October 2010 -- DC City Council -- While under oath, Brian Friedman testifies to Councilmembers about why he deserves a big tax break for his luxury hotel project.
He proclaims the project will bring 1,500 construction jobs, 565 permanent jobs, and 7 million in tax revenue to the City.
Friedman and Ward One Councilmember Jim Graham also publicly announce at an ANC meeting that this project would be a "union" hotel with dignified pay and benefits.
Friedman and the hotel project got the tax gift from the City Council in December 2010 -- 46 million over 15 years.
Then in 2013 and into 2014, information began to leak out about the developer making significant reductions in his promised jobs.
Documents show now that there will only be 500 construction jobs, down by 1,000 positions, there will be less than 300 permanent jobs, down more than 250 permanent positions, and the tax revenue would be about 4 million dollars, or about 3 million less than the 7 million testified to at the Council hearings in 2010.
Further, Friedman and the developers have back tracked on the promise that the hotel would support an unionized workforce. The project will now not be an union hotel.
Developers promise the sky, but retreat on their promises after they win their requested entitlements from the government, including financial handouts.
Adams Morgan is not for suckas.