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==Failed business dealing==

==Failed business dealing==

St. Raymond operated a consulting firm, St. Raymond Communications.<ref name=cloistered/> After [[Hurricane Katrina]] St. Raymond proposed building two glass condominium towers, each 30 stories in height and designed by Daniel Libeskind of [[New York City]], on the site of the defunct Jefferson Plaza shopping center on the Jefferson Highway. Libeskind also worked on the design for a new building to replace the downed Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center]] (1973–2001) in lower [[Manhattan]] after [[Terrorism|terrorists]] struck on [[September 11, 2001]]. St. Raymond recruited purchasers who made a $1,000 deposit. Not only was the shopping center never demolished, work was not initiated on the proposed condo towers, which he had estimated would cost $350 million. In 2010, St. Raymond owed Libeskind $955,000 and filed for [[bankruptcy]]. He had further debts exceeding $361,000 to  credit card companies, $29,000 to those who put up the $1,000 deposits, and another $13,000 to the Louisiana Department of Revenue. The [[Internal Revenue Service]] placed a $144,447 lien on St. Raymond's property, which included his one-eighth interest in a condominium in the Metairie Towers. In his bankruptcy filing, St. Raymond listed $34,000 in assets, $12.6 million in debts, and an income only $15,000 in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/failed_condo_developer_jim_st.html|title=Failed condo developer Jim St. Raymond declares bankruptcy|author=Drew Broach|date=January 26, 2010|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref> On the same day that St. Raymond filed for bankruptcy, he was paid $5,000 for "grass-roots" services by the publisher John Georges in Georges's unsuccessful campaign for mayor of New Orleans in 2010, when Landrieu was first elected to the first of two terms at top position at City Hall.<ref name=cloistered>{{cite web|url=http://nola.humidbeings.com/posts/detail/85685/Cloistered-St.-Raymond-facing-criminal-investigation|title=Cloistered St. Raymond facing criminal investigation|date=February 26, 2010|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref>  

St. Raymond operated a consulting firm, St. Raymond Communications.<ref name=cloistered/> After [[Hurricane Katrina]] St. Raymond proposed building two glass condominium towers, each 30 stories in height and designed by Daniel Libeskind of [[New York City]], on the site of the defunct Jefferson Plaza shopping center on the Jefferson Highway. Libeskind also worked on the design for a new building to replace the downed Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center]] (1973–2001) in lower [[Manhattan]] after [[Terrorism|terrorists]] struck on [[September 11, 2001]]. St. Raymond recruited purchasers who made a $1,000 deposit. Not only was the shopping center never demolished, work was not initiated on the proposed condo towers, which he had estimated would cost $350 million. In 2010, St. Raymond owed Libeskind $955,000 and filed for [[bankruptcy]]. He had further debts exceeding $361,000 to  credit card companies, $29,000 to those who put up the $1,000 deposits, and another $13,000 to the Louisiana Department of Revenue. The [[Internal Revenue Service]] placed a $144,447 lien on St. Raymond's property, which included his one-eighth interest in a condominium in the Metairie Towers. In his bankruptcy filing, St. Raymond listed $34,000 in assets, $12.6 million in debts, and an income of only $15,000 in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/failed_condo_developer_jim_st.html|title=Failed condo developer Jim St. Raymond declares bankruptcy|author=Drew Broach|date=January 26, 2010|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref> On the same day that St. Raymond filed for bankruptcy, he was paid $5,000 for "grass-roots" services by the publisher John Georges in Georges's unsuccessful campaign for mayor of New Orleans in 2010, when Landrieu was first elected to the first of two terms at top position at City Hall.<ref name=cloistered>{{cite web|url=http://nola.humidbeings.com/posts/detail/85685/Cloistered-St.-Raymond-facing-criminal-investigation|title=Cloistered St. Raymond facing criminal investigation|date=February 26, 2010|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=December 7, 2020}}</ref>  

   

   

Questions also remained about St. Raymond's place of residence and his frequent visits to [[Roman Catholic]]  retreat centers,  such as in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], and [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], and at least one, the Center of Jesus the Lord on North Rampart Street in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans. The difficulty of locating St. Raymond has rendered it impossible to serve him with civil suits.<ref name=cloistered/> St. Raymond has also resided in [[Lake Charles]], [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and in Jefferson Parish, both Gretna  and Metairie, Louisiana,, dates unavailable.<ref name=intelius/>

Questions also remained about St. Raymond's place of residence and his frequent visits to [[Roman Catholic]]  retreat centers,  such as in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], and [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], and at least one, the Center of Jesus the Lord on North Rampart Street in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans. The difficulty of locating St. Raymond has rendered it impossible to serve him with civil suits.<ref name=cloistered/> St. Raymond has also resided in [[Lake Charles]], [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and in Jefferson Parish, both Gretna  and Metairie, Louisiana,, dates unavailable.<ref name=intelius/>