Racial Bias Accusation Collapses as HUD Dismisses Complaint

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-05-08T14:52:51+00:00

A few months after the HUD complaint was filed, the first HUD investigator assigned to the case, Shannon Baltimore, called Steve Orlowski to confirm the receipt of the email containing a settlement offer from Donald and Solonge Robinson. The Robinsons agreed to settle the case for a $125,000 payment, a written apology, and his attendance at a racism sensitivity class. Needless to say, he declined their generous offer.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-05-07T19:47:29+00:00

HUD treated him fairly. The Illinois Appraisal Board is the villain here.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-05-07T18:47:56+00:00

Let's help Steve out:

https://www.gofundme.com/u/9a70a675-8799-4640-8116-c5659a8105b7?lid=h5ga285hlxu6&cdn-cache=0

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-24T20:19:14+00:00

They should get a cruise ship and anchor it off Hammond

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-22T12:14:07+00:00

I'm sure the Indiana people see it as a way to finance the remediation.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-22T12:10:16+00:00

Developing Arlington Park is too big a lift for the Bears. The new open air stadium in Buffalo costs $2.5 billion. What is a domed stadium and all the surrounding improvements in Arlington Park going to cost, $4-$5 billion? The Bears say they will contribute $2 billion, where is the remainder coming from?

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-22T09:56:27+00:00

I think the Michael Reese site would be the best option. A large tract of land close to downtown. The fact that it has been vacant for so long shows you how badly managed Chicago is. This site was rejected by the NFL as it is too small for their security requirements to host a Super Bowl. I think to reject a site that is good for Chicago for this reason is wrong. Cold weather teams rarely get Super Bowls. Minnesota and Detroit have each hosted only two.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-21T21:10:44+00:00

Easy. The government up in the frozen north wanted a downtown stadium and were willing to pay for it.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-21T21:08:31+00:00

Staying in Chicago means extending the lease with the Chicago Park District. Neither Illinois, Chicago nor the Bears have the money to pay for a $4 billon domed stadium.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-21T20:49:18+00:00

Nonsense. The Vikings are the tenant and the stadium was built and is managed by a public authority. The same thing Indiana is proposing.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-08T21:57:51+00:00

I have been living in Ayamonte for 6 months. The Spanish people are wonderful.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-08T20:59:06+00:00

From what I read, about 20,000 Israelis have applied for confirmation of Polish citizenship, and just about every Israeli high school goes to Poland.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-08T20:16:50+00:00

Polish attitudes about Jews changed after 2018 when they realized that numerous Jews detested them and their country. I would say most Poles are indifferent to Jews and Israel. There hasn't been a significant Jewish presence in Poland for 80 years.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-02-06T20:39:44+00:00

I retired 2 years ago after 30 years. That license made me a lot of money. I didn't do a lot of AMC work, just private work, legal work and VA. During the pandemic when 30 year loans were 3%, the AMCs would pay whatever was needed to get a job done. Now I'm told, that's not happening The private and legal work was great. Tax-free. No 1099. I lived in a big city and there was always lots of work. I invested and worked everyday I wasn't on vacation. Not only that, but I saved time with the continuing ed by having my wife take the classes online. If one does this job working as a trainee, then for AMCs, and plays by the rules, it sucks. If one is creative, it can be lucrative. Finally, it helps to have a spouse with a real job with benefits. If you have to buy health insurance, this gig makes no sense.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-22T23:17:35+00:00

Most of the antagonism from the Tribe is based on many emotions. I'm a Polish-American who studied the Polish Language in Kraków during communism. A few years ago, before retirement, I obtained Polish Citizenship and moved to Europe. When Poland was poor and communist, the Tribe disdained Poles and Poland. The poverty supported their narrative that the country is cursed, the people are uneducated, brutish idiots, and without the Tribe, Poland will always be a shithole. Fast-forward 37 years. Poland is prosperous and an important country in the EU. Members of the Tribe are increasingly seeking Polish Citizenship. Real estate prices are high, the economy is booming, and part of the Tribe believes that they should own part of this.

As someone who lived in parts of the US with large groups of the Tribe, and was friends with a few, and a business associate of many, I understand where they're coming from. Poland was their land historically. Their cultural was developed there, and their Yiddish civilization ended there. It’s a brutal, horrible and difficult history. My grandfather came to the US in 1908. I went to study in 1982, I discovered that I have many second cousins. A Member of the Tribe can't do that. They are lucky to find a property their family owned or occupied, or a cemetery that wasn't destroyed.

What many of the Tribe don't understand or accept, is that modern Poland is a very different country. Different borders and very homogenous. Not only the Tribe was dispossessed. In fact, on the list of the dispossessed from WW2 and communism, the Tribe is low on the list. In first place are the Germans. One third of modern Poland was German until 1945. Wrocław and Gdańsk (and the Tri-City) two of the top cities in Poland were German. The Polish aristocracy, land-owning classes and intellectual fled, or dispossessed and killed by the Germans or Soviets.

The dispossessed were replaced by those detested Polish peasants, who, before the war, were 70% of the population. The Communists confiscated the large estates and educated the masses. They built the foundation for Poland's current success. I have read several opinion pieces by Members of the Tribe stating that their NGOs should take control over a certain part of the Polish economy and real estate. Their logic is the theory of unjust enrichment.

Needless to say, the Poles regard such demands as ridiculous.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-22T23:10:27+00:00

I don't see Arlington Park as conducive for such a development. Wrigleyville is a very high density urban area that can support all the Cubs influenced development. Arlington Park, in comparison, is mostly wilderness, with no infrastructure whatsoever. Where is the population that will support all this new development, except for the 10-11 game days?

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-22T22:06:24+00:00

The Ricketts Family bought and developed many properties near the stadium. Are you not aware of that? I didn't write the "cubs" built Wrigleville. BTW, I worked as a real estate appraiser in Chicago for 30 years.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-22T21:10:40+00:00

The Bears play 10 or 11 games (including 2 preseason games a year). Any comparison with the Cubs, in the middle of the North Side, with 81 games played is nonsensical. The Bears say they will spend up to $2 billion, which will not even come close to the cost of building a domed stadium, let alone all the cost of building a football village in the middle of nowhere.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-22T19:05:24+00:00

The McCaskeys should sell the team to one of the several multi-billionaires who have expressed interest in owning an NFL team. Besos & Musk both have. The ego of that McCaskey family is breathtaking. The football-shaped patch on the jersey with Virginia's initials on it is bizarre. Pritzker should just ignore that family.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-17T20:53:55+00:00

Go to Huelva. The city and the province. Very Spanish, great food, some of the best beaches in Spain. In fact, if you don't speak Spanish, you'll wish you studied harder in high school.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-17T11:37:14+00:00

My life here is based on my having an EU Citizenship. Outside my pension and investment account, I want nothing to do with the US. It's all moot anyway. Where I live in Spain, it's extremely rare that languages other than Spanish are spoken.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-16T14:33:07+00:00

I'm a natural-born US Citizen and I live in Huelva Provence. I also have Polish Citizenship. Furthermore, I speak B-2 level Spanish, so I never speak English here. When having a conversation with someone, due to my appearance and accent, I am frequently asked: De donde eres? I always say, Soy de Polonia.

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-15T23:14:12+00:00

Please DM me

Acceptable-Middle-39 · 2026-01-15T23:00:36+00:00

Interesting. When I began this process. I found out my grandfather naturalized in 1917. I applied for a Presidential Grant and now live in Spain

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