Comments on: Fake websites about Dyrdek and California Skateparks tell us what we already knew. http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/ Seattleskateparks.org is a grassroots advocacy group hell bent on developing skateparks and promoting skatboarding in Seattle. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: heidi lemmon http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34453 heidi lemmon Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:15:20 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34453 How about checking facts? If you are going to publish this kind of thing, which is really bad for our industry, you need to actually do some RESEARCH and verify your sources. You can't just make wild claims. Maybe it does "feel" right to your writer but come on.. people have lives. Do your due diligence first. How about checking facts? If you are going to publish this kind of thing, which is really bad for our industry, you need to actually do some RESEARCH and verify your sources.
You can’t just make wild claims. Maybe it does “feel” right to your writer but come on.. people have lives. Do your due diligence first.

]]> By: Matthew Lee Johnston http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34343 Matthew Lee Johnston Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:52:22 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34343 Thanks for taking the time to clarify your position Aaron. Much appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to clarify your position Aaron. Much appreciated.

]]> By: Aaron Spohn http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34316 Aaron Spohn Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:55:50 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34316 While the some of the issues on those bogus blogs are legitimate, the record should be set straight. Spohn hasn't sued California Skateparks for fraud or anything else. We simply protested California's award of a project we were competing over. And we did so because we felt there were some conflicts of interest and important omissions on their part. We simply wanted the same rules applied equally and to have a fair and honest bid process. We presented the facts as we saw them and asked the city to make a ruling. Those documents became public records and someone has seized upon them and has distorted and exaggerated some of the facts. We have not brought a lawsuit against California Skateparks, Ciaglia, or Dyrdek. We believe that our challenge was honest and correct. These blogs were not created by us and we don’t feel they’re helpful or effective. While the some of the issues on those bogus blogs are legitimate, the record should be set straight. Spohn hasn’t sued California Skateparks for fraud or anything else. We simply protested California’s award of a project we were competing over. And we did so because we felt there were some conflicts of interest and important omissions on their part. We simply wanted the same rules applied equally and to have a fair and honest bid process. We presented the facts as we saw them and asked the city to make a ruling. Those documents became public records and someone has seized upon them and has distorted and exaggerated some of the facts. We have not brought a lawsuit against California Skateparks, Ciaglia, or Dyrdek. We believe that our challenge was honest and correct. These blogs were not created by us and we don’t feel they’re helpful or effective.

]]> By: Matthew Lee Johnston http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34312 Matthew Lee Johnston Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:35:03 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34312 Well now I'm really confused, primarily because this document seems to suggest otherwise: http://www.laparks.org/commissionerhtm/pdf2012/may02/12-135.pdf Well now I’m really confused, primarily because this document seems to suggest otherwise: http://www.laparks.org/commissionerhtm/pdf2012/may02/12-135.pdf

]]> By: Aaron Spohn http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34307 Aaron Spohn Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:30:42 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34307 Matthew - Neither myself nor anyone associated with me has had any connection with the authors of the Celebsleaze blog or any of the other similar blogs. There is grossly inaccurate information contained in them, and considerable information we knew nothing about. Unfortunately, they have misstated some of the facts, especially with respect to our involvement. The following are the facts: · Spohn Ranch, Inc. is not suing California Skate Parks, Inc., or Joe Ciaglia for fraud or anything else · Spohn Ranch, Inc. has not filed a complaint with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office as alleged in those blogs In the event that we or our attorneys wanted to make public comment about any such actions, we would do so transparently and based on scrupulously investigated facts. While we sympathize with the issues in Seattle, no formal action has been taken by us nor have any public comments been made by us. This includes fake postings on legitimate blogs. Regards, Aaron Spohn Matthew – Neither myself nor anyone associated with me has had any connection with the authors of the Celebsleaze blog or any of the other similar blogs. There is grossly inaccurate information contained in them, and considerable information we knew nothing about. Unfortunately, they have misstated some of the facts, especially with respect to our involvement. The following are the facts:

· Spohn Ranch, Inc. is not suing California Skate Parks, Inc., or Joe Ciaglia for fraud or anything else

· Spohn Ranch, Inc. has not filed a complaint with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office as alleged in those blogs

In the event that we or our attorneys wanted to make public comment about any such actions, we would do so transparently and based on scrupulously investigated facts. While we sympathize with the issues in Seattle, no formal action has been taken by us nor have any public comments been made by us. This includes fake postings on legitimate blogs.

Regards,
Aaron Spohn

]]> By: susi http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34281 susi Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:10:29 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34281 I'll take a Calif. skate park over Spohn Ranch ANY day, and ANY way it took to build! I’ll take a Calif. skate park over Spohn Ranch ANY day, and ANY way it took to build!

]]> By: Matthew Lee Johnston http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34254 Matthew Lee Johnston Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:38:41 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34254 Wow. They're really going for it! More fake blogs: http://childsafetyconnection.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/fraud-charges-for-celeb-skater-rob-dyrdek/ http://constructioncurrents.wordpress.com/tag/mark-matthews/ http://parksnrecpress.wordpress.com/tag/joe-ciaglia/ http://extremesportsreport.wordpress.com/tag/joe-ciaglia/ ...and more fake comments: http://kennesaw.patch.com/users/concerned-citizen-b3b945c8/comments Wow. They’re really going for it! More fake blogs:

http://childsafetyconnection.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/fraud-charges-for-celeb-skater-rob-dyrdek/

http://constructioncurrents.wordpress.com/tag/mark-matthews/

http://parksnrecpress.wordpress.com/tag/joe-ciaglia/

http://extremesportsreport.wordpress.com/tag/joe-ciaglia/

…and more fake comments:
http://kennesaw.patch.com/users/concerned-citizen-b3b945c8/comments

]]> By: Chad Balcom http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34240 Chad Balcom Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:47:53 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34240 Sometimes Spohn's lawsuits are a good thing: http://www.americanrampcompanylawsuit.com/ Sometimes Spohn’s lawsuits are a good thing:

http://www.americanrampcompanylawsuit.com/

]]> By: Matthew Lee Johnston http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34231 Matthew Lee Johnston Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:44:33 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34231 Exactly why so many people appreciate the value you and WSB place in presenting the facts with integrity and diligence. Thanks for doing what you do! It will be interesting to see whether or not the lawsuit in CA affects CSP's ability to bid/win the project here in Seattle. But on a purely superficial level, it sucks that we can't just rule them out for being so cagey and manipulative. "Knowing how to work the system to your financial advantage" isn't really what I'd put in the qualifications requirements if I was in charge, and it certainly doesn't speak to your ability to design/build a great skatepark. Exactly why so many people appreciate the value you and WSB place in presenting the facts with integrity and diligence. Thanks for doing what you do!

It will be interesting to see whether or not the lawsuit in CA affects CSP’s ability to bid/win the project here in Seattle. But on a purely superficial level, it sucks that we can’t just rule them out for being so cagey and manipulative. “Knowing how to work the system to your financial advantage” isn’t really what I’d put in the qualifications requirements if I was in charge, and it certainly doesn’t speak to your ability to design/build a great skatepark.

]]> By: Tracy @ WSB http://seattleskateparks.org/aaron-spohn-discovers-wordpress/#comment-34229 Tracy @ WSB Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:50:18 +0000 http://seattleskateparks.org/?p=1442#comment-34229 Someone wasted a relatively large amount of time spamming us about this (via e-mail since we don't publish unsubstantiated accusations in comments) a few weeks back too. I did some checking around, responded to the person who e-mailed by saying that I had found their allegations to be not true regarding their specific intimations of something they thought might be happening with the situation here ... and they vanished like dust in the wind. Someone wasted a relatively large amount of time spamming us about this (via e-mail since we don’t publish unsubstantiated accusations in comments) a few weeks back too. I did some checking around, responded to the person who e-mailed by saying that I had found their allegations to be not true regarding their specific intimations of something they thought might be happening with the situation here … and they vanished like dust in the wind.

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