Mr. Stewart....You contacted my office and spoke directly with me on February 8, 2012 regarding this proeprty and I made you aware during our lengthy conversation what the issues are with this proeprty. Irt is private property, Codes has this property under a code demolition action and the owners are currently in bankruptcy, which means they are protected againist any further actions from the Government. I also made you aware that the demolition cost is over $181.000 and the Government currently does not have the funds to demolish the structure.

I further made you aware that once the bankruptcy is finalized that the Government would look into other means to have the property.

Mrs. West, I appreciate your feedback during our conversation and even now. However, I am not satisfied with the end result of either and will explore every option available, as should Metro Government, to getting these buildings torn down. Perhaps Metro can evoke its power of eminent domain? I do hope that you can look at this issue through an objective lens and understand the negative impact it's having on the economic health of our community. Would you agree that 10 years is a long to time to deal with an issue of this magnitude? Also, I'm not sure how a company can "protect" assets when it isn't registered with the Secretary of State to do business in the State of TN.

Mr. Stewart....again, thsi is in bankruptcy court and the Government cannot evoke eminent domain over this property. I feel that during our conversation I answered each of your quesitons and concerns and I feel it is not necessary to voice these issues and concerns on this site. Since this is NOT the official Government website, Codes will not be responding to this site again.