episode 26 of the view looks good from here, fresno

we've celebrated our first year and are back with guest reza assemi. reza's an artist, downtown developer and super duper guy. it's episode 26.

we discuss:
downtown develepment
iron bird lofts/fulton plaza
what got reza started - the pearl building
the cultural arts district and master builder status
the met & money downtown
what would get downtown going, the PBID & perception
what's holding downtown back
debts II society, sega, swede fest & litigation
reza's art
gardening
where reza eats dinner
& finally bear vs shark

as always, there are words and ideas that some find objectionable. be warned.

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central scrutinizer

hey scrutinizer,
any interest in putting your money where your mouth is? that is, interested in coming on the podcast and share your thoughts about why reza is a shyster, a potential bum, a bad builder and whatever else?

maybe we can even get reza back on and you two can discuss his building endeavors.

so, what say you?

if you're interested, send me a message through fresno famous. click on my name, you should see an option to send me a message. i'll take it from there.

edluv's picture

So Orcaoid, until the day you actually know what your

So Orcaoid, until the day you actually know what your talking about ..., keep it shut!!!.

thanks for the advice, but since this is a democracy & this blog practices free speech still, no thanks, while I may not know much about the punk scene, I did help my uncle repair, refurbish townhouses one summer; drywall, tiles, roofing, carpentry (framing & stairs), painting (he did all the electrical & plumbing)

So let me get this straight. By letting you know who the mystery "Guest" is, that tells you if they know anything about...

not asking you to out yourself, just give yourself a name, like "The Central Scrutinizer" works fine, then explain how you got your street cred, like I was part of the work crew at....., I learned the trade of ..... at....., or I went to college at..... & majored in......., we designed ...... & were awarded in California

that way we know you at least know what you are talking about or whether you are just a bitter competitor that just had your building torn down by the city because it was falling down before you could sell it for $80 million, your dream price for a dilapidated property you bought 30 years ago hoping for it to sky-rocket in value before you had to put anything back into it

I don't know Assemi, but I have to hand at least 3 accolades to him;
1) instead of just sitting on deteriorating buildings, he's doing something about building in DT
2) whether its with Pyramid/Granville money & crews, he's doing something DT, not waiting for that gov bailout or wished for sky-rocket dream prices before starting
3) the dude's not just talking the talk, he's walking the walk

don't be a jealous loser, if you can do better, then do it
DT needs all the help it can get
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welcome to the future

orcaoid's picture

WTFEVER!!!

Give Out some of pops cash and you can have a build off, lets not forget that important fact.

The ASSemi's have been shyster's from day 1. If Reza didn't have pappy's cash, he would be a filthy bum instead of a rich one.

So Orcaoid, until the day you actually know what the @#$% your talking about and actually have any residential building experience, keep it shut!!!

The Cetral Scrutinizer

Famous Guest's picture

whoa Nelly, maybe you're a competitor? dude, don't hide behind

the anonymous guest tag, if you really believe what you said, why don't you at least put a name on yourself, like "GoodBuilder" or "BeenBurned" so that we have a name to discuss issues with.

I don't see
class A- personal experience?
terrible- doesn't he hire family crews & architects have to get approval & pass inspection, has he circumvented any regulation?
greedy- examples?
pretentious- isn't he an artist? what did you expect?

I've been in the Pearl & Broadway Studios for ArtHop, they looked like artists lofts, basic,(some drywall walls & unfinished stuff), but what did you expect, luxury living or Euro-design?

lets have a build-off, why don't you try to out do Reza?

let the marketplace be the judge

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6306426

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welcome to the future

orcaoid's picture

burning or not

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

(just a guess)

Famous Guest's picture

oh my

burn in hell?

wow. i hope you're not talking to me.

edluv's picture

Holy garbage. Reza is a

Holy garbage. Reza is a Class-A douchebag, a terrible builder, and an all around greedy pretentious bastard.

Burn in hell.

Famous Guest's picture

closed captioning or subtitles for the deaf

how do you normally listen then? is there a service program that inserts captions for the deaf automatically for most watch programs or do you have to call services that caption only if they get a lot of requests for certain programs? is it pay per view???
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welcome to the future

orcaoid's picture

hmm

you know what, that is an interesting conundrum. ive never thought about deaf people and the podcast medium. i wonder if there are podcasts out there that are working with that?

edluv's picture

I would love to listen to

I would love to listen to this episode but unable to. There are no closed captioning or subtitles for the deaf like me to understand what this episode is all about.

:-(

Famous Guest's picture

yes

i am serious.

did you listen to the episode?

edluv's picture

Reza ASSemi

Are you serious! Reza Assemi, a super duper guy. WOW!!!! I've really heard it all now.

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