hadid blames HAH for his “negative public opinion”
In a brazen sworn declaration filed in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, Mohamed Hadid told Judge Bluebond that his negative public opinion stems from the yard signs posted by HillsidesAgainstHadid.org . He also claims that vandalism (of gates, fences and no-trespassing signs, etc.) on Hastain Trail has scared away potential buyers of the properties.
Playing the victim yet again, Hadid fails to mention:
(1) Hadid’s trail illegal conduct at Strada Vecchia and criminal convictions for intentional building code violations reported worldwide (and the torrent of civil litigation left behind in its wake);
(2) decades of public use of the land Hadid bought up while knowing about such use;
(3) renewed public opposition to careless mega-mansion developers like him;
(4) heightened public passions for protecting hillsides, ridgelines and open spaces in hillside neighborhoods stemming from his, and other’s prior bad acts;
(5) new zoning regulations covering Hadid’s properties now in process, including the Ridgeline Protection Ordinance and extension of the Hillside Construction Regulation (which will strictly curtail construction of perversely out-of-scale mansions like his);
(6) a historical “public easement” for hiking on the fire road winding through his properties (existing long before Hadid purchased them). See, e.g., Friends of Hastain Trail; and
(7) a breathtaking portfolio of unpaid judgments and liens which could eventually reach nearly $100 million.
But no . . . It was HAH’s truthful yard signs that ruined Mr. Hadid’s “reputation.”
Declaration of Mohamed Hadid