01/14/2014
WHEN I ENTERED INTO A SUBLEASE TWO YEARS AGO WITH F&L PROPERTIES (WHICH WAS SWARTZ) I ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HIS RESTAURANT FOLDED...I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULDNT HAPPEN!!! AND IF IT DID THAT IT WOULDNT AFFECT WINEDOWN. MARC LISTA WAS AT THAT MEETING AND I AM SURE HE WOULD VERIFY THAT FACT. ALSO I HAD A 75% FOOD DEAL WITH F&L ALL FOOD ORDERED THROUGH WINEDOWN WOULD BE PREPARED AT THE RESTAURANT BEHIND US AND I WOULD PAY 75% OF THE COST. AFTER ABOUT 14 MONTHS MARC LISTA MOVED ON....AT THAT TIME SWARTZ SCRAMBLED AROUND TO FIND SOMEONE TO RUN HIS RESTAURANT...HE BROUGHT IN TERRY CLARK...WHO ASSESED THAT THEY HAD A BAD DEAL AND I SHOULD PAY MORE RENT AND 90% FOOD COSTS...OBVIOUSLY I WAS QUITE UPSET WHEN SWARTZ CALLED A MEETING AND TOLD ME THAT IF I DIDNT ACCEPT THE NEW DEAL HE WOULS SHUT THE RESTAURANT DOWN THR NEXT DAY...BASICALLY HE THREATENED ME!!! THIS CAN BE VERIFIED BY TERRY CLARK WHO WAS ALSO AT THE MEETING...AFTER I CALMED DOWN I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD NOT PAY MORE RENT...BUT AGREED TO PAY HIGHER FOOD COSTS...I WENT ALONG TO GET ALONG...HOPING THAT WOULD HELP SWARTZS FAILING ENDEAVOR BEHIND ME...I WAS TOLD HOW THINGS WOULD BE BETTER...(ANOTHER LIE) IT DIDNT WORK...IT NEVER WORKED AND MY RELATIONSHIP WAS SOURED WITH SWARTZ I HAD ASKED OUT OF THE SITUATION BECAUSE I WAS DEALING WITH A LIAR AND OFFERED TO SELL WINEDOWN OR GET SOME COMPENSATION THAT WAS FAIR TO ALL SO I COULD REBUILD TWO DAYS BEFORE THANKS GIVING SWARTZ TOLD ME HE WAS SHUTTING DOWN ALL OPERATIONS AND I HAD TILL DEC 31 TO GET OUT....I9 ASKED FOR OPTIONS OR COMPENSATION BEING THAT WINEDOWN WAS A SUCCESS AND WHY SHOULD I GO DOWN WITH HIS SHIP...HE OFFERED NOTHING....NOTHING!!!! SWARTZ WAS AND IS JEALOUS OF WINEDOWNS SUCCESS EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TIED TO HIS FAILURES...AFTER RETAINING AN ATTORNEY I WAS TOLD THAT LEGALLY HIS ONE BUSINESS (CHARLOTTE REAL EASTATE SERVICES OR TOWN CENTER LLC WAS WITHIN THE LAW TO LET HIS OTHER BUSINESS F&L PROPERTIES OUT OF THEIR LEASE AND AS THEY WENT....I WENT..WOULD SWARTZ LET ANY OTHER BUSINESS OFF THE HOOK....NO!!!! VERY CONVIENIANT THAT HE CONTROLED THE WHOLE SITUATION...I WAS OFFERED A RIDICULOUS SETTLEMENT INVOLVING SOME FOOD MONEY THAT I OWED...WASNT EVEN HIS MONEY...IT WAS TERRY CLARKS...AND A TINY AMOUNT TO GET OUT AND KEEP QUITE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED....QUITE FOR WHAT???...FOR BEING SCREWED????? I TRIED TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH BUT I WAS BULLIED THE WHOLE TIME BEING TOLD TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT....I EVEN CONSIDERED TAKING IT BUT WAS TOLD I WOULD GET IT WHEN I WAS OUT....I HAD A SECURITY DEPOSIT FOR THOSE REASONS AND EXPLAINED THAT TO THEM....THEY SAID NOPE...ITS ALL PART OF THE SETTLEMMENT...SO THE MEAGHER AND I MEAN MEAGHER SETTLEMENT ALSO MEANT NO SECURITY DEPOSIT...AT THAT POINT I TOLD HIM TO GO F**K HIMSELF!!!! HE ONLY HAS HIS OWN AGENDA IN MIND....HIS BUSINESS PRACTICES ARE SHADY ON A GOOD DAY!!! IM OUT A BUSINESS....HARRISBURG IS OUT A GREAT PLACE AND WE ALL SUFFER AT THE HANDS OF THIS AS***LE YET AGAIN...I WILL TRY TO CONTACT HAWTHORNES SO THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE DEALING WITH...IF ANYBODY CAN HELP ME DO THAT PLEASE FEEL FREE.....I WOULD LIKE TO SUE SWARTZ FOR WHAT HE DID BUT MY FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE LIMITED...IF ANYONE KNOWS A GOOD ATTORNEY WHO MIGHT HELP PLEASE LET ME KNOW....HE F**KED US ALL...GOOD LUCK TO HAWTHORNES...IM SURE THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE...TOO BAD THEY GOT INVOLVED WITH THE BIGGEST SCUM IN TOWN...I WILL ATTEMPT TO POST CHARLOTTE REAL EASTATE SERVICES SO WE CAN ALL VOICE OUR DISPLEASURE IN CIVIL WAY....ALTHOUGH MY CIVILITY IS WANING!!! THANKS TO ALL WHO CARE AND SUPPORT WINEDOWN...I AM SORRY I FAILED YOU ALL
