First in a series
In his first public statement since the City Council’s Monday evening vote, Michael Karagozian, owner of the Culver City Ice Arena, just designated an historical site, saw dark and shadowy motives inside the engineering of the decision.
“The building is over 50 years old, decrepit and worn,” he told the newspaper this afternoon.
What makes it worthy of a historical stamp? he wonders.
Not in full public view, Mr. Karagozian, whose parents were the original owners in 1962, sees, shall we say, unannounced motives behind the Council’s call.
He believes that City Hall is, somehow, seeking to pressure him into embracing the Kings as the next tenant of the Ice Arena.
It will snow indoors before that happens, the resolute Mr. Karagozian believes.
“They must think I am a hick from Fresno,” he said of the newly approved historical ranking that complicates his plans he may have for the structure or the land.
Mr. Karagozian, who sat near the front of Council Chambers on Monday, had considered addressing the Council in an overwhelmingly pro-rink setting. He decided against it.
(To be continued)
