City sues owner of Jacksonville Landing

[tufsu1]

the courtyard....lots of local bands, dance squads, choirs, etc. perform there throughout the year....and of course the Landing hosts many festivals that are very worth supporting.

You and I have very different opinions on high school dance squads and choirs, tufsu. 

apparently so...I have seen several of my friends and colleagues kids perform at the Landing during Christmas season for example....something about supporting our local community I guess.

and maybe things like the Jax Truckies Food Trucks Championship are also not worth attending....although it seems nearly 10,000 people this year felt differently/

[urbaknight]

It's funny that the Property Appraisers office shows that the city owns the land. 
http://apps.coj.net/PAO_PropertySearch/Basic/Detail.aspx?RE=0744450000

I think Slaiman owns the landing, (the structure itsself) but the city owns the actual land it sits on. I think that's the case, though I could be wrong.

[coredumped]

the courtyard....lots of local bands, dance squads, choirs, etc. perform there throughout the year....and of course the Landing hosts many festivals that are very worth supporting.

You and I have very different opinions on high school dance squads and choirs, tufsu. 

Too "small town" for you CZ? Mavericks (live) has a lot of good national acts.
And say what you want about Hooters, but it's been there since day 1

[Tacachale]

The city's right on this lawsuit. Sleiman owes taxes that he hasn't been paying. Basically, he purchased the parking lot from the city and has been using it and collecting fees there ever since. But he didn't file the deed or other documents for the property, in order to get out of paying taxes on it. The city's efforts to get him to pay up seem to have ended once Sleiman became friendly with Mayor Brown. It's all made convoluted by issue of the city's obligation to provide parking for the Landing, but what we're seeing here is the city trying to get paid taxes we're owed.

[MusicMan]

Curious as to why Mayor Peyton did not go after this. It started under his watch.

[Kay]

Why would the city rely on Sleiman to record the deed?  Does the City have attorneys or not?  I find this beyond ridiculous.

The city's right on this lawsuit. Sleiman owes taxes that he hasn't been paying. Basically, he purchased the parking lot from the city and has been using it and collecting fees there ever since. But he didn't file the deed or other documents for the property, in order to get out of paying taxes on it. The city's efforts to get him to pay up seem to have ended once Sleiman became friendly with Mayor Brown. It's all made convoluted by issue of the city's obligation to provide parking for the Landing, but what we're seeing here is the city trying to get paid taxes we're owed.

[MusicMan]

Good point. Who ever "closed" the transaction should have sent the deed to clerk of court for recording. You would also think someone at the City would have followed up to see that the deed was recorded.

[Tacachale]

Curious as to why Mayor Peyton did not go after this. It started under his watch.

He did go after it, but it got lost in the shuffle of all the other contentions over the Landing at the time. It looks like the city was still pursuing the issue into Brown's term (at least officially) but then dropped it.

Why would the city rely on Sleiman to record the deed?  Does the City have attorneys or not?  I find this beyond ridiculous.

The city's right on this lawsuit. Sleiman owes taxes that he hasn't been paying. Basically, he purchased the parking lot from the city and has been using it and collecting fees there ever since. But he didn't file the deed or other documents for the property, in order to get out of paying taxes on it. The city's efforts to get him to pay up seem to have ended once Sleiman became friendly with Mayor Brown. It's all made convoluted by issue of the city's obligation to provide parking for the Landing, but what we're seeing here is the city trying to get paid taxes we're owed.

What do you mean? The city filed the deed on their end. Sleiman just refused to accept it, even though he had paid for the lot and starting collecting parking fees on it. Presumably, it initially started as leverage in trying to get the city to give him more parking, but eventually it became a way for him to claim he didn't have to pay taxes and fees on revenue-generating property he owned.

What's even crazier is that Sleiman started this all last October by demanding that the city pay him back the purchase price of the property, which, again, he had owned and used for 7 years.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=546280