Summary
"I'd say generally we feel as though we've made significant strides forward," says [Bob Dunn], president of Madison-based Hammes Sports and Entertainment "We've had a tremendous amount of support in the community"
"Here in Wisconsin, we have Brookfield Lakes in Milwaukee," says Dunn. "It's a large commercial office park." He says that it's owned by "a variety of different interests within the company.""I gotta tell you, I think the situation in Miami is real cut and dry," says Dunn. His version of events is that the Hammes Sports contract was awarded through an emergency bidding process put in place after hurricane damage. "The city of Miami came under tremendous internal scrutiny from their audit department over their contracting practices," he says. "They tried to void our contract, at which point we filed a claim against the city. We prevailed completely in the claim. It's real simple. It was entirely politically motivated."See the full content of this document
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Edgewater Developer On Hot Seat
Bob Dunn is not easily deterred. Despite a series of disruptive controversies, he remains upbeat about his company's chances of undertaking a $109 million renovation of the Edgewater HoteL
"I'd say generally we feel as though we've made significant strides forward," says Dunn, president of Madison-based Hammes Sports and Entertainment "We've had a tremendous amount of support in the community"Amon...See the full content of this document
