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Skip Alston, I have read in this paper, stands to receive a nice commission if the hotel is built a the now suggested location. He needs to excuse himself from all talk, conversations, meetings re: this. What Weaver and Dennis are asking for makes sense-accountability, transparency and true financial sense. They are asking to get rid of the mirrors and smokescreens.
Good solid questions from good solid business men that deserve to be answered.

Absolutely! Skip is self-serving : his ego has been & is unacceptable for an elected official!

“There’s more to this than meets the eye,” ....So Mr. Alston how does it feel to think this way? This is how the majority of taxpayers in Guilford County seem to feel about you and your problem solutions or how the citizens of High Point seem to feel about Mr. Arnold and is "endeavors" (especially the "deal" or "trade" of property betwwen C Wayne McDonald and the county or should I say Mr. Arnolds previous business partner)....if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then...........

The downtown Hotel project is receiving public guarantees and other preferences. The records should be open and the sponsors of the project should want them to be open. After all, what do they have to hide?

Skip Alston states, "There's more to this than meets the eye" so the question should be asked of Skip Alston, how will your pockets be padded if this deal is approved? How much financial gain will you enjoy? The article also states that local taxpayer are not liable. Mr. Alston, what happens if the feasibility studies are correct and this area can not support a high end hotel downtown. What happens when the hotel files for bankruptcy and the city is still responsible for this site? Who will be expected to pay for the upkeep of a vacant building, who will be expected to pay if the hotel must be demolished for something else to be built on the site? Quaintaince Weaver is a well respected corporation who knows a great deal about the hospitality industry. If this were a profitable venture don't you think they would have already built a hotel downtown? I hope the public is smart enough to see through the smoke and mirrors. Quaintance Weaver, thank you for looking out for the public's best interest, because the public or should I say the taxpayer's would bear the responsibility for the downfall of this shady business deal.

It has been reported elsewhere (YES! Weekly) that Deena Hayes' roommate has a financial stake in the development of the hotel. That raises interesting questions about her threat of a civil rights march against those who are asking for government transparency in decisions about the hotel.

“To have two hoteliers challenge an industry project under the guise that they are concerned about the city’s resources sounds very suspect to me.”

Ms. Hayes, it seems suspect to me that you are even slightly suspicious of 2 successful businessmen, both of which have a very vested interest in how this city manages its resouces. Neither one of these men feel, or should feel, threatened by a hotel downtown, they simply don't think it's a viable idea & they don't want GSO to go down hill again w/a bunch of vacant buildings. The only suspicion I have, personally, is why the 'public records' are being protected so strongly by the Alston-clan - unless, of course, there's something suspect in those records that could point fingers at certain people......hmmmmm?

Quaintaince Weaver are not "looking out for the public's interest." They are in the hotel business. Don't be so naive people.