HOUSE OVERSIGHT 023260 the charts he prepared unreadable. Brads defensive posture was at a minum very surprising . He and I have recently gotten along quite well, I thought. Neither Joslin or Brad understood a 180 million dollar number. no cash flow after weeks of requesting? odd. when you suggested that heathers behavior was emblematic of a sloppy office , brad said lets not talk about emblems??! bill pay, admittedly no change for the year. . plane not done. though it was the only thing i suggested doing first in july . . I sent you a list of 10 consultantts. brad said three, . i didnt want to push it. I was shocked that brad was opining on things he knows little or nothing about. tax issues. 1031. neg basis, note payoffs ( the same idea he said he had had from the beggining??!!) . answers re LBF holdings that can be corrected ( they cant) . valuations that have never been read. . When we met in your lobby he seems surprised that i was there. I dont know if he felt somewhat sandbagged. . . the savings on the note payoff is aprrox 33 % of 1.8 billion, real money if you do phaidon which i see no reason not to. if later josh and ben want to buy it back with you or without you they can. i will walk you through the structure one on one. . the losses will offeset the calder gain as well as apollo gain. Im aware that seeing what you saw frustrated you. I felt badly for you. You wanted a contingent deal. real value. etc. I will not of course hold you to your deal. . its silly. its not how i work or a reflection of our friendship, my proposal is as follows. I want away from your buisiness , but at the same time leaving you in good shape. I think you should pay the 25m that you did not for this year. for next year its the same 40 m as always, paid 20 in jan and 20 in july, and then we are done. I will give you advice and counsel but new people will be running your operating machine. I will oversee all the work that needs to be done you and I will hire new