri one of the city's most important and embattled efforts if enough visitors like what they se and come back to spend again theli'qtel prospers while the city pays for its new convention center next --doorT the Centre Plaza and has money left over A dream almost as old as the city would come true The hotel is scheduled to open next Monday The city and hotel builders are gambling on the Red Lion being a classic redevelopment model Seven years ago the city bought 28 acres downtown and made some major investments the center and parking garage near Ninth and streets being the most visible parts Those features made the deal attractive to hotel developer Allen Grarkt and Red Lion Inns the manager lbeir hotel and office tower are Suppesed to pay the bills for the convention center by sharing with the city the room and parking revenues drink sales property tax Acrlehse payments Over at 17th and I streets at the old LiticOln School site is a small part of tbeTsame project A Save Mart and qhqi stores are there because the Amy Wallace thi Angeles Times SAN DIEGO Elisabeth Anne "Betty" Broderick has in a newspaper interview to killing her former InkSbarrid and his new wife last November describing the slayings as a "desperate act of self-defense" against a -man who wanted "to control me totally" Ina telephone interview Tuesday the 42-year-old Broderick said she did not plan to kill Daniel Broderick 44 and his 28-year-old wife Linda in the early morning hours on Sunday Nov 5 Speaking from a pay phone at a San Diego County jail Whefe she has been held since her arrest on two murder charges the day of the killings she said "I had just 'bougttt about $400 worth of groceries on Saturday I bought fresh veal and swordfish and all this wonderful -stuff Do you think I knew? I had no idea I was going to do thiS at all I didn't know I was doing it" But Betty Broderick said that late Saturday night she sleeping She went to the kitchen of her San Diego- home and reread some legal papers she had recelved Friday from Daniel Broderick a San Diego anor 41 Ey: The papers said she was in contempt of court because she had left vulgar messages on Daniel and Linda Broderick's telephone answering machine ft knew I couldn't win" said Betty Broderick a mother of four who had been negotiating with her former husband-to gain custody of their two younger children Danny and Sb: she said she got dressed got in her car and started Though she said "When I left my house I didn't ktfow where I was going" she ended up at her husband's house not far from downtown San Diego Betty Broderick had a ring of keys that her maid had Erie Vel Panch Ledan 'Gi)nnan MurAmTsa Kudo city bought the land and sold it cheaply to a developer to generate sales tax revenue The $64 million city investment in the center garage and Lincoln project interest and other costs is expected to return a $236 million profit over the next 30 years City officials at last allowing themselves to breathe easily about the project maintain that the hotel will provide jobs for the area's unemployed generate a stream of income for the city and give the community somewhere to meet dine and dance Doubts remain about those forecasts though City Councilman Richard Patterson wonders whether the taxpayer sacrifice will prove too great "I wish (the hotel) well" he said "I have the same sense of pride as anybody else when 1 look at that building But if we aren't successful it's real clear where the money's going to come from You can't separate that building from the financial health of the city And it's not our money it's the taxpayers' money" Patterson points to what he calls the mistakes and hidden costs of the project in hopes the city learns from them as it considers other redevelopment projects For instance the city is seeking more than $5 million stemming from delays and disputes with the designers and builders of the convention center The city lists among project costs nearly $500000 in attorney fees A hurry-up approach and the purchase of the center site without an appraisal cost the city money too Patterson said City loans to the project of more than $75 million annual operations of the center at close to $500000 and a $1 million toxics cleanup also add to the uncounted costs The $24 million a year in debt Shoots ex-husband new wife but insists it was self-defense NO REASONABLE OFFERS REFUSED To avoid bankruptcy a major 8allery has asked us to liquidate inventory Many pieces will be sold with no minimum no reserve regardless of cost or profit Auction will include works by: found behind a chair in her house and one of them fit the door to her former husband's home Betty Broderick said she climbed the stairs to the bedroom She said she started firing her 38-caliber five-shot revolver but she was not sure if she'd hit anyone "It was such a panicked thing It was never a thing where I even aimed I pulled (the trigger) real fast no hesitation at all" she said Then Daniel Broderick spoke she said "He didn't say 'You shot me' she said correcting her daughters' testimony at the hearing "He said 'OK OK you got me' There was no pain and there was no blood It was simple" Linda Broderick was shot twice in the head and chest and Daniel Broderick once in the back Another bullet struck the wall police said and a fifth hit a bedside table "I had no bullets or anything and I just had to get out of there" she said Then she saw Daniel Broderick He was on the floor and the phone was right next to him I thought 'Oh my God! He is going to be on that phone before I'm down the stairs'" She said she pulled the phone out of the wall and fled Betty and Daniel Broderick had divorced in 1986 after 16 years of marriage She accused him of using his legal influence to cheat her out of her share of his seven-figure income She was receiving 816100 a month at the time of the murders Daniel Broderick had told friends Betty would not kill him because he was her "golden goose" Betty Broderick's statements Tuesday confirmed testimony at her preliminary hearing where her two daughters and two friends testified that she had admitted shooting Daniel and Linda Broderick Betty Broderick who has pleaded not guilty will be arraigned in San Diego Superior Court next Tuesday Chagall Picasso Martha Holden Mark King Nagel If you've never been to an art auction before make this your first If you have Don't miss this one Dealers welcome service and operations of the center could go a long way over the next 20 years to address some of our needs" Patterson said "Look at all the hotels they've built without that kind of subsidy" A close call 15 months ago indicated how delicate the project's financial balancing act had become With the convention center next door already open the all-important hotel deal still seemed entangled at the end of 1988 Developer Grant Red Lion the city and bankers could not agree on a plan to build the hotel Meanwhile the city had mortgage payments to meet and was going without $800000 a year in anticipated hotel income Finance officers said delays had grown so long that the fund set aside to cover the mortgage payments would evaporate before hotel income began Since then the picture has brightened and the city won't have to ask taxpayers for a bailout Finance Director Pete Ko If said Favorable interest rates are saving the city money Rolf said The city also expects to get money from its claims against the designers of the convention center "Taking the long view is the only way to get the payback" Mayor Carol Whiteside said "It was an investment That's the hardest thing for most people to understand The return will pay the loans back and generate revenue for the city" Convention center manager Richard Singer is confident the center-hotel complex will work In the first place the community needs the meeting space he said if anything the 52000-square-foot convention center is on the small side and should remain filled More importantly Modesto's central location will draw a steady stream of conventions from a wide area Singer said Mim Eaie Dawn Mal De laced SATURDAY MARCH 31 1990 SUNDAY APRIL 1 1990 HOLIDAY INN CAPITOL PIAZA HOLIDAY INN CAPITOL PLAZA 1 300 STREET S4CRAMENTO CALIFORNIA 3001 STREET SCRAMENTO CALIFORNIA PRT111111 7:00 PM AUCTION 8:00 PM PRIMEW 12:00 PM AUCTION' 100 PM 7' 1ve Admission thie Catalogs at Door Vlsa MasterCan Amer Bo Personal Chocks Auctioneer? Vaughan A Btgalow No 670 4 CALIFORNIA AUCTION SERVICES No C669 2223 Marconi Ave Suite No 4 Sacramento Cl MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 'HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 4e 44 4 I 4 too 4 I ILI or over 130 years we have prepared men and women to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world Come and see how we can help you meet those challenges through this intensive program meeting one evening each week in Sacramento If you are a health care professional and are willing to work intensively for 18 months this program may be of interest ATTEND THE INFORMATION MEETING TUESDAY APRIL 39 1990 AT 6 PM 601 University Avenue Suite 155 Sacramento 916-920-0157 209-474-1270 Carrie Carter Schulman PT MPNHSA Regional Director Kimberly Quality Care 01111MMO Win wA Otti kNNI an Solid Chocolate Charmers Delectable Easter bunnies lovingly handmade from Old World molds and wrapped in bright foil 75" or 95" USA Bunny Bags Hard to find but fun to fill our unique two handled treat bags are sure to please with their brightly colored Easter scenes Imported 747474 4 Easter Made Easy Ready made baskets brimming with a delicious assortment of gourmet chocolates and candies plus a soft plush bunny 3 sizes Get a hop on Easter shopping with our newest assortment of sweets and treats imported from around the world From chocolates to charming gifts to ready-made baskets rich with gourmet delights come to Cost Plus and make your Easter something special Peek-A-Boo Eggs Minature spring scenes peek out of sugar eggs for a traditional Easter surprise Gift boxed Imported CITRUS HEIGHTS: 6191 Sunrise Blvd (in Birdcage Walk) Phone: 725-6757 SACRAMENTO: Howe Ave at Alta Arden Phone: 929-0220 Hours: Mon-Fri 9-9 Sat 9-7 Sun 10-7 Free parking Visa MC accepted II The Sacramento Bee Final Thursday March 29 1990 its i I 1 1 10n hotel projects success Thaos Basil fl 4 I A By Michael Winters city bought the land and sold it service and operations of the center mCl Cll 9 i catchy News Service cheaply to a developer to generate could go a long way over the next 20 0 sales tax revenue years to address some of our needs" MODESTO On April 18 Carl The $64 million city investment in Patterson said "Look at all the hotels IV 8 0 'Haney and his wife will walk through the center garage and Lincoln proj- they've built without that kind of sub-the dr- against the de- from its claims a ney cloors of Modesto's new high-rise ect interest and other costs is expec- sidy" hotel Yvith nearly 300 members of the ted to return a $236 million profit A close call 15 months ago indicat- 1:1 i Lion Club in tow From every dollar over the next 30 years ed how delicate the pmjeces finan- they pay to stay there 8 cents will go City officials at last allowing cial balancing act had become pay the bills at City Hall themselves to breathe easily about With the convention center next If the conventioneers eat and drink the project maintain that the hotel door already open the all-important shoppong li more than usual so much the better will provide jobs for the area's unem- hotel deal still seemed entangled at for local taxpayers ployed generate a stream of income the end of 1988 Developer Grant a local paint store owner for the city and give the community Red Lion the city and bankers could 4 op ok 7 in4 his visitors with their hundreds somewhere to meet dine and dance not agree on a plan to build the hotel of-simple transactions will mean the Doubts remain about those fore- i Meanwhile the city had mortgage sccess or failure of a partnership be- casts though City Councilman Rich- payments to meet and was going tween' the hotel builders and the city ard Patterson wonders whether the without $800000 a year in anticipat- that during years of planning has taxpayer sacrifice will prove too ed hotel income Finance officers been one of the city's most important great said delays had grown so long that Solid Chocolate Charmers and embattled efforts "I wish (the hotel) well" he said "I the fund set aside to cover the tholiqtel prospers while the city pays ing But if we aren't successful it's Since then the picture has bright- and wrapped in bright foil 75" or Nir if enough visitors like what they have the same sense of pride as any- Delectable Easter bunnies lovingly 7ci1 mortgage payments would evaporate sep and come back to spend again body else when I look at that build- before hotel income began handmade from Old World molds 5 1 -04k A4yt for its new convention center next real clear where the money's going to ened and the city won't have to ask -doorT the Centre Plaza and has mon- come from You can't separate that for a Finance Di- bailout 95" USA ax a ers ey left over A dream almost as old as building from the financial health of dr( 13 'IN rector the city would come true the city And it's not our money it's YPete Kolf said Favorable inter- 898 4 est rates are saving the city money The hotel is scheduled to open the taxpayers' money" Kolf said The city also expects to get 0 NI I A nextMonday Patterson points to what he calls 0 11 ti 4o The city and hotel builders are the mistakes and hidden costs of the money 1098 4ft I of the convention center signers gambling on the Red Lion being a project in hopes the city learns from i 9 cm" "Taking the long view the only classic redevelopment model Seven them as it considers other redevelop- years ago the city bought 28 acres ment projects way to get the payback" Mayor Car- 3 1 I downtown and made some major in- For instance the city is seeking ol Whiteside said "It was an invest- vestments the center and parking more than $5 million stemming from ment That's the hardest thing for ti 4 (It Ar '-isi kr-('ii 1 garage near Ninth and streets be- delays and disputes with the design- most people to understand The re- ing the most visible parts ers and builders of the convention turn will pay the loans back and gen- Those features made the deal at- center The city lists among project erate revenue for the city" tractive to hotel developer Allen costs nearly $500000 in attorney Convention center manager Rich- 4 240 Gearkt and Red Lion Inns the manag- fees ard Singer is confident the center- 4 74 Illeir hotel and office tower are A hurry-up approach and the pur- hotel complex will work In the first Easter Made Easy "ft 1 '1' supposed to pay the bills for the con- chase of the center site without an place the community needs the Ni fi x'' Ready made baskets brimming with vention center by sharing with the appraisal cost the city money too meeting space he said if anything city the room and parking revenues Patterson said City loans to the proj- the 52000-square-foot convention i s' fii (-At a delicious assortment of gourmet 14 14 4 drink sales property tax ect of more than $75 million annual center is on the small side and should chocolatesandcandies plus a soft payments operations of the center at close to remain filled p''' '1 11 iosti'''2 4 4 plush bunny 3 sizes Oveir at 17th and I streets at the old $500000 and a $1 million toxics More importantly Modesto's cen- AN i LiticOln School site is a small part of cleanup also add to the uncounted tral location will draw a steady 1 'JAI it: 4 a the-same project A Save Mart and costs stream of conventions from a wide "4 it o) 183 othe ii stores are there because the "The $24 million a year in debt area Singer said -e p' is i or 5) 4111 de tO :3 17' L' i 14111)1'411'1411! 1 de: A admits double killing 4' 4 4- 'S $4' 41) 3675 -Sh oots ex-husband new wife but insists it was self-defense 1 i Amy Wallace found behind a chair in her house and one of them fit the -ths Angeles Times door to her former husband's home Betty Broderick said she climbed the stairs to the bed- SAN DIEGO Elisabeth Anne "Betty" Broderick has room cpn in a newspaper interview to killing her former She said she started firing her 38-caliber five-shot re- and his new wife last November describing the volver but she was not sure if she'd hit anyone 1 slayings as a "desperate act of self-defense" against a "It was such a panicked thing It was never a thing -man who wanted "to control me totally" where I even aimed I pulled (the trigger) real fast no In a telephone interview Tuesday the 42-year-old hesitation at all" she said I '''ift0 74:1 it Broderick said she did not plan to kill Daniel Broderick Then Daniel Broderick spoke she said 1 1 4 'IP 1 i' I 111 44 and his 28-year-old wife Linda in the early morn- "He didn't say 'You shot me' she said correcting her Bunny Bags fr ing hours on Sunday Nov 5 daughters' testimony at the hearing "He said 'OK OK Hard to find but fun to fill our unique 11042- 1 VA 414 Speaking from a pay phone at a San Diego County jail you got me' There was no pain and there was no blood It two handled treat bags are sure to whefe she has been held since her arrest on two murder was simple" 4 fra itkAio 'RN' please with their brightly colored 7 A cirdrges the day of the killings she said "I had just Linda Broderick was shot twice in the 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He is going to be on that phone 4 Dieg'0- home and reread some legal papers she had re- before I'm down the stairs'" CICh 41 tp -ciiyed Friday from Daniel Broderick a San Diego anor- She said she pulled the phone out of the wall and fled All 1 -fley: The papers said she was in contempt of court be- Betty and Daniel Broderick had divorced in 1986 after cause she had left vulgar messages on Daniel and Linda 16 years of marriage She accused him of using his legal C41 44 'el Broderick's telephone answering machine influence to cheat her out of her share of his seven-figure knew I couldn't win" said Betty Broderick a mother income She was receiving $16100 a month at the time of of four who had been negotiating with her former hus- the murders Daniel Broderick had told friends Betty band-to gain custody of their two younger children Dan- would not kill him because he was her "golden goose" fly and Rhett Betty Broderick's statements Tuesday confirmed testi- Siy she said she got dressed got in her car and started mony at her preliminary hearing where her two daugh- Though she said "When I left my house I didn't ters and two friends testified that she had admitted shoot- 11 1 krfow where I was going" she ended up at her husband's ing Daniel and Linda Broderick ''0" A 40" fl 14 4 house not far from downtown San Diego Betty Broderick who has pleaded not guilty will be ar- it0 't Peek-A-Boo Eggs I Be Court tty Broderick had a ring of keys that her maid had raigned in San Diego Superior Cou next Tuesday II doil: 0 1 ly: 1 5 It k) I it Minature 'sc' rp ees of sugar eggs for a traditional Easter 1 1 MAAT1- ill 04 1 0 A 1 1 I-WM TIAVJO Ni surprise Gift boxed 41-1 Imported CY i NO REASONABLE OFFERS REFUSED -1k i t4- NI 1 i A -gb )-0 Ar i To avoid bankruptcy a major 8allery has asked us to liquidate inventory 4 1: ik i'''' 40 4 Many pieces will be sold with no minimum no reserve regardless of cost or profit if i I A 1 I 4759 Auction will include works by: dol ''r a 4 ak Each Ene Salvador Dab Krasnyansky Chagall Miro -it Tri) Velfa John Kelly Jane Wooster Scott Picasso Faie a Panch ledan Eric Freyman Henry Howells Martha Holden Dawn Mail 4 4 1-414 A v4 N-ae Gigm an Peter Max Akar Mark King McKnlaht i 4 Muramasa Kudo Neiman lautrec Nagel Delacrotx I i le 11 A 4 4 If you've never been to an art auction before make ads your first pb A A If you have Don't miss this one Dealers welcome 4 94 i SATURDAY MARCH 31 1990 SUNDAY APRIL 1 1990 HOLIDAY INN CAPITOL PIAZA HOLIDAY INN CAPITOL PLAZA 3001 STREET SCRAMENTO CALIFORNIA 3001 STREET SlCRAMENTO CALIFORNIA 700 AUCTION 800 tl PRIMEW: 12 00 PM AUCTION 1 00 i 7 1 Pee Admission free Cataiogs al Door 014 maskvca4 Mier Diti Checks Auctioneer? 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