Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. "They had to find Snow White and Cinderella," Tim Bumb says, "and that was George and I." 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. 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. And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. 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. 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. 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. 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. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. About 20 percent of the 130 students there are Bumb relatives.) 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. In a fit, he took the paper he was writing on, crumpled it up and threw it out the office door. 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. "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." The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Deputy chief Tom Wheatley says that police wondered if Venzon, or someone, destroyed the barrel to prevent a ballistics test from tracing a fired bullet to the gun. Jeff's grandfather, Frank Bumb, had met his wife, Mary, at a card parlor in San Francisco where they worked. A FEW DAYS AFTER returning from his son's Oct. 13, 1995, military graduation in San Diego, Jeff and his wife, Elizabeth, got some appalling news: Their 14-year-old daughter had been involved in a sexual relationship with an older male cousin. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. If all this weren't enough, a sexual relationship between his 14-year-old daughter and a 19-year-old Bumb cousin was reported to police, slicing the family's cherished privacy wide open for the world to see. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. Jeff Bumb says he believes that state and local investigators at the time of Bay 101's limbo were investigating a rumor that Jeff had tried to get someone killed, a charge Jeff denies. "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." OK--we didn't get out--OK? 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. Seven of George Bumb Sr.'s eight grown children reside in the eastside foothills within a mile or two of their father, often on the same block. 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. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. (That thing that involved Jeff when Bay 101 was scheduled to open but didn't.)" The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. 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. 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. 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. 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. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. EVERY DAY THE CLUB stayed closed, the Bumbs lost more money. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. About 20 percent of the 130 students there are Bumb relatives.) Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. Even in the tangle of legal briefs and heated accusations, no one denies that Jeff is the one who hunted down a site, negotiated the deal and spent hours on the phone lobbying San Jose City Council members for a big, new gaming house in San Jose. It's like we had no life except for the family." 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. "He took care of it." But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. For all his quirks and controlling behavior, the old man is regarded as a benefactor by most family members and some Flea Market employees who know their boss to be capable of great generosity. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. 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. There were flowers everywhere. 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. 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. It's like we had no life except for the family." "I'm a big boy." Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. Christopher Gardner 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. 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. 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. "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." And Jeff himself had been playing poker since he was 12. 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. 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. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. 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. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. 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.) "They didn't teach anything about this. Well, guess what? There were flowers everywhere. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. 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. Eight months later, the frame of the weapon was found in a Salinas pond near Venzon's home with the barrel and slide missing. 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. VENZON WAS well known to the Bumbs. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. 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. Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. 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. But he didn't cash out. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" 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. He also pulled off an armed robbery of the Aloha Roller Palace. 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 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. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. Christopher Gardner "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. 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. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. (That thing that involved Jeff when Bay 101 was scheduled to open but didn't.)" Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. 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. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. Christopher Gardner 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. And then there's the stuff that never made it into headlines, like the alleged murder-for-hire plot out at the Flea Market. Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. Christopher Gardner And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. The Bumbs had a plenty of experience with a cash business through the Flea Market, which they've run for almost 40 years. Christopher Gardner After visiting swap meets in Los Angeles and Paris' Thieves Market for inspiration, George Bumb Sr. established the San Jose Flea Market at 1590 Berryessa Road in San Jose, California. Werner said no. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. 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. People named Anne Marie Bumb Find your friends on Facebook Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. First, Jeff tried to have the Bumb & Associates partnership dissolved after accusing his family of trying to force him out without paying him a fair price. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. "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." Tim and George Jr. worried that pressuring state and city officials to deal Jeff back in at Bay 101 would backfire and authorities would close down the card room. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. 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. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. 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. "They didn't teach anything about this. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." 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." "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." George Bumb Sr., an avid card player, held a regular weekly family poker game at his home. Seven of George Bumb Sr.'s eight grown children reside in the eastside foothills within a mile or two of their father, often on the same block. "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. The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. "It's a very strong family. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. 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. Over the years, he had developed working relationships with the city's politicians and bureaucrats. About 20 percent of the 130 students there are Bumb relatives.) Today, Bumb family enterprises include the local Premium Pet Stores chain, Air One Helicopters and, of course, Bay 101. 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. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. "He worked for me." Jeff Bumb says he believes that state and local investigators at the time of Bay 101's limbo were investigating a rumor that Jeff had tried to get someone killed, a charge Jeff denies. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. 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. 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. 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." AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. 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. Initially, police filed felony charges against Matthew Bumb for having oral sex with a minor and penetrating her with his fingers. Even in the tangle of legal briefs and heated accusations, no one denies that Jeff is the one who hunted down a site, negotiated the deal and spent hours on the phone lobbying San Jose City Council members for a big, new gaming house in San Jose. Well, guess what? 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. 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. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. 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." George Bumb Jr., the quiet one with a flair for things mechanical, was already at the controls of Air One Helicopter. 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. When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. 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. You think this didn't break my heart?" On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. 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." Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. When family patriarch and Flea Market mastermind George Bumb Sr. was invited to attend a party with President Clinton in San Francisco a couple of years ago, he refused to go and sent his community relations specialist, Betsy Bryant, instead. The Bumbs had a plenty of experience with a cash business through the Flea Market, which they've run for almost 40 years. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. 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. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." 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. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. There were flowers everywhere. Or at least he thought he didn't. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. Other allegations were more dubious: Investigators chased after a tip that the Bumbs were skimming cash from the Flea Market parking lot, an accusation that was never proven. And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. Werner said no. "I'm a big boy." 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 for nearly a month, they did. Christopher Gardner "He worked for me." Eight months later, the frame of the weapon was found in a Salinas pond near Venzon's home with the barrel and slide missing. Christopher Gardner After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. It did the unthinkable: "He worked for me." The air conditioning is on, but beads of sweat surface on Bumb's forehead, between a pair of fierce-looking blue eyes and a receding blonde hairline. And Jeff himself had been playing poker since he was 12. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" But he didn't cash out. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. 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. The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. Deputy chief Tom Wheatley says that police wondered if Venzon, or someone, destroyed the barrel to prevent a ballistics test from tracing a fired bullet to the gun. "Jeff is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. "Jeff is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. Other allegations were more dubious: Investigators chased after a tip that the Bumbs were skimming cash from the Flea Market parking lot, an accusation that was never proven.
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