Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
J.P. McManus fights tax
Gored by the IRS after gambling payday
This man won $17.5 million in a bet.
Alec Gores, brother of onetime San Diego Union-Tribune owner Tom Gores, came out a big loser in a round of betting with Irish billionaire J.P. McManus, but McManus is still fighting to hold on to his winnings. Alec (like his brother, a vulture takeover fund billionaire with Palestinian roots) gave up $17.5 million during an unidentified game of chance with McManus back in 2012.
The IRS later hit McManus with $5.2 million in taxes. He’s subsequently sued, asserting last month that a treaty between Ireland and the U.S. barred the levy. By latest report, the case will be heard this summer.
Meantime, Tom Gores, who owned San Diego’s U-T from May 2009 (when he bought it from David Copley) through December 2011 (when he sold it to Douglas Manchester), likes to gamble in Hollywood. In June 2011, the Associated Press carried a story about unlicensed California poker games drawing a spate of lawsuits, noting, “being sued is billionaire businessman Alec Gores, who along with his brother, attempted to buy Miramax Films last year.” (The Gores-owned U-T ran the item but deleted the words “along with his brother.”)
These days, Tom owns the Detroit Pistons and is looking to build a basketball arena in that city’s downtown. The California-based mogul has hired sports agent Arn Tellem to look around for a deal. “Arn is doing some heavy lifting on really trying to understand what’s the best thing for everybody,” Gores told the Detroit News on January 18. “I’d say we’re in the diligence process and we’re keeping a close eye on it but we just made a philosophical decision that we want to do more in Detroit.”
The team currently occupies the suburban Palace of Auburn Hills. “We all probably have thought about moving one day from our current houses,” said Gores, “but you still take care of that home and you respect it and it needs to be touched with all your emotions.” He added, “It’s always a tricky thing for us because this is our home and we need to adorn it. At the same time, we understand what’s going on in downtown cities and we’re looking at it very, very seriously.”
Here's something you might be interested in.
J.P. McManus fights tax
Gored by the IRS after gambling payday
J.P. McManus fights tax
Gored by the IRS after gambling payday
This man won $17.5 million in a bet.
Alec Gores, brother of onetime San Diego Union-Tribune owner Tom Gores, came out a big loser in a round of betting with Irish billionaire J.P. McManus, but McManus is still fighting to hold on to his winnings. Alec (like his brother, a vulture takeover fund billionaire with Palestinian roots) gave up $17.5 million during an unidentified game of chance with McManus back in 2012.
The IRS later hit McManus with $5.2 million in taxes. He’s subsequently sued, asserting last month that a treaty between Ireland and the U.S. barred the levy. By latest report, the case will be heard this summer.
Meantime, Tom Gores, who owned San Diego’s U-T from May 2009 (when he bought it from David Copley) through December 2011 (when he sold it to Douglas Manchester), likes to gamble in Hollywood. In June 2011, the Associated Press carried a story about unlicensed California poker games drawing a spate of lawsuits, noting, “being sued is billionaire businessman Alec Gores, who along with his brother, attempted to buy Miramax Films last year.” (The Gores-owned U-T ran the item but deleted the words “along with his brother.”)
These days, Tom owns the Detroit Pistons and is looking to build a basketball arena in that city’s downtown. The California-based mogul has hired sports agent Arn Tellem to look around for a deal. “Arn is doing some heavy lifting on really trying to understand what’s the best thing for everybody,” Gores told the Detroit News on January 18. “I’d say we’re in the diligence process and we’re keeping a close eye on it but we just made a philosophical decision that we want to do more in Detroit.”
The team currently occupies the suburban Palace of Auburn Hills. “We all probably have thought about moving one day from our current houses,” said Gores, “but you still take care of that home and you respect it and it needs to be touched with all your emotions.” He added, “It’s always a tricky thing for us because this is our home and we need to adorn it. At the same time, we understand what’s going on in downtown cities and we’re looking at it very, very seriously.”
Comments