EHB Cos. claims a group opposed to the development of the now-shuttered Las Vegas golf course has “engaged in a scheme to create misinformation and political opposition” in an effort to enrich themselves. A separate lawsuit over the development plans was dismissed in November, in which EHB Cos. was awarded more than $128,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs.
In a brief filed last week, developer EHB Cos. claims the opponents of a residential project on the shuttered Badlands Golf Club in Las Vegas are trying to extort it, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
EHB Cos. claims development opponents “engaged in a scheme to create misinformation and political opposition” in an effort to enrich themselves, according to the brief.
A group of property owners within the course-adjacent Queensridge development filed a lawsuit in December 2015 against three limited liability companies associated with the course and the city of Las Vegas. A hearing on a motion to dismiss the case is scheduled for February 9, the Review-Journal reported.
The developers say attorney Frank Schreck, in a December 2015 meeting, “openly revealed that he wanted 180 acres, with valuable water rights, deeded to him and his group, and only then would they allow” the development of the remaining 250-acre golf course owned by the companies named in the lawsuit, the Review-Journal reported.
The 180 acres can’t be developed, Schreck said, one of the fundamental disagreements in the case. The complaint said Schreck suggested those 180 acres be given to the homeowners association or otherwise preserved as open space, along with some of the water rights to keep the area green, the Review-Journal reported.
“When Mr. Schreck was asked what he wanted to pay for the 180 acres and water rights, Schreck said ‘not a penny,’” the filing said. “This attempt at extortion was promptly reported to the FBI.”
Schreck called the allegations “absolutely untrue.”
“If they think this frightens me—it only invigorates me,” Schreck said.
Schreck denied he was seeking personal gain and said he doesn’t want the land, the Review-Journal reported.
A separate lawsuit over the development plans, brought by Queensridge residents Robert and Nancy Peccole, was dismissed in November. The ruling called that lawsuit’s claims baseless. EHB Cos. has been awarded more than $128,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs, the Review-Journal reported.
The Las Vegas City Council spent hours discussing the proposal in November, only to delay it twice. The council is expected to take up the proposal again this month. The golf course stopped operating in December, the Review-Journal reported.
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