b'Follow-UpPHARAOH VALLEY LEGAL BATTLE CARRIES ONA year ago, we exposed in great detail the money and suspected motives behind a smear campaign and subsequent lawsuits intended to block the sale and redevelopment of the long-dilapidated Pharaoh Valley Golf Course [Caught Red-Handed, The Art of Killing Progress, Fall 2018]. Almost two years ago, a federal lawsuit blocking the sale was dismissed without trial, as was a state suit last year. Not to be deterred, and even after the defendants were awarded $115,000 inS thr year a slifagelineo, onetoofhomeo V most ssuccessf 30deon thestheeTexas season, Inc.,with who are not of the Ocean theDrconspirive classacies, per come se,ix ew and vag thatthewner awho Courresideul veloper nificent we payfeitor hertheCoasthere oralupBendtherhaving e, letsousmuc behremindedless to off oferthethan pr ticeheanodwndilapidatedr anPhart-fraoiendhlyalle new9-hole buy abanin doned bigger TFore thosexas cit ofies us.gr villag Bare42 y acrGolfes and sebuild to amagcourse.over-,the mystery prevails of who and howmix groanwthdwofouldthe includesed, to isright?. WhoThetogether that target eager outsidepurposeinof vestwearorsingin Corthem pusoutChranistidItalianed-use-themed an in vgolfestment of some legal fees, the plaintiffs financier, Frank Scanio III,$300 millionisi Villagmark e ama ountsignificant step forward in the (specifically),the sole just about every corner of the Earal tBend.h, yes ,A it no-brainer,In running long-termCoast y? a no-brainer old monethem y Coroffpit. osAndgrmost ew upofatthethetimeendit of w orksan er. The a whenentr allenc aspihed, -would turn do Jan Bar ebruar Challenge rants to the citys owners club passed only throughpiecetheirgatof teshe,wn sucties in theuarisi y/Fh an oppory 2018tunit edition] we an [Symptalyzedom the of r esista Greanatceer ac d typicallould be smear TilmanFionshchairman yor -put up a $50,000 appeal bond to keep it going.Disease:In our The CoastalVillage over the pastyears or resist Wing also antion w y through theiredor t hanherds e wontould be no aco which a littletion. of to improving Pharaoh Valley from a birds eye perspective, in theLo Billionaire entrepreneurnegotiat ertittwita,then-Macontext of a long, painful list of missed development opportuni- Lanydrd Nyeal s,to destvelopment kinds Bendso. the insist ood firm tin he his Corpus dwalk,Chr istbyirMaresistingina intothe anCit atys The case has been heard in the 13th Court of Ap- attempted of de tvoelopment quantifytthathecosthav eto fueled our communit the historyic of growth of ourtractionence similar that he to emplo the Kemahy a local Boar contractor. Neal killed the deal two ebig plagestns to nor visitther ornrneighboreceive ours,Sankids Antonio and gran andkidsd Aust thisin. holida As wyeand FJustertit befta torook his $e the collapse100 million t of Northo San Padr Ante Islanoniod.real estate val-makpeals, and a decision is pending. 36 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINEFall 2018 TheCoastalBend.comMAIN SCHLITTERBAHN PARKS SOLD, HENRY M.I.A.In May 2018, we published the most extensive report in U.S. media on the death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab at Schlitterbahn Kansas City and the criminal charges that followed, which includ-ed 2nd Degree Murder against Schlitterbahn as a company and its co-owner, Jeff Henry [I Could Die Going Down this Ride, May/June 2018]. All criminal charges were dropped in March due to process errors by the prosecutor; after being caught with 61 grams of methamphetamine and two sex workers in Kansas, Henry has been to rehab and is going through the legal process, and; Schlitterbahn parks in New Braunfels and Galveston have been sold for $261 million. 34THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINEEarly Summer 2018 TheCoastalBend.comBEST FEATURES ISSUE TO COMEIn the two years since The Coastal Bend Magazine emergedfollowing Harveys destruction of most tourism infrastructure in Port Aransas and since its editor returned to real work in journalism, we have done our best to bring you thorough, thoughtful, well-researched and well-designed features on topics many of you seem to find interesting. In January, a best-stories special edi-tion will be published alongside our regular issue: FeaturedThe Stories that Mattered - Volume 1. Features including those mentioned above, will be republished in their entirety, plus stories on the Farentholds, Hurricane Harvey, Tony Amos, the Port of Corpus Christi, Chavarria and others.TheCoastalBend.com THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINEFall 2019 65'