I'm hearing this SECOND hand so I don't really know anything for SURE, but this is what I heard today: Bobby Blair who took over Palo Verde Resort a few months ago, (lease option to buy) spruced the place up a bit, re-named it Arenal Bungalows in hopes of 'flipping' it for some CASH, but has NOW decided to put a fork in the whole deal, call it a day, cut his losses and get the HELL out of La Fortuna.
The way I heard it, Bobby Blair wasn't 'happy' with Gene Conti (wow, never heard that before) because some of the things Gene had initially 'promised' Bobby to make the Palo Verde/Arenal Bungalows deal happen in the first place weren't panning out the way Gene had initially said. *I will say it again, I DO NOT know this to be TRUE or UNTRUE, I merely heard this.... and in all fairness, it could be gossip, or maybe a little true but not completely true. Although I gotta say, the person who told me would be privy to a 'certain core' of information.I just thought it was FUNNY, because if it is TRUE, Bobby Blair should be feeling about NOW how I've felt about Eugene Conti for a long time: a slick politician who will say just about anything to get what he wants... but in all actuality, can't back-up SHIT... and then denies ever saying it in the first place.
So until I know more, I'll shut-up, because really, I don't know what's TRUE and what's NOT but I'm betting it's CLOSE.
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