And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. There were flowers everywhere. The investigation was given a shot in the arm after the arrest of Johnny Venzon in 1997, a cop who made headlines for burglarizing homes while on duty to pay for his mounting gambling debts. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. "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." She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. 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. "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." "I'm a big boy." Even though all the lights were out, she told police that she knew it was Matthew "because the moonlight shined into the room through the large windows that faced the ocean." He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. he asked. When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. "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." "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. 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. I'm on the hook for $15 million. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. 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 Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. You think this didn't break my heart?" He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. "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." He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. "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. It did the unthinkable: The investigation was given a shot in the arm after the arrest of Johnny Venzon in 1997, a cop who made headlines for burglarizing homes while on duty to pay for his mounting gambling debts. 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. Hamilton, where Latin mass is conducted on a regular basis. But he didn't cash out. 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. And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. He asked longtime family attorney Ron Werner if his brothers could write a recommendation letter for him, something state officials had told him he would need to be considered eligible for a gaming license. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. At the time, San Jose, like cities throughout the state, was strapped for cash, looking at an $11 million budget shortfall. In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. (Tim Bumb, the school's director, says it was put there to save on rent. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. In fact, on the day he was arrested, records show that Venzon pawned a 14-karat-gold diamond cluster ring and a ladies' gold tennis bracelet for a total of $298 at American Precious Metals, a jewelry store at the Flea Market run by Joseph Bumb. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. 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. "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. 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. 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. 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. 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. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. EVERY DAY THE CLUB stayed closed, the Bumbs lost more money. Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. And then there's the stuff that never made it into headlines, like the alleged murder-for-hire plot out at the Flea Market. 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." 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. In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. In fact, on the day he was arrested, records show that Venzon pawned a 14-karat-gold diamond cluster ring and a ladies' gold tennis bracelet for a total of $298 at American Precious Metals, a jewelry store at the Flea Market run by Joseph Bumb. He asked longtime family attorney Ron Werner if his brothers could write a recommendation letter for him, something state officials had told him he would need to be considered eligible for a gaming license. 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. Snow White or Cinderella? Snow White or Cinderella? 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. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. Or at least he thought he didn't. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. And then police remembered the old rumors about a murder plot at the Flea Market, where Venzon had worked as a security guard for more than 15 years. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. And for nearly a month, they did. Jeff's grandfather, Frank Bumb, had met his wife, Mary, at a card parlor in San Francisco where they worked. The Bumbs' reputation as an unconventional, insular, wealthy, large brood keeps tongues in political circles flapping. 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. Christopher Gardner He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." 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. The investigation was given a shot in the arm after the arrest of Johnny Venzon in 1997, a cop who made headlines for burglarizing homes while on duty to pay for his mounting gambling debts. That promised to be a hard sell to the San Jose City Council, which would have to authorize both the new site and the expansion. 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. George Bumb Jr., the quiet one with a flair for things mechanical, was already at the controls of Air One Helicopter. As a compromise of sorts, he was debating whether he should apply for a license as a gaming-club manager instead of as an owner. Tim, the second youngest of George Bumb's four boys, was already running the family toy business, Fact Games, and Premium Pet Stores. 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 two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) The day before, Monday at noon, half of the club's tables were full of gamblers playing seven card stud, Omaha and Texas Hold 'Em. But Jeff was confident. The day before, Monday at noon, half of the club's tables were full of gamblers playing seven card stud, Omaha and Texas Hold 'Em. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. 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. Their pun-afflicted surname adds to the hillbilly mystique.
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