EFTA02670262.pdf

From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 11:13 AM To: Melanie Spinella Subject: Fwd: Leon, l>=A0 Congragulations on biting=the bullet. at least 18 months late , but I m enco=raged and glad for you. When you interviewed Brad two years ag= you asked that i not tell him what a disaster lay before him. 4>=A0 what would you like me to tell Barry? There is a HUGE =mount of work to be done in the next 9 -12 months. mostly the exact=C240 same work that i outlined in my email of 2 years ago. now comp=icated by years of mess on top. ( you can send it again if yourlike ) . Brad wechsler was never=up to the task . sorry, I realize I have been saying the=very same thing for a long time. he was a not a step up from Eileen =ut a step sideways. in the beginning there was Eil=en and Tom and Ralph Lerner. all your hand picks. =hen brad. john, Joe. . joslin<=span> was chosen from a pool of 2 people. each that world be limited by a salary of 250k. ( yes i personally augmented his comp i= order to get him ) I did say hire both Lisa to do the bookke=ping and <=pan id="m_-2434106449994715214:27s.4">joslin tax, =He complained for over a year, re his direction by eileeng=pan> and ada , and then b=ad. His breakdown was not a surprise after months and moths of=warnings. Though disabled, he ran your office this year= with john and joe. He ran amok, =nd as i told you he rarely failed to remind me in our conversa=ions that you told him that he works for you and not for me an= that brad needs to pays him . .=C240 Asking me who to hire , estate attny tax people etc. : I have taken heat for yearst)=A0 over the fact that i gave you no more than carlyns<=span> name, . no follow up questions no in=eractions , not even one single question asked of me re her work.40=A0 ( that was Eileen _) but somehow car=yns fuck up was my doing. . =C240 when i told you that i thought Eileen wasn't up to the tas=, you bellowed that i was talking out of both sides of my mouth.Q=A0 . You told me this year , that by trying to pro=ect you from crazy joslin, I h=d in essence fired him and it was my responsibility to do his work.=C2. it then turns out that he didn't consider himself fired at all he just received less=money. and continued to make a really dangerous=C2* mess. . Joshn castrucci, in your eyes , was also my=doing , though email after email said , I take no responsibility for him,and jan you told me he was gone. however he too is stil= there, and a waste of money and space. +=AO My time is complicated =y Donald's potentially eviscerating any reason for anyone to use=C2* the foreign funds repatriation plan that i had put together.=C24, . however as you are aware I have some decisions to make=re my time allocation in the next year or two. so at least for=a few weeks I am unable to commit much time and make any future plan= to guide you in the redoing of your procrastination pro=uced mess. That being said , =C24) the tasks at hand are the following. You have a bomb =f colored string that your retarded children have formed , It=has to be very carefully unwound , even the substitution=of Barry for your next trustee, needs a careful focus on procedure.s=C2* It would be much preferable if Wechsler<=span> was not his replacement. do you have any p=rson you trust ??! . I am concerned re brad taking b=rrys place re <=pan class="" style="" id=":2be.19" tabindex="-1">XXXX. In the beginning Barry will need to find and le=rn ACCURATE . org charts. books, balance sheets. tru=t valuations. are all a part. Barry will need 2 months t= just get his arm around what is there, this is before any needed m=difications., a way overdue re- fresh of your estat= plan . clats40=A0 , trust. partnerships. grats<=span>. Ilcs. bank account= , filing requirements. etc. the long awaited review of the brhr/span> tra and shareholders agreement to see how the= fit into new plan. . " " planning. art partnership engagement .. , airplane re-do.=C240 , buying another. . ? boat sale , EFTA_R1_01923481 EFTA02670262 Miami sale. . TRADING ACCOUNTS. . =three years over due. . an accounting system= fire john joslin=/span> stays for a year. or so. so does torn and . except for heather=C24> everyone should be replaced with new. . Q=A0 Sell Artspace and shut down regan arts. . rationalize. cash =low reporting. cash mgmt. =stock sales. sec irs. gaming. (=reign reporting. the 8865 mess will take months to=review now . . you CANNOT file unr=viewed audited documents. . CANNOT!=! this will be very detailed work. . a self inflicted w=und - all avoidable if professionals had been in place to lim=t . or contain it. . .4>=A0 you will need 3 new hires .a s there is no one in your offi=e that is truly an A player. I have great hope in Barry as you=know. He will need to be trained. note ; =One year is my guesstimate After 4 years of telling you , that you c=uld do better than Halperin, : =im glad that you now are willing to=follow barrys advice .4>=A0 I take no offense, in fact I take comfort in the fact that after=only one conversation with Barry you are now convinced to make that change . will take a year or =ore. I expect as a friend you will underst=nd that I will no longer, =ot even for one day , work on your affairs . without the compensatio= that is long overdue. . your unilateral idea of after care , =ot imposed on any other professional , except me, not paul weiss ,( =span class="" style="" id=":2be.38" tabindex="-1">caesars arone , a direct screw up on their part ) torn, akin, no one. n=eds to end. . you and I had p=eviously agreed no more of that , and this after you=C24, decided not to pay me per our agreement. to be fair I can not say im su=prised as you have email after email , stating thati>=A0 , if you save a great deal of money, you wont want to pay, =so limit it to 40m per year. - water under the bridge If I can find the time to work=, on your project , which is not by any means certain as I hav= said , I hope you understand<=span> that it now will have to be under my standard terms and condi=ions. and well documented so as to avoid any more of the=he said she said. I never want to have any more uncomfortable money moments with you = I find it very distas=eful. . so to be clear , my terms are as follows .=C24> I will only work for the usual 40 million per year= It needs to be paid, 25 million upon signing an agreement . 5 million every 2 months thereafter for 6 months4>=A0 ie march may jun= . this can begin if i am able in January= I will immediately =top work, if the payment is not received. If you want m= to work this year until JanBarry for the hour that i promised , and ta=e your guidance as to what I should say. 2 EFTA_R1_01923482 EFTA02670263