HOUSE OVERSIGHT 023231 convince him to take the role , promising him a position to manage mirage investments I sent you a note saying that instead of hiring him you should pay up and get first class people. I have reiterated the same message for over a year now. . Brad, not me ,was tasked with hiring new people, according to his biz school org chart.(nauseating ) and as you wanted him to take ownership of the staff,he conducted many interviews alone. . you may recall that as late as may, you told him in my presence that though six months had passed he had not hired anyone. since then I have rectified errors in sales tax, use tax, income tax, fbar reporting, 1031 reporting, 8 million of deductions missed errors of millions on the returns. a cashflow that is misleading helped prepare financial statements ( april ) Oversight on new grats- first at 22 and then at 19 that were done without my consultation and were "resolved" soley as a result of my last minute intervention. . 600 million in after tax savings was just accomplished. (BTW- for some reason you left the 30 million outstanding that I had said should only be done" if' that was my additional fee. and not used for non biz purposes and not art. Sorry but., in June and then again Sept, we both agreed to a 50% of phaidon payout first projected at 20 . but less when artspace and debt taken out, - then only after weeks, when you delayed any detailed discussion of money wanting to give the issue a thoughtful response ( which I fully understand ) . you unilaterally changed our agreement.. 5m would be reserved for the future ? . and out of the remaining 15m,? i would receive only a third. ( note : I'm confident that both the debt, and the art space investment will also lead to a write- off of another 30 m. plus ) In my dining room ,you were surprised when I said that i require most people to pay their advisory fee up front so that I am assured that I will be properly compensated for my work when stra