One-Man Show

"Apple Lofts" won swift approval from the civic, and district Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell seemed poised to recommend approval to the city's Zoning Board. The only problem was, no one asked Shawn Kelly.

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Posted: Thu, Apr. 5, 2012, 12:00 AM

One-Man Show

How one man made up a civic group, got paid to do it and stalled a multimillion-dollar development in the process.

Ryan Briggs

City Paper

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