CITY PARKS PANEL BREAKS TIES WITH VALLEY GOLF CONCESSION.Byline: Rick Orlov Orlov (Орлรณв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. parks officials took steps on Wednesday to break off the city's concession with a financially troubled golf operator at the Encino- Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). golf courses while awarding a new food services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and contract for the adjacent Woodley Lakes Golf Course. The Recreation and Parks Commission, in separate 4-0 votes, moved to end its 19-month relationship with Family Golf, which is in bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most and won the golf shop and driving range concession on the orders of the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. .
``I hate to be the one to say I told you so, but I told you so,'' Commissioner Leroy Chase said. ``We were put in a situation a year and a half ago that has been nothing but problems.'' Family Golf was selected after the Los Angeles City Council refused to go along with the recommendation to award the concession to American Golf Corp., because of the political ties its owner has with Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. . Family Golf filed for bankruptcy shortly after winning the city concession, but still has been operating the facility under the terms of a federal court. Under the commission's action, it is asking the court to terminate its contract with Family Golf and bring in a new operator. One of the other bidders for the original contract, Michael Birnbach of Ready Golf, said his firm was prepared to step in immediately and take over the concession. In a separate action, the panel approved a new restaurant and food concession contract with Burrito King Inc., which has a similar contract for the Sherman Oaks Castle miniature golf course. The award of the contract came over the objections of Encino Glen Inc., which complained it had not been provided all the proper city forms to submit a correct bid. Parks officials agreed with that, but said it was the responsibility of the bidders to get the forms as they had been told in a letter. In winning the bid, Burrito King will be taking over operation of a new clubhouse scheduled to open in the next few months, officials said, moving it from trailers originally designed to be temporary facilities some 20 years ago. Burrito King said it will be making a $70,000 investment in equipment for the new facility and said it will provide rents of $65,000 the first year. |
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