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wilderone
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[*] posted on 2-20-2009 at 02:16 PM
and just when you thought he couldn't do any more harm


David Butterfield is trying to talk a friend into buying Loreto Bay. This person is evidently from Butterfield's "Civano" days. He still. does. not. get. it.
LB and Civano are NOTHING alike. (Except the architecture style - which Butterfield stole.) Butterfield is a nightmare. He needs to go back to Vancouver and stay there. Is he back because he can't get a job anywhere else? Kelly might "get" sustainability, but what does he know about Baja, California?
I also hear that the LB maintenance dues are now $300/mo. That will keep going up once more of the amenities are built - and of course, the green fees are outrageous for that course.

http://nopolonews.com/nopoloblog/?cat+5

“February 18, 2009

“I’d like to share an email from David Butterfield that I got 2 days ago!

Hi ___
For the last six months I have been working as Executive Chairman of a waste to energy company I co-founded seven years ago. It’s been an incredible experience. It’s still in the sustainable world but doesn’t satisfy my passion for building beautiful towns and buildings.

At the moment, I’m in Loreto helping an old friend, Kevin Kelly, to prepare a bid to buy Loreto Bay from Citi. Kevin and I were partners in the new town of Civano. He’s the one that really pulled it off. [He’s finally admitting it.] Until Loreto Bay, Civano was arguably the most sustainable project in North America. If Kevin wins the bid, Loreto will be transformed from the somewhat saddened state it is in now [gee- why would that be, David]. Kevin completely gets sustainability and hospitality. His plan is to bring Canyon Ranch to Loreto. His passion is on a par with all of us who dreamed of what Loreto could be.

You are free to use this information and let people know what is going on. You can find out more about Kevin at Civanoliving.com.”
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[*] posted on 2-20-2009 at 03:00 PM


Are you sure it isn't David Copperfield and this is the old disappearing money trick?



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[*] posted on 2-20-2009 at 03:37 PM


Maybe he just needs someone in town that he can hide behind.
After stating in his LB bio that he "directed the planning and creation of a new sustainabile community of 2,400 homes in Tucson", he now says he and Kelly were "partners" in the new town of Civano. He's still lying about that. Civano was purchased from the City of Tucson, which had nurtured the development from its early stages, and managed by Case Enterprises, owned by David Case and Kevin Kelly. Civano is still being built and has had the support of Tucson's $30 million bonds for infrastructure, state funding, an Arizona Energy Office grant; a $4 million municipal bond for a park/community center; and was also supported by Fannie Mae and the Metropolitan Energy Commission. Civano is a community where people live and go to work, and has a very active HOA to run things. Butterfield must have brain damage or something.
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[*] posted on 2-20-2009 at 04:02 PM
Butterfield & Woods, Inc


Maybe Butterfield can partner up with Tiger Woods at Punta Brava (Banda)??????????



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[*] posted on 2-20-2009 at 04:07 PM


Pleeeeze. Don't give him any ideas.
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[*] posted on 2-20-2009 at 05:18 PM


It's bad enough in the states, but anyone entering into a situation where there are maintenance fees in Mexico is a shnook.
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