Will I Ever See the $36 Million Oberlin
College Owes Me?
Common Sense,
by
Lorna Gibson
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
9/2/2022 1:00:47 AM
OBERLIN, OHIO — On the night of November, 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president and the country was forever changed. But for my family, it was the following night--November 9, 2016--that our world was turned upside down and has never been set right. Late that night, my husband, David, came home from work and told me that there had been a shoplifting incident at our bakery, Gibson’s. We’ve been in business for 137 years, so we’ve had our fair share of shoplifters, including earlier that very week.(Snip)...I’ll be forced to declare bankruptcy and shut the doors of Gibson’s for good.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Harlowe 9/2/2022 1:02:55 AM (No. 1266088)
FTA: “During the months leading up to the trial, my husband receded from my view. We didn’t really talk like we used to, and we took to co-existing in our home. He was so worried about the trial, and he didn’t want to worry me. I had a lot on my plate, too. My mother, who was suffering from dementia, was living with us. One of our bakers, his wife (an Oberlin graduate), and their two-year-old had moved into our living room because his wife was dying of ALS. After my father-in-law got badly injured, he moved in with us, too.
“To add onto everything else, six months before the trial began, my husband David was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. He was still working from seven in the morning to eleven at night, but the cancer treatments were brutal. Once the trial started, David decided to pause the treatments so he could be as strong as possible in court. It was important to him that the jury not find out that he was sick. He wanted the case to be decided on the basis of the facts alone.
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“If I got the money from the college, I wouldn’t buy a house, or go on vacation, or leave Ohio. I would replace the compressors for the refrigerators and replace the fryers and proofers that we use for our dough. I would pay off the mortgages on my properties that I’ve taken out in the past few years. I’d hire back employees and ramp up production. While the Ohio Supreme Court’s recent decision has made us hopeful, if the money doesn’t come through within the next couple months, I’ll be forced to declare bankruptcy and shut the doors of Gibson’s for good.”
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IF rumors are true that Oberlin College wanted to purchase some of the properties owned by the Gibson family but the family declined selling them, chances are if Mrs. Gibson is forced to close the bakery and declare bankruptcy, Oberlin College would be able to purchase the Gibson properties of interest to them—of special interest, so rumored, the building and land occupied by the Gibson Bakery on West College Street. May the peace of God be with the Gibson family.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 9/2/2022 1:19:23 AM (No. 1266097)
Is there no recourse for the citizen with a rightful judgment? I've seen several Ldot comments about Sheriff sales. Could such an "old-fashioned" solution actually fly these days?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 9/2/2022 1:33:02 AM (No. 1266102)
They have the judgement, have the sheriff seize a $20 million building and put it up for auction. If it only brings $5 million, seize a few more and auction them off, too.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
TruthFetish 9/2/2022 1:44:25 AM (No. 1266106)
M U S T. R E A D
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mifla 9/2/2022 3:35:16 AM (No. 1266123)
Hey alumni, you going to put up with this nonsense? Do the right thing and call your college.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
slsusnr 9/2/2022 4:13:33 AM (No. 1266141)
If there were ever justification for a sheriff's sale, this is it. Sell off Oberlin bit by bit until there's nothing left. After all we've learned over the course of this legal nightmare, the world would be a better place without Oberlin College.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 9/2/2022 7:12:35 AM (No. 1266198)
Sure you will....the day after the Twelfth of Never. Justice in Amerika is in the mort locker. Get used to it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rinktum 9/2/2022 7:17:22 AM (No. 1266204)
Delayed justice is justice denied. That’s the way it works in this country now and it’s just the way the left wants it.
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They won't have it to pay, so the judge should force a real estate transfer of college property.
The resident of the president would be nice. Perhaps the quad, parking lots, library?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Krause 9/2/2022 8:14:41 AM (No. 1266253)
This is ridiculous. They won their case. It’s been 6 years. The bad guys seem to be winning all over the place.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 9/2/2022 8:50:28 AM (No. 1266283)
I agree with No.3. The Gibsons, for all intents and purposes, own Oberlin College. Send in the Sheriff and sell off the assets. A developer could go condo with the dorms and turn it into a neighborhood with nice houses.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
MickTurn 9/2/2022 10:29:54 PM (No. 1266970)
Foreclose on the College Property to pay the debt!
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