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TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)
Sun May 19, 2013, 06:57 PM May 2013

100 y.o. battered women's home sued into submission by bank to make way for boutique hotel

Bank CEO Barrett, who has repeatedly declined requests for an interview, has become a loathed figure at the Anna Louise, not only for his tireless efforts to acquire the property but also for the way he has talked about the women living there, repeatedly referring to them as recovering prostitutes and saying they just don't belong in the neighborhood.


http://news.yahoo.com/women-sad-angry-over-sale-nonprofit-ohio-home-152229520.html

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100 y.o. battered women's home sued into submission by bank to make way for boutique hotel (Original Post) TalkingDog May 2013 OP
Western & Southern is the 8th largest insurance company in the country. CincyDem May 2013 #1
Seize the assets of Western & Southern after it is sued to oblivion Mr. David May 2013 #3
Yep - I'm sure they'll have to pay up right after GS and JPM pay for destroying the economy. n/t CincyDem May 2013 #4
Boycott! Dawson Leery May 2013 #2
I think they're mostly business to business, not consumer insurance CincyDem May 2013 #5
Anyone know how to edit Wikipedia? The page on John Barrett was updated to tell about this rhett o rick May 2013 #6

CincyDem

(6,281 posts)
1. Western & Southern is the 8th largest insurance company in the country.
Sun May 19, 2013, 07:03 PM
May 2013

Barrett is pretty much of an asshole and there is no question he's a scumbag when it comes to social welfare in the community.

At the same time, there's a little more to the resolution of the story beyond what's in the yahoo article. In the end, after winning the zoning battle prevented the Anna Louise house from continuing, W&S bought the property and have committed to helping fund a ground up construction project for the home.

http://www.cinunionbethel.org/index.php/the-latest-on-the-anna-louise-inn

CincyDem

(6,281 posts)
5. I think they're mostly business to business, not consumer insurance
Sun May 19, 2013, 07:41 PM
May 2013


They also do some institutional money management for foundations and endowments. They're not like Progressive, Prudential, or American Family Insurance selling out to the general population. I guess you could boycott but I'm not sure who you're going to boycott.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
6. Anyone know how to edit Wikipedia? The page on John Barrett was updated to tell about this
Tue May 21, 2013, 03:19 PM
May 2013

travesty. I looked again and it's been edited to make it sound like everyone is happy with the outcome.

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