Turns out that the rich Anaheim hotel developer who got millions of hotel tax dollars in a massive giveaway by the Anaheim City Council, Bill O’Connell has a brother, named Jerry O’Connell, who invested in the Crowne Plaza in Garden Grove and is now its co-owner.
What did the city of Garden Grove give Jerry O’Connell and his fellow investors? Free land that the City of Garden Grove purchased utilizing $17.7 million in federal housing funds and a TOT subsidy. Continue reading