Earlier this year, a month before Venzon was sentenced to 14 years in prison, district attorney investigator Michael Schembri closed out the Venzon case, noting in a court filing, "No new information has been uncovered relating to the murder for hire case [at the Flea Market] which our department investigated several years ago." The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. Nadia's estimated net worth is $200,000. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. Jeff was also getting word from his nieces and nephews that his father said at a family poker game: "If it was up to him, all the grandchildren would marry each other." Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. Christopher Gardner Bryant, who acts as emissary for the family and its patriarch, thinks the Bumbs are a misunderstood bunch. Jeff Bumb later explained to the press that they didn't know partnerships were required to file such reports, and they paid the state a $1,250 fine. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. "I mean," Jeff later said at a deposition, "it was a time of hurt and heartache for us--and not my father, not my mother, not my brother George, not my brother Tim, not Brian could care less." On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. The gambling palace Jeff Bumb--the oldest son who is often described as the most entrepreneurial of the four brothers--had in mind was going to take a lot of effort and political skill. "And when I visited you at your home I told you that other than God you are the only person I've gotten down on my knees for," Venzon says on page 7. George Bumb Jr., the quiet one with a flair for things mechanical, was already at the controls of Air One Helicopter. In a statement to police, Jeff's daughter recounted how the first incident had happened the year before on the Fourth of July at a family beach house near Santa Cruz when the older boy allegedly started fondling her while she was asleep on the living room couch. Don't Shoot: George Bumb Sr., the publicity-shy patriarch of the Bumb family and creator of the Flea Market, in a rare photo which appeared in California Today magazine in 1980. Christopher Gardner Near the end Venzon writes, "They want to bring up the 'murder-for-hire' investigation again. Christopher Gardner Jeff himself was hit with a federal grand jury investigation over financial transactions in connection with a multimillion-dollar residential development near Silver Creek Road. Tim Bumb says writing a letter on Jeff's behalf would have violated the agreement with the police chief and put the club in jeopardy. When he was jailed, the desperate cop wrote a 15-page handwritten letter in pencil to George Bumb in May 1997 asking the Flea Market owner to bail him out. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." obicik.com Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. It did the unthinkable: The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. I'm on the hook for $15 million. "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. Originally he was scheduled for questioning on March 10, 1997, but the old man's lawyers explained that their client was extremely ill, suffering from "severe life-threatening conditions," practically on his death bed. Hamilton, where Latin mass is conducted on a regular basis. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Campaign records show that Bumb & Associates and Bay 101 have made at least $587,000 in campaign donations since 1994 to local and state politicians and ballot measures. It did the unthinkable: Jeff Bumb remembers that when he was going to school at Bellarmine in the '60s, the other kids would call him things like "Bumbsy" or "Bumbo." So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. When the Vatican eliminated Latin from the Catholic mass in the '60s, George Bumb Sr. responded by building his own chapel, named for the rebellious St. Athanasius, at the base of Mt. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. In fact, Tim and George had to agree not to collaborate with other Bumbs on any new business venture. Though authorities were never able to prove a paid snuff plot, Jeff Bumb believes the allegations were a factor contributing to authorities' mistrust of him. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. "They didn't teach anything about this. Still Standing: Jeff Bumb, Bay 101's ostracized founder, boasts that despite various local, state and federal investigations over the years he has emerged squeaky clean. "They didn't teach anything about this. "It's making a whole lot of money," Bumb says of the club which city financial forecasters have predicted will gross $34.6 million this year, $11.5 million more than its cross-town rival, Garden City. "We made it very clear to Jeff and everybody else concerned," Tim says, "that I'm not going to stick my neck on the line here. It's like we had no life except for the family." Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. Well, guess what? But Jeff and his family started hearing that instead of showing concern and support for his daughter, George Bumb Sr. and others in the family were blaming his freshman daughter for the incident and not her adult-age cousin. But Jeff says that privately he and his brothers had an oral agreement--which Tim Bumb now corroborates--that would one day let him repurchase his shares and become a partner in Bay 101 again. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. Unlike other partners, neither Jeff nor Brian had buyback provisions in their written agreements, an intentional omission meant to appease state gaming officials who wanted them out of the picture. The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. As legend has it, the Bumbs still send a monthly check to the widow of a former head of security who died of a brain tumor 20 years ago. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. Originally he was scheduled for questioning on March 10, 1997, but the old man's lawyers explained that their client was extremely ill, suffering from "severe life-threatening conditions," practically on his death bed. According to Werner, molestation of his daughter became part of a laundry list of damning things Jeff threatened to disclose if his buy-out demands weren't met. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. In February 1994, nearly one year after the San Jose City Council gave Bay 101 its blessing, the state denied the Bumbs and their partners' gaming license application. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. And then, just when it seemed as though family relations couldn't get any worse, they did. Tim, the second youngest of George Bumb's four boys, was already running the family toy business, Fact Games, and Premium Pet Stores. Behind the scenes, the Bumbs suspected their potential gambling competitors and a disgruntled former Flea Market employee of giving investigators unsubstantiated material to use against them. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. (That thing that involved Jeff when Bay 101 was scheduled to open but didn't.)" When Vice President Al Gore called to personally invite the elder Bumb to a fundraiser at the Los Altos home of real estate magnate George Marcus, Bumb put the VP on hold for several minutes, ultimately making Betsy take the call. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." You think this didn't break my heart?" Christopher Gardner "I'm a big boy." And then, just when it seemed as though family relations couldn't get any worse, they did. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. I'm on the hook for $15 million. Preventive Medicine: George Bumb Jr. is a co-owner of Bay 101, where a snakebite kit is kept on-hand as a family joke. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. In her 10 years as the Flea Market's community relations specialist, Bryant has come to adore the lack of pretension among this clan of millionaires who have their offices in a mobile home where none of the furniture seems to match. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" "He worked for me." Jeff's grandfather, Frank Bumb, had met his wife, Mary, at a card parlor in San Francisco where they worked. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. In a fit, he took the paper he was writing on, crumpled it up and threw it out the office door. Or at least he thought he didn't. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. Their pun-afflicted surname adds to the hillbilly mystique. VENZON WAS well known to the Bumbs. George Bumb Jr., the quiet one with a flair for things mechanical, was already at the controls of Air One Helicopter. When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. President Biden nominates California's Julie Su as U.S. labor secretary Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. During his long tenure at the Flea Market, Venzon apparently developed a close relationship with George Bumb Sr. Christopher Gardner It did the unthinkable: "My issue with [George Bumb Sr.]," Jeff Bumb complains about his father, "was his control of where you lived, what kind of house you bought, where your children went to school, who your friends are, whether your children went to college, who they would marry, what kind of wedding they would have." So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. Jeff was also getting word from his nieces and nephews that his father said at a family poker game: "If it was up to him, all the grandchildren would marry each other." Though authorities were never able to prove a paid snuff plot, Jeff Bumb believes the allegations were a factor contributing to authorities' mistrust of him. One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. "He worked for me." It's like we had no life except for the family." They recorded the conversation. The court saga evolved into a battle of wills between a father--a man who wouldn't even let the Vatican tell him what to do--and his oldest son, determined to break free from the old man's grasp. In the last five years, the Bumb family and its enterprises have been investigated for illegal political campaign contributions, an alleged profit-skimming racket out at the Berryessa Flea Market and even a murder-for-hire scheme involving Johnny Venzon, a former cop, convicted thief and gambling addict. Over the years, he had developed working relationships with the city's politicians and bureaucrats. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." EVERY DAY THE CLUB stayed closed, the Bumbs lost more money. Still Standing: Jeff Bumb, Bay 101's ostracized founder, boasts that despite various local, state and federal investigations over the years he has emerged squeaky clean. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. The ensuing delay forced Jeff Bumb to lay off 600 workers he had hired. Christopher Gardner The only reason we are driving around in his Lexus today is because he knows I have read the bizarre and bitter contents of a 2-foot-high stack of documents down at the Santa Clara County Superior Courthouse. The gambling palace Jeff Bumb--the oldest son who is often described as the most entrepreneurial of the four brothers--had in mind was going to take a lot of effort and political skill. OK--we didn't get out--OK? Don't Shoot: George Bumb Sr., the publicity-shy patriarch of the Bumb family and creator of the Flea Market, in a rare photo which appeared in California Today magazine in 1980. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." `He drives by every day on his way to his Maverick Consulting development business in Mountain View, but he never gets off the Brokaw/First Street exit to pay a visit. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. The gambling palace Jeff Bumb--the oldest son who is often described as the most entrepreneurial of the four brothers--had in mind was going to take a lot of effort and political skill. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. As legend has it, the Bumbs still send a monthly check to the widow of a former head of security who died of a brain tumor 20 years ago. One of George Bumb Sr.'s granddaughters explained to police that her family was very old-fashioned: "The woman gets the short end of the deal; she is a whore. Bumb family attorney Ron Werner suggested that Jeff and his family had a hidden motive for waiting nearly a month to report the incident to police. George Bumb Sr., an avid card player, held a regular weekly family poker game at his home. It wasn't the money, either. FROM THE START, Jeff's three brothers and father didn't share his enthusiasm for opening a lavish gaming house. Just so everyone got the point, Jeff Bumb announced to the press that he and Brian were divesting from Bay 101, and records show he eventually sold his shares for $1.4 million. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" "The thing they probably value most is their privacy," Bryant explains. Well, guess what? I'm on the hook for $15 million. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. The court saga evolved into a battle of wills between a father--a man who wouldn't even let the Vatican tell him what to do--and his oldest son, determined to break free from the old man's grasp. And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. But Jeff was confident. ON AUG. 11, 1995, Jeff sat in his Flea Market office scribbling on a piece of paper, plotting his grand return to his peach palace. "Jeff is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. EVERY DAY THE CLUB stayed closed, the Bumbs lost more money. And for nearly a month, they did. Realizing that, Jeff offered to pay higher card-room taxes (next year the city expects to collect $4.5 million from Bay 101) and pick up the tab for security. And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. "He worked for me." "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. Tim and George, under pressure from then Police Chief Lou Cobarruviaz, had already signed an agreement a year earlier that prohibited Brian, Jeff and their father from having anything to do with the card room. "He worked for me." Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. VENZON WAS well known to the Bumbs. Christopher Gardner Over the past year alone, Bumb & Associates and Bay 101 have given $56,000 to now-Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the man in charge of card-room regulation. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. But his dream, which now seemed so close to being a reality, was about to become a nightmare.
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