Paragon Closing!!!!!!

[OverkillZJ]

Leaving now, late as hell, see you fawkers at midnight

[slim616]

all right decided to do both days, I'll keep an eye out for all of you.

[Sudz]

Saturday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 23. Wind chill values between -3 and 7. West wind between 8 and 17 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7. Wind chill values between -1 and -11. West wind 7 to 10 mph increasing to between 15 and 18 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 14. Wind chill values between -2 and -12. West wind between 15 and 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

[Skyline]

There was never any proof provided of that. That is one of the biggest reasons they went to court....The only I see that they may have done wrong was to appeal the first verdict after the 30 days....But I don't know their reasoning or if that is even true. ....Please don't spew about something you don't know 100% about.

Seems to me that not appealing on time was a major blunder on the part of their attorney, but then again, none of us know all the facts either. I know there is a lot of grey area in the law, and a judge can exercise his influence within that grey area. But if a judge rules way outside that grey area, it is always subject to review at a higher court level, and a judge can be thrown off the bench or even disbarred for ignoring established case law. So either PAP did not have a clear cut case in the initial trial, or the judge was risking his career for some 'hidden' agenda, which I doubt. Sad, but this whole thing sounds like they were "out lawyered".

[ILikeMud]

So what's happening with Paragon?

[OverkillZJ]

I haven't heard anything, I assume it's still in appeals.

To my knowledge, and realistically, THE CURRENT PARAGON will close, no if's, ands or buts.

My only gripe, and the grip of everyone I"ve talked to, is the Knosps / Paragon not being compensated for the business closure.

Paragon will not stand in a couple years as it does today, but I find the manor it was done extremely unethical. Paragon needs compensated for their lost income in this matter so that they might have a chance of rebuilding.

[Jim311]

Well, part of leasing anything is that you generally get screwed because you don't really OWN anything. Perhaps Paragon will have the capital to purchase some land in the future, but if not, this sort of thing could happen again.

[BLACKZJ]

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16727199.htm
This is a link to an article in the local paper....local to Paragon,these assholes might not get their way.

[OverkillZJ]

Soooo... anyone want to make a run weekend of march 11th? There's some talk of a few of us from Pittsburgh heading back, again...

[BLACKZJ]

Soooo... anyone want to make a run weekend of march 11th? There's some talk of a few of us from Pittsburgh heading back, again...

Yea, I'm gonna see if I can get up there that w/e. Sunday would be the first day of daylight savings time, maybe an extra hour to play. That is if Kyle can still operate by then, you know those big shots are fumin about not bein able to do anything about it, and I personally think they are schemin(sp) something to stop him.

[BLACKZJ]

http://www.standardspeaker.com/index...=4450&Itemid=2
And another article on the airport. I think the more people think about what is goin on up there, the less chance they will let it happen. Best case scenario: Paragon finds another place to open, tells these assholes see ya, and they sit with a big chunk of land that nobody will let them do anything with. THAT would be the greatest.

[ILikeMud]

http://www.standardspeaker.com/index...=4450&Itemid=2
And another article on the airport. I think the more people think about what is goin on up there, the less chance they will let it happen. Best case scenario: Paragon finds another place to open, tells these assholes see ya, and they sit with a big chunk of land that nobody will let them do anything with. THAT would be the greatest.

Yea, that would be a bit funny.

[Sudz]

can you believe this shit?

"An IRS tax lien filed against Butler Township attorney Robert J. Powell doesn’t show up when his name is searched in the Luzerne County Prothonotary’s Office database because Prothonotary Jill Moran – his law partner – switched the name in the database to John Doe."

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16816869.htm

this is the douche bag trying to grab the land out from under paragon

[OverkillZJ]

That's not fishy or anything...

[hkszx2]

i might be down for the 11th ... ill let you all know on the tenth

[OverkillZJ]

We hava a rather good sized group heading out Friday to wheel Saturday, I'll be heading back that night though. Staying at the comfort inn again

[SirFuego]

And I will be heading down with some other Buffalonians (luckily not with rockhardmj this time... ). Staying at the Comfort Inn as well.

[OverkillZJ]

Karokee bar it is then, who's drinking?


I'll pass out before anyone gets me up there, but I can definitely be crazy bad dancing guy this time

[Sudz]

not sure i'll make the 11th - i'm waitin' for these to hit the front porch - toasted both front inner axle yokes during the benefit ride on sunday - broke the welds on the caps too - limped 2 hours home

[Sudz]

Tuesday, 03 April 2007

[ILikeMud]

BOO!!!

[Sudz]

closed this weekend 4-7

[SirFuego]

Looks like any remote hope that was left for the old Paragon was just lost...

Court upholds ATV park eviction, clearing cargo airport hurdle

By Terrie Morgan-Besecker tmorgan@timesleader.com
Law & Order Reporter

The developers of a proposed cargo airport near Hazleton cleared one of several hurdles Monday when a state appellate court upheld the eviction of an all-terrain vehicle park from land that is needed to build the transportation facility.

The state Superior Court said Kyle Knosp, owner of Paragon Adventure Park, failed to timely appeal a 2006 ruling that granted possession of the land to Gladstone Partners.

The ruling reaffirms Gladstone’s right to utilize roughly 4,300 acres near the Humboldt Industrial Park that would be needed to construct the proposed airport. It does not guarantee the project will proceed, however, as the developers still face other hurdles, including obtaining necessary clearances for construction and funding.

A legislative report on the viability of the project is scheduled to be released on June 11. That analysis is considered key to determining whether the state will back $250 million in bonds toward the project’s estimated $1.6 billion total cost.

If funding is secured, the developers must obtain construction approval from various municipalities, and gain approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The dispute with Knosp centered on whether his business was wrongly evicted from land he leased from Gladstone and its predecessor, PCA Corp., to operate an ATV park.

Gladstone, which is owned by Butler Township attorney Robert Powell, Gregory Zappala and former Hazleton Mayor Michael Marsicano, was initially granted possession of the land by District Judge Thomas Sharkey on Aug. 4, 2006.

Knosp appealed to Luzerne County Court, and senior Judge Clinton Smith upheld the eviction in October 2006. Gladstone did not obtain possession of the property until April 2007, however, due to other outstanding legal challenges filed by Knosp.

Knosp and Gladstone each filed appeals before the Superior Court. Knosp’s appeal centered on whether a second appeal he had filed with Luzerne County Court challenging Sharkey’s ruling was filed within the specified time frame. Gladstone sought to overturn a preliminary injunction that had been issued by Judge Ann Lokuta which, for a time, had prevented it from accessing the land.

The Superior Court, in separate opinions filed Monday, ruled in Gladstone’s favor on both issues.

The court determined Knosp had failed to file the county court appeal in time based on technical legal grounds. It also overturned Lokuta’s injunction, ruling the matter was moot because the hearing on the injunction was held the day after Knosp had been evicted from the land.

In a separate matter, the court found Lokuta did not abuse her discretion when she refused to recuse herself from the case. Gladstone attorney Jill Moran had sought Lokuta’s recusal because Moran, who serves as Luzerne County prothonotary, was scheduled to testify against Lokuta at a hearing before the state Judicial Conduct Board.

The Superior Court said it found Lokuta’s legal rulings erroneous but there was no evidence that her impartiality was compromised.

“The record demonstrates that Judge Lokuta went to great lengths to provide each of the parties with the opportunity to present their arguments and that she entertained the arguments respectfully and patiently,” the court wrote.

Knosp’s attorney James Scallion of Drums did not return a phone message Tuesday seeking comment on whether he will seek to appeal the court’s ruling to the state Supreme Court.

http://www.timesleader.com/news/Cour...6-04-2008.html

[OverkillZJ]

Fuck.

[Rubber Chuck]

Yeah.....Bad News for sure. But don't give up hope on The Knosps. I was with Kyle last night and he was pretty upbeat about things...but like everybody else.....just concerned about the economy.

On a side note.......check these threads out for an interesting read.
http://www.sira4x4.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1952
and
http://www.sira4x4.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1936