He also pulled off an armed robbery of the Aloha Roller Palace. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. He also runs day-to-day operations at the family-owned Flea Market. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." It's like we had no life except for the family." she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. 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. And then, just when it seemed as though family relations couldn't get any worse, they did. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. 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. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." "The thing they probably value most is their privacy," Bryant explains. 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. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. 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. 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. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. "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." 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. 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. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. OK--we didn't get out--OK? When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. Werner said no. The ensuing delay forced Jeff Bumb to lay off 600 workers he had hired. 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. Near the end Venzon writes, "They want to bring up the 'murder-for-hire' investigation again. 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. 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. It's like we had no life except for the family." 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. 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. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. They recorded the conversation. The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. 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. Jeff's grandfather, Frank Bumb, had met his wife, Mary, at a card parlor in San Francisco where they worked. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. Of the four brothers, Tim and George had faced the least resistance from state gaming officials. 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. 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. Campaign records show that Bumb & Associates and Bay 101 have made at least $587,000 in campaign donations since 1994 to local and state politicians and ballot measures. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." 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. Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Campaign records show that Bumb & Associates and Bay 101 have made at least $587,000 in campaign donations since 1994 to local and state politicians and ballot measures. 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. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. At one point in the investigation, sheriff's detectives had Jeff's daughter call Matthew while he was working at the Flea Market to confirm the sexual activities. During the Venzon investigation, San Jose police dug up an old file from November 1990 in which Venzon, a sheriff's deputy, had reported his department-issued Smith & Wesson 9 mm automatic stolen. 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 MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." 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. 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." It's like we had no life except for the family." They recorded the conversation. 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. Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. About 20 percent of the 130 students there are Bumb relatives.) The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. Tim, the second youngest of George Bumb's four boys, was already running the family toy business, Fact Games, and Premium Pet Stores. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. Tim, the second youngest of George Bumb's four boys, was already running the family toy business, Fact Games, and Premium Pet Stores. 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. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. Don't Shoot: George Bumb Sr., the publicity-shy patriarch of the Bumb family and creator of the Flea Market, in a rare photo which appeared in California Today magazine in 1980. 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. 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. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. About 20 percent of the 130 students there are Bumb relatives.) OK--we didn't get out--OK? Tim and George Jr. would appeal and reapply, the hope being that the club would open as soon as possible. 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. So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. Life of Brian: Initially denied a gaming license by the state, Brian Bumb has since received a provisional license and become a partner in Bay 101 with his brothers, Tim and George. You think this didn't break my heart?" 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. And then, just when it seemed as though family relations couldn't get any worse, they did. "He worked for me." The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. The ensuing delay forced Jeff Bumb to lay off 600 workers he had hired. 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. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." 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 it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. It wasn't the idea of gambling. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. 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 AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. Tim, the second youngest of George Bumb's four boys, was already running the family toy business, Fact Games, and Premium Pet Stores. On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. 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. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. They recorded the conversation. In fact, Tim and George had to agree not to collaborate with other Bumbs on any new business venture. He also pulled off an armed robbery of the Aloha Roller Palace. 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. In fact, Tim and George had to agree not to collaborate with other Bumbs on any new business venture. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. "He took care of it." 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. Today, Bumb family enterprises include the local Premium Pet Stores chain, Air One Helicopters and, of course, Bay 101. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. Christopher Gardner Snow White or Cinderella? 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. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. 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. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Renee Marie Bumb has a net worth of $5.00 million (Estimated) which she earned from her occupation as Lawyer. 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 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. 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. Don't Shoot: George Bumb Sr., the publicity-shy patriarch of the Bumb family and creator of the Flea Market, in a rare photo which appeared in California Today magazine in 1980. 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. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. 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. 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. 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. Near the end Venzon writes, "They want to bring up the 'murder-for-hire' investigation again. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. He also pulled off an armed robbery of the Aloha Roller Palace. "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. EVERY DAY THE CLUB stayed closed, the Bumbs lost more money. The Bumbs had a plenty of experience with a cash business through the Flea Market, which they've run for almost 40 years. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. 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. 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. "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. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. Don't Shoot: George Bumb Sr., the publicity-shy patriarch of the Bumb family and creator of the Flea Market, in a rare photo which appeared in California Today magazine in 1980. 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. 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. 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. Police reports would suggest she had, "for about a year," been giving "blow jobs" to 19-year-old Matthew Bumb, son of George Bumb Jr. a natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of such person's purchase of the securities, excluding the value of the . When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. 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. 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.
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