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<br />O.,l;..lU <br /> <br />MR. HEADLEY: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. HEADLEY: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. HEADLEY: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"That's right." <br /> <br />"It has some public relations aspects <br />too. <br /> <br />What is the status of all your acquisi- <br />tions? I've never gotten so much static in <br />my life from your first acquisitions. Are <br />those over the hump? How many are in <br />Ii tigation?" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"Well, I don't have a good report on how <br />many are in litigation and just where we <br />stand. All I know is that we are going ahead <br />and getting all that we need at the right <br />time. We are on schedule as far as that <br />goes. It has been quite a task though, I'll <br />tell you that." <br /> <br />"I think, if I may suggest, Mr. Sparks, <br />that you have a series of informative meet- <br />ings with the property owners before you <br />dive in with your fair evaluations. I have <br />a feeling from reading the local newspapers <br />of which there are two or three in the area, <br />that this was one of the problems, at least <br />one the owners complained of. They didn't <br />get filled in until they got the sad news <br />that their homes weren't worth twice as much <br />as they paid for them or three times more <br />than they were worth." <br /> <br />"Yes. That's a big part of the problem, <br />getting everyone informed and it's quite a <br />job. " <br /> <br />"I believe you. <br />public relations and <br />challenge to him." <br /> <br />Mr. Sparks is great on <br />it will be a real <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"I might say that we have a good committee <br />working on this problem from the interested <br />municipalities, usually the mayor or a city <br />councilman or the city manager. In every <br />case, we requested the appointing agency to <br />