29 May
2000
29 May
'00
7:18 a.m.
> At the end of last month, Haltek Electronics,
Mountain View,
> CA closed their doors. Not because they wanted to, nor because
> they didn't have a loyal following, but purely because of greed on
> the part of their jackass of a landlord.
It seems that
their lease was up for renewal. Their landlord,
decided to get greedy, and wanted to at least double what they'd
been paying for rent (maybe even 2.5 or triple... I'm not certain).
Bruce. You don't live in the area here. You don't understand the reality
of the situation. In case you hadn't noticed, there is an economic boom
going on here unparalleled in the history of man (or so the economists
say, but at any rate, it's huge). The market for real estate in the
Silicon Valley, for better or worse, is skyrocketing. Property values
have shot up, along with rents. Now, in a communist state, this landlord would indeed
be a greedy jackass,
or worse! But here in the good old U.S. of A., he's a capitalist. Why
should he be expected to operate as a charity?
Hmm - I'd rather prefer a constitutional state where everybody
recives some protection by law ....
:))
Gruss
H.
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